Survey of American College Students: Use of Citation Tools

The study presents detailed data on the use of citation tools by more than 1,000 college students at 4-year colleges in the United States. Students evaluate the quality of the information literacy instruction that they have received in citation tools and point out the programs and tools about which they would like to learn more. The 135-page report also presents individual student use data for commonly used tools such as EasyBib, RefWorks, Papers, BookEnds, EndNote, Mendeley, Zotero and other programs and tools. Students also note their preference for web-based or software tools.