Title: Organizing the Literature using a Reference Manager (Video)
Course: CJ601-01:Seminar in the Administration of Criminal Justice > Section: Preparing for Graduate Study & for the Course

How do you keep track of all of the academic literature (e.g. peer-reviewed journal articles, academic books, etc.) that you have read? How do you cite or reference these sources in your own writing? Better yet, how do you do cite sources without having to rewrite them from scratch every time?

Choosing a reference management system is a key part of your academic success! These systems allow you to read and make comments or notes on digital documents, save them with citation information, and use those citations when writing your own papers.

Below, I include a video that compares the two top reference management systems (Mendeley or Zotero) and others. Given recent changes to accessibility, ability to plug in with Google Docs, and pricing, Zotero is the best option.