Storing Information

The more information you collect, the more important it becomes to manage. If you are doing Research, it is strongly advisable to develop a management system to store information details.

Storing information can be done using a manual system or an automated system

Manual Systems

There are many ways to manually store information. Information can be stored by simply recording citation details on photocopies or printouts, writing details in a notebook or typing in a word document. Another possible method for storing information is to use index cards

Automated systems

There are a number of software packages that allow you to create records automatically. Endnote is the preferred software at the University of Wollongong. It is a bibliographic management software package enabling you to store references, search and download citations from electronic sources, insert citations into Word documents and create a bibliography automatically in a wide range of referencing styles.

Referencing & citing