What it is:

Saving citations and articles into a personal database, so you can automatically generate bibliographies, format papers, share citations, and more.

What you need:

An online research management, writing and collaboration tool such as Zotero, EndNote).

How you do it:

Use links embedded into most of Middlebury's research databases (as well as in Summon and MIDCAT) to quickly collect citations.  In most cases, you can collects a full citation in a click or two.

Tips and suggestions:

Zotero is free.  Create an account and get started here.