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Description

When beginning a new essay, it is essential to set up the title section or page, adjust margins, select an appropriate font, establish line spacing, and align text, along with configuring page headers and footers. The formatting process also includes organizing references, in-text citations, footnotes or endnotes, figures, tables, and a table of contents, among other elements. You can effortlessly add in-text citations and footnotes or endnotes by simply clicking the insert citation button and choosing the desired reference, which will then be created automatically. Furthermore, references can be added quickly through Google Scholar, the integrated search tool within Essayist, by pasting a URL, or by using manual entry forms. Once references are inputted, they are formatted automatically and included in the essay's references or works cited list, ensuring a seamless writing experience. This streamlined process not only saves time but also enhances the overall organization and presentation of your essay.

Description

LumaCite serves as an online citation toolkit and reference manager accessible through web browsers, designed for a diverse audience that includes researchers, academic writers, students, librarians, editors, and research teams. Its cloud-based library enables users to manually input sources or import them from online searches, identifiers, PDFs, and web pages; they can also organize their records using folders, labels, and starred items while searching by title, author, year, or identifier. Users have the capability to edit bibliographic information, detect duplicates, or identify missing metadata, along with exporting selected references as needed. Additionally, specialized web tools facilitate the generation of citations and bibliographies, extraction of references from PDFs and text documents, verification and completion of citation metadata, reformatting of citation styles, and file conversions among formats like BibTeX, RIS, EndNote, and CSL JSON. A Chrome extension is available to streamline the process of capturing references from research websites, while a Google Docs integration allows for easy insertion of citations and automatic bibliography creation during the writing process. Public citation tools can be accessed without the necessity of a library account, although access to the cloud library requires beta approval. This inclusive approach ensures that a wide range of users can benefit from the tools LumaCite offers.

API Access

Has API No 

API Access

Has API No 

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Integrations

Google Docs No 
Google Scholar Yes 
iCloud Yes 

Integrations

Google Docs Yes 
Google Scholar No 
iCloud No 

Pricing Details

Free
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Pricing Details

Public citation tools are available without a library account. Cloud library access requires approval-based beta access.
Free Trial No 
Free Version Yes 

Deployment

Web-Based No 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App Yes 
iPad App Yes 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac Yes 
Linux No 
Chromebook No 

Deployment

Web-Based Yes 
On-Premises No 
iPhone App No 
iPad App No 
Android App No 
Windows No 
Mac No 
Linux No 
Chromebook Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support Yes 

Customer Support

Business Hours No 
Live Rep (24/7) No 
Online Support No 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Types of Training

Training Docs No 
Webinars No 
Live Training (Online) No 
In Person No 

Vendor Details

Company Name

Essayist Software

Website

www.essayist.app/

Vendor Details

Company Name

LumaCite

Country

Canada

Website

www.lumacite.app/

Product Features

Product Features

Reference Management

Annotations / Notes No 
Bibliography Generation No 
Citation Generation No 
Document / Reference Import No 
Essay Checker No 
Personal Source Library No 
Plagiarism Check No 
Resource Database No 
Synchronization No 

Alternatives

Alternatives

No Alternatives