Whether you’re writing academic assignments, doing research or keeping up with the evidence managing your references well can save you time. Reference management software allows you to organise your reading materials and cite what you’ve read easily and accurately. In this session we cover the reasons you may wish to use reference management applications, provide examples of these, and demonstrate the main functions on freely available software (Zotero). This session will be held online using Microsoft Teams and you will receive a meeting invitation after booking. This session will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. Once you have booked through KnowledgeShare you will be sent a link to the Teams meeting by email.

By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Understand how reference management tools help to reference and avoid plagiarism Choose an appropriate reference management tool for their own needs Use a reference management tool to save and organise references This session supports standards from the GMC Professional Capabilities Framework; NMC Code; GPhC Professional Standards; HCPC Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics, PSA Standards for Members, SfH Code of Conduct, GDC Standards and GOC Standards of Practice

HCPC - 3.3, 3.4 9.1, 9.2; GMC - Domains 2, 3, 5, 9; NMC - 10.3, 20.2, 20.8, 21.4; GPhC - 6, 8, 9; PSA – Standard 2, 3, 4, 6; SfH -1.2, 6.2, 6.6; GDC - 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.7.1, 9.1.3; GOC - 1.4, 3.1, 10.1, 14.1, 14.3, 16.6; ACHCA - Expectation 2, 3, 4; CIPD - 2.5, 4.1, 4.2