Bibliographic Management Software and Citation Applications

Bibliographic management software 

• Otherwise known as citation management software or reference management software
• Helps you to organize your research resources
• Collects citations from most databases and other sources
• Create collections of resources for projects
• Create bibliographies from these collections
• Changes the citation style from one to another after you’ve written the paper with a couple clicks 

Pros:

• Versatile
• Saves time (after the initial learning curve)
• Makes large research projects more manageable

Cons:

• New software learning curve
• Citations need to be double-checked