{"id":162,"date":"2024-07-22T11:48:37","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T10:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/?page_id=162"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T10:07:33","slug":"reference-management-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/physical-sciences-library-guide\/referencing\/reference-management-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference Management Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Use a reference management tool to sort and format your references<\/h3>\n<p>Reference management tools allow you to save and sort your references, as well as insert citations and bibliographies into your assignments.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend using either\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/software\/mendeley\">Mendeley<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/software\/zotero\">Zotero<\/a>\u00a0reference management tools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch our quick 5 minute guides to using reference management tools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Mendeley<\/h2>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; 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