REFERENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

REFERENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

Students, academics, authors, and researchers do their fair share of online research. With so many different databases, online journals, and websites, it can get pretty overwhelming to manage your references and keep them all organized—especially if you're doing it manually. But did you know that there are programs that can actually manage and keep track of your references for you? There are many different reference management software programs that can make the process of managing your references almost effortless.

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