Magical reference management software

While conducting research for my doctoral thesis entitled “Learners With Special Educational Needs Reflecting on Their First Year at University,” I explored the historical background, recent developments, and issues of concern for students with special educational needs and disabilities studying at university in Singapore. Documentary evidence included the collection of historical and present-day local policy documents, parliamentary debates taken from Hansard (the traditional name given to transcriptions of parliamentary debates), and information from university websites.
This case study focuses on the use of reference management software (RMS) used to store and manage texts collected to provide background information, an overview of the literature, and historical data. Different from a reference generator, RMS allows the reader to search across their personal library as well as within documents, annotate, and take notes. The magic is the ability to create in-text citations and lists of references with a click of a button, while the reference style can be easily changed.