Choosing a Reference Manager
Welcome to this online module choosing a reference manager. As a postgraduate, you may choose to use a reference manager to organise your references.
A reference manager is a software tool designed to help you collect, store and manage your references for your academic work. The reference manager facilitates the process in various documents, such as essays, theses, reports, and manuscripts for publication.
The module will explore the features of three popular reference managers – Endnote, Zotero and Mendeley – and help you decide which one is best for your research practices.
Learning Objectives
On successful completion of the module, you will be able to:
- understand why you might want to use a reference manager during the course of your research
- learn some of the common features of all reference managers
- understand the features that differentiate three common reference managers: EndNote, Zotero, and Mendeley
- gain insight into how other researchers at RMIT have used these tools
This module should take you about 30 minutes to complete.
Work through each section using the navigation footer (i.e. previous/next), or use the contents menu to select a particular section. There are learning activities throughout.
Upon completion, feedback and suggestions for improvement of this module can be provided at the end via an email link.
You may also be interested in viewing the additional resources about reference managers at the end of this module.
