Citing Business Sources in APA Style: Citation Managers & Generators
Citation Managers and Citation Generators
Consult the Manage Citations library guide for definitions of and tips on using citation management tools (e.g., Zotero, Mendeley). In most business guides, there is a tab called Cite Sources that also provides additional information.
- Recorded Virtual Workshop on Citation Management Tools(April 2020). Live workshops are offered (schedule updated each term).
"Auto" Citation Buttons/Links
The PSU Library Catalog, many of our databases, and Google Scholar, provide citation buttons/links that will generate references (not in-text citation) automatically. While convenient, these tools may generate citations with minor errors that need to be corrected manually (e.g., if an article title is in all caps in a database, the auto-generated citation may use all caps for article title, which is incorrect per APA style rules).
Cite Articles from EBSCO Databases (e.g., Business Source Premier)
Many databases have built-in citation generators. The EbscoHost databases include a Cite link in each full record.
Cite articles from the PSU Library Catalog
Click on the article title, then click CITATION, choose the style you want (APA, MLA, etc.), then click COPY TO CLIPBOARD:
Cite articles from Google Scholar
Click on the cite tool under the record and you will see automatically generated references in common styles (APA, MLA, etc.):