New app RefME will have your dissertation bibliographies sorted out for you in MINUTES.
When it comes to writing essays, nobody really likes making their references, do they? You may have stayed up all night trying to submit your assignments in before the dreaded deadline, but then you remember that you have to make a bibliography before pushing past that finish line.
Widely considered to be the worst aspects of writing any piece of university work, flicking through library books and e-journals in a search for publisher names and publication dates is a tiresome chore. The only thing worse is trying to remember how you’re meant to format your bibliography!
However, that could be all about to change.
RefME is an award-winning iPhone and Android App that allows you to scan the barcode of a book and then automatically receive a reference for your essays. You can select whatever style of referencing that your subject uses such as Harvard, Oxford or MHRA – the list goes on!
Just scan the barcode of every book you use for your essay and let the app do the rest!
Their recently launched website also allows users to sync the references made on your mobile to your computer. Plus, you can export your bibliography and citations to email and Evernote too. This ensures students have no excuses to still be writing up their bibliography in the old fashioned way.
RefME are running a Southampton takeover throughout this week. To find out more info and to be in with a chance of winning a £30 voucher from Gandhi’s Restaurant in Portswood, click attending on their . To download the app click here or visit the RefMe website for more information.
‘Widely considered to be the worst aspects of writing any piece of university work’ – Really? Referencing is a doddle compared to planning or writing.
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Just had a quick FB stalk of Neil Mandell and he is FIT!
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You could also use Zotero, or Readcube, or the many other reference management programmes out there! (and yes, they work with books too).
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http://www.mendeley.com/dashboard/
Very good, can take your pdf’s and generate references in word and bibtex format (others too I’d guess).
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Who wrote the app? Is it free? Is this an advert or an article? Come on Soton Tab, you’re not even trying…
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“visit the ReferenceMe website for more information”
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A great app for the lazy undergrad that only ever cites textbooks?
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Top lol, as if anyone serious ever used any system other than BibTex.
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Soton tab — How much are they paying for this advert?
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