Managing references manually can become increasingly difficult as your research grows. Researchers often spend considerable time collecting articles, organizing PDFs, formatting citations, checking bibliographic information, and preparing reference lists.
Mendeley and Zotero can simplify this process by helping researchers collect, organize, annotate, retrieve, cite, and manage their research sources systematically. Zotero, for example, can capture sources directly from the web, organize them through collections and tags, and insert citations and bibliographies into word-processing applications. Mendeley similarly provides tools for importing and organizing references, reading and annotating PDFs, and inserting citations through Mendeley Cite.
This workshop provides a practical, hands-on introduction to reference management, with particular emphasis on using Mendeley and Zotero in real research and academic writing.
Who Should Attend?
This workshop is particularly suitable for:
Module 1: Introduction to Reference Management
Understanding the Researcher's Reference Workflow
Module 2: Building Your Digital Research Library
Collecting and Organizing Sources
Module 3: Reading, Annotating & Managing Research Papers
From PDF Collection to Research Notes
Mendeley provides PDF highlighting, annotations and notebook functionality, while Zotero includes PDF reading, annotations and notes within its research-library workflow.
Module 4: Citation & Bibliography Management
From Research Library to Academic Manuscript
Module 5: Practical Research Exercise
Build Your Own Reference Library
Participants will complete a guided exercise in which they will:
Expected Benefits
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