Introducing reference manager

Creating a complete bibliographic list is essential for academic research, so that we know the reference sources we used and in the future we can retrieve the information easily and ease the thesis / journal writing process. Unlike undergraduate study, whereby we have to type the reference list ourselves and always have to make sure we prepare in a proper format.

instead, we have bibliographic software that help us. however, i still recommend undergraduate students record reference list yourself, so that you familiar with the reference format.

The pictures below show the power of bibliographic software like reference manager (RM). Another kind of software is Endnote, in which I think it’s more like mac interface.

First, logon to web of knowledge (optional).

The following is interface of RM

Type a keyword in web of knowledge

Searched result (list of journals) from web of knowledge

Click the link below (at the end), and export journal to RM

Select bibliographic software we are using, i.e. RM or EndNote

imported referece, and save in database

generate reference list to MS Word

Here you go, the reference generated by RM, and you can select the output style you prefer, i.e. harvard, apa, etc