Keeping a track of all your references with so much information is challenging enough for graduate students. You may also want to follow similar research being conducted at different institutions. It is possible to use the features in these bibliographic software to do that and more! Reference Management tools like RefWorks, Mendeley, EndNote Web and Zotero can help you to:

• import citations from your favorite databases and websites
• build and organize bibliographies
• format citations for papers
• take notes about articles and save them in your collection of citations
• save and organize PDFs, screenshots, graphs, images, assign tags to your citations and do much more!

Zotero

Zotero allows researchers to save references from library catalogues, research databases and web sites with a single click. It means your time is freed up from the tedious task of formatting citations, allowing you to focus on the research itself. Our guide explains all about it, and includes a recording of a one-hour webinar that will get you started with all you need to know.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool (citation manager) that allows you to create a database of citations or references to resources (books, journal articles, web sites, etc.). Our guide explains all about it.

LibX

LibX is another plug-in customized by York University librarians which can be used to efficiently search the library catalogue from any database or a website.