There are many free online reference Management tools available for the researchers to help them in the referencing process. A reference management tool helps in:

• capturing your sources as you find them on the internet

• helps you to organise and save your sources

• insert citations in your written work &

• create a bibliography

For manifold benefits and needs of using reference management tools please answer these questions:

• Do you have a large piece of writing to do?

• Will you need to use lots of different sources?

• Do you sometimes forget where you found a quote?

• Do you find writing your bibliography time consuming or difficult?

• Do you sometimes need to switch referencing styles?

• Would you like to refer back to your sources at a later date?

• Are you prepared to spend some time setting up a system for saving your sources so you can save time later when you are writing?

If answer is 'yes' to three or more of the above then a reference management tool could help you. Some of the free Online Reference Management tools are:

• Mendley

• Zotero

• Endnote

• Easybib

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