In her post called “ How I Use Excel to Manage My Literature Review,” Elaine Campbell outlines her approach to using a spreadsheet to manage literature. The best part about my system: it doesn’t require buying any software and it doesn’t take hours to learn! Instead, I use a simple spreadsheet (Excel and/or Google Sheets) and a numbering format to keep track of all my resources. I’ve tried them all and none of have stuck. It’s not that there is anything wrong with them I know folks who swear by them. There are many different types of reference managers, including Refworks, Zotero, Endnote, and Mendeley. You can follow her on Twitter where she tweets about graduate education, mental health, and disability. candidate in Higher Education at the University of Toronto.
