Tools for Managing your Research
- RefWorks: RefWorks is an online tool that is free to all BU users. It allows you to store and organize citations, and generate bibliographies within a matter of seconds. Use RefWorks if you want to use a tool that works seamlessly with databases such as CINAHL and PsycInfo. It works well with PubMed, but requires an extra step.
- Mendeley: An free, online tool for all users. Similar to RefWorks, and it works seamlessly with PubMed.
- abstrackr : A free, online application from Brown University that facilitates screening of citations by multiple reviewers.
- Systematic Review Data Depository: a tool for the extraction and management of data for systematic reviews or meta-analyses.
- Rayyon: A free systematic review collaboration tool from the Qatar Computing Institute.
- RevMan: Free, downloadable software from the Cochrane Collaboration.
- SR-Accelerator: a suite of free tools to help you manage a systematic review.
- Distiller SR: Distiller SR: features automatic de-duplicating software. While the resource is not free, students can purchase s subscription for $15 a month.
Keeping Current with the Literature
- Setting up Database AlertsLearn how to save your searches in key health science databases, and receive alerts when new articles are published.
