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Wondering about the pro's and con's of Citelighter compared to NoodleBib.  This article compares several citation generators. The Citelighter rep spoke about a major update due out in about 5 weeks that will also provide templates (among other things) to support a variety of student writing.  

While this article focuses on citation analysis and its impact in higher education, it discusses specific databases and the problem of keeping up with the boom in online information sources. It also provides a glimpse of the cutting edge of research about research.

"Teachers often ask, 'Why should I teach more than one citation style?' Some argue that students should learn just one style well. Since they are comfortable with MLA, they assign it for everything. That made sense in the past ...

Debbie Abilock referred to data from this site in one of her presentations. I think it could be a good resource for History and English departments. The Citation Project is a multi-institution research project responding to educators' concerns about plagiarism and the teaching of writing. Although much has been written on this topic and many have expressed concerns, little empirical data is available to describe what students are actually doing with their sources.

The startup cites the city's strength as an edtech hub as its main reason for making the move. Citelighter is free and I am demoing an educator account.