Abstract
Writing the references of a manuscript accurately requires a significant amount of
time and effort. While it can be a daunting task for beginners, even experienced authors
can find it time consuming. The advent of reference managers brought a ray of hope
of an end to this tedious toil. While these managers have eased the authors' task
to a great extent, they may not always be completely accurate in the reference output
they generate. Errors, inaccuracies, omissions, and compatibility issues do occur
at times with the best of reference managers. It is thus of paramount importance to
be able to recognize these issues and address them before submitting the manuscript
to the journal. Sound knowledge of referencing styles helps in quick recognition and
redressal of such errors thus increasing accuracy, ensuring consistency of references,
and saving the author's time.
Keywords
citation - endnote - Harvard - limitation - manuscript - scientific writing - Vancouver
- Zotero
