Reference management

Functions:

1. Collect and sort your references:

   • Methodical collection:  save and organise your literature sources from different library catalogues and databases in one place.
   • Easily sorted: sort your references by criteria of your choice, e.g. author, title, year or keywords.

2. Tie in citations:

   • Quick and easy: insert your citations directly into your text without manually copying and pasting them.

3. Create reference lists:

   • Automatical creation: let the programme generate references for your sources.
   • Easy saving and printing: Export your refence lists in different formats.

4. Format your references in a citation style of your choice:

   • Different citation styles: choose your favourite citation style ( e.g. APA, MLA, Chicago...).

5. Collaborate:

   • Work as a team: join forces with others and share your references.

6. Take notes and organise:

   • Take notes: Create and save notes on your sources
   • Excerpts and categories: for a better overview, organise your references in categories and save excerpts.

Why should I use a reference management programme?

• Save time: automated features save you a lot of time while collecting, organising and citing sources.
• Prevent mistakes: automated processes reduce the risk of errors and mistakes in your citations and references.
• Be more efficient: Improve your efficiency in researching and writing by having easy access to all you collected sources and notes.
• Be consistent: Reference management programmes make sure that all your citations and literature sources are formatted and quoted according to your chosen style guide.
• Collaborate: Facilitate team work by sharing your notes with other researchers.
• Organise: Keep track of your sources, notes and research, even during extensive projects.

Reference management programmes can massively facilitate and improve your scientific work.

The library's catalogue system Bib-Discover offers the possibility to download rearch results in the widely used RIS-format, thus enabling the export of bibliographical data into the most commonly used reference management programmes.