Referencing guide at the University of Manchester: Referencing Software

Bibliographic managers allow you to collect, store and manage your references in one place, saving you valuable time.

They also allow you to:

• store and manage your references in searchable folders
• capture related PDF's, web pages, files, or images or link to available fulltext
• add personal notes and index PDF fulltext
• generate bibliographies or insert references into papers
• format citations in a wide range of reference styles e.g. Harvard, Vancouver
• create user groups and share references for class and other collaborative research work
• take notes on articles and save them in your collection of citations

There are a wide range of bibliographic managers to choose from. They don't all have the same features; the chart below illustrates the strengths of each software package.