Explore these tools to help you manage your research sources!

Keeping track of your articles and other sources for research can become overwhelming at times.  Take a moment to consider some of the tools that are available to help you save information about your sources. Many of these tools will also be helpful when writing your paper through the use of Word plugins and assistance with citation formats*.

MyEBSCOhost

Through the library's OneSearch discovery service, you already have access to MyEBSCOhost.  By setting up an account, you can quickly save items in your search results for future reference. Your MyEBSCOhost folder can be organized into subfolders for different research projects and personal interest topics.  You may also set up search alerts and journal alerts to notify you when new items are found in one of your saved searches or when a new issue of your favorite journal or magazine is available! Learn more in the video at this link.

Mendeley

Mendeley is a freely available reference manager. You can quickly save your resources by setting up a Mendeley plugin for your browser.  You can also save or upload PDF copies of articles to your Mendeley account. Apps for IOS and Android are also available. You may also add a plug-in for Microsoft Word to automatically insert your in-text citations and update your reference list as you compost your paper!

Zotero

Another free reference manager is Zotero, which has many of the same features as Mendeley. It is made by Mozilla, and works exclusively with the Mozilla Firefox browser.

Zotero Quick Start Guide: https://www.zotero.org/support/quick_start_guide

And more!

The managers listed above are free, but there are also subscription-based tools that you may also be interested in exploring, such as:

• ReadCube - https://www.readcube.com/
• EndNote - http://www.endnote.com/
• Refworks - https://www.refworks.com

It is worth all of these to determine which tools fit best with your needs and your working style. It may take some time to get used to using these tools, but once you become accustomed to them, you may find that your research and writing process have become much less frustrating!

Good luck, and happy researching!

* A word of caution about using any of these tools to help with citing. While the formatting assistance is a great help, none of these tools are perfect in creating correct citations. It is important to review the citations yourself and adjust them where needed. The library has citation style manuals available, and of course there are several online resources that are helpful with this!