A Reference Manager for Your Ph.D. Work

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While working on your dissertation, you will be overwhelmed with references as they increase in number and reference managing becomes cumbersome. Choosing a good reference manager is another problem because when you start writing, it might be difficult to change the software, so you need to choose the best one from the very beginning.

I personally used the three software listed down. My favorite one was -and still- Zetero. Zotero is the only software that automatically senses research on the web [and has a plug-in with Chrome]. Zotero is very helpful when you need an article say from JSTOR,  a preprint from arXiv.org or even a news story from the New York Times or a book from a library. Try it and let me know in the comments.



Zotero
Zotero
See Zotero's video tutorials here, or browse the user guides.

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Mendeley
Watch the video tutorials or visit the help guides to learn more.

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EndNote



Each software has its own pros and cons and it's highly dependent on what you need to do with them. Check this website to find out more about the topic. Also, if you want to learn more about Zotero, here is an excellent tutorial from a friend for that. 

Remember that you can also find citation formatting help in Microsoft Word. For instructions, visit APA, MLA, Chicago – automatically format bibliographies.


Note:  a huge favor a fellow researcher in your domain can do you is sharing his library references with you.

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