Anyone who writes a thesis, report or essay, know citation is important. This app automates the citation process simply by scanning the book or journal barcode.
RefME, can generate citations by scanning book or journal barcodes using your phone’s camera.is available for iOS and Android as an app.
How to complete citation without the barcode? RefME has a solution to that too, simply search by Book/Article Title, ISBN, ISSN, DOI or URL.
Some of the features of RefME, citation tool are as follows:
- Citing a website? Simply paste in the URL or use RefME.com, which syncs with the app and is perfect for websites.
- 7,000+ supported citation styles including APA, MLA, Chicago and AMA as well as most school/college-specific styles.
- Add notes to your citations, both in the app and at RefME.com.
- Export via Email or Evernote using the app.
- Send your work straight to MS Word, EndNote and more from RefME.com.
It looks a seriously good tool for automating citation. After all when you are in the zone of research, it is sometimes easy to mess up citations and you realise your Bibliography looks a bit empty at the end 🙂
Hopefully with RefME you can’t now streamline your citation process and not lose track of references.
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You can search for references and cite, using the barcode on the book or journal
RefME also allows you to search using the title or url (in absence of a (barcode)
Multiple reference styles included by default, so you can chose which one to use.
You can add notes, export the citations or send the citations to various formats, including Word formatitation
