Why might you use citation management software? To create a personal database that has key information about the resources you have chosen for your literature review.
- You can also include pdf articles or links to the available full text of articles (or links to online books, web sites, etc.)
- You can also keep personal notes related to the information you see as important for each article, etc.
- You can also use these for automatically creating citations and references in your papers according to APA style guidelines. This Write-n-Cite feature is one of the greatest reasons to use citation management software.
The librarians at FLITE recommend Zotero - free and easy-to-use citation management software.
Brief demonstration of Zotero's Write and Cite feature.