Citefast is a citation and bibliography tool that allows users to create accounts and choose a citation style. It offers options for different resource formats like websites. The process involves filling in information for each source, saving the citation, and exporting it to a word processor or copying and pasting into a document. Citefast can also help format title pages and provides style guides for additional formatting rules.

1. Getting Started with Citefast
Citation and bibliography tool

2. Go to http://www.citefast.com
Create a personal account - it’s free!
Hint: Use your
UWCSEA
username/password
to make logging in
easy to remember!

3. Choose your citation style
Check with your supervisor if you’re not sure which one to choose.
Remember: consistency is KEY
Hint: Not sure how to enter
the correct information for
a properly cited source?
Check out the video
tutorials in Citefast!

4. Choose your resource format
Click “more” to see all of the available options
Hint: Each resource type
will allow both automatic
and manual entry - YOU
will have to enter some
information in either one!

5. Is your resource
a website?
Hint: Notice in this
example there are blank
entry windows. It’s
important that you fill them
in and add more as
necessary!

6. Click “Save
Citation”
Hint: There are tips and
directions all along the
way. Read them!

7. Voila! Your
citations are
now listed in
their proper
order
Hint: Click the “in-text” link
to see how to format the
in-text citation!

8. Using MSWord?
Click “export to”
for a simple
download
Hint: Don’t risk losing your
work. Download or
copy/paste before exiting
Citefast even if you’re not
finished citing all your
sources!
Using Google Docs?
Use Copy/Paste to
put your citations
into your document.

9. Citefast will also help you
create a correctly formatted title
page!
Hint: Make use of the
video guides if you aren’t
sure how to proceed.

10. Use the Style Guide for more
formatting rules.
Hint: Make use of the
video guides if you aren’t
sure how to proceed.

11. Finally… what about citing
social media?
Hint: Don’t forget to verify
any information you find
on social media with a
credible resource!
https://goo.gl/BUPNo1