CIVICA RESEARCH –Managing software for indexing and citing research papers (Mendeley)

Information and documentation are fundamental building blocks in the study and research process that help to develop a scientific work with high academic worth. A clear definition of the information needs, knowledge of the information types best suited to answering the research question, identification of the most appropriate information sources, as well as effective management of the information references are all necessary for the successful information discovery and usage. All scientific articles include references to pertinent literature on the subject being researched. It takes a lot of effort and time to gather, organize, store, read, annotate, and incorporate references as prepared citations in a specified citation style for a scholarly publication. Mendeley Reference Manager is an open-source program that streamlines the workflow for managing references so that the researcher may concentrate on the research objectives. Following an overview of the application’s main features, this session will provide several usage examples.