Reference Management

Getting Started: What is a Reference Manager?

This guide is built and maintained for students seeking information about tools for managing references when working toward a large-scale research project or paper.

How do Reference Managers Work?

Reference Managers or Citation Management Tools help researchers to collect, store, and organize information (resources like articles, book chapters, webpage content, and more) for use in research.

• They also provide ways to format and create citations (for use in works cited pages, reference lists, and bibliographies) that can be exported into documents.
  • Citations can be created in a variety of styles to suit a researcher's needs.
• Some tools also enable annotation, collaboration, and linking of information to make the most out of managing one's research