As you start researching you will begin to accumulate lots of references to authors, book titles, journal articles and webpages that you will want to remember and go back to. It can be really easy to lose track of these, so it’s a good idea to have a system in place to organise them.
There are several ways you can do this.
If you use a lot of web based material and want to capture something of interest quickly, try Evernote or similar software.
There are many free apps that offer a quick way to capture webpages, pdfs, images, video clips or articles.
Remember that with free services, there is a danger you may lose access to material.
You can also use referencing software to store the articles, websites and chapters that you want to use in your research.
Freely available software that can also be used to store information includes:
The advantage of referencing software is that not only does it give you a place to store and organise information, but it can also be used to format citations and generate reference lists.
