Module 2 — Reference Management
Keep your sources organised and correctly formatted. Academique helps you manage references efficiently, ensuring academic integrity and save time searching references and citations. Use Manage Sources and Boolean search strategies. Import references from Excel files. Export xml files of references. Manage your sources easily, integrate citations seamlessly, and ensure proper academic formatting.
Overview of Reference Management
Academique has an elegant way to search for important artcles related to the study.
Source Details
Search Source (Journal Entries)
Boolean Search String
Manage Sources
References & Citations
Select Sources
Source Details
There are many source details to begin looking for research articles. Many search domains are available for enhancing search.
HELP (Source Details)
Purpose: Locate relevant academic materials for your study.
Action: Use keywords or database tools to find scholarly articles, books, or reports.
Outcome: A pool of potential research sources.
Next Step: Move to Search String to refine queries.
Search Source (Journal Entries)
Identify relevant academic sources based on your research focus, ensuring selection of credible, high-quality materials that form a strong foundation for your literature review.
HELP (Search Sources)
Purpose: Locate relevant academic materials for your study.
Action: Use keywords or database tools to find scholarly articles, books, or reports.
Outcome: A pool of potential research sources.
Next Step: Move to Search String to refine queries.
Boolean Search String
Construct precise Boolean search strings using keywords and operators to retrieve relevant academic sources efficiently, ensuring comprehensive and focused literature coverage aligned with your research objectives.
HELP (Boolean Search String)
Purpose: Construct structured search queries for databases.
Action: Combine keywords using AND/OR logic to broaden or narrow results.
Outcome: Precise and reusable academic search strings.
Next Step: Proceed to Select Sources.
Manage Sources
Organise and document selected references systematically, ensuring accurate recording of authors, titles, and publication details for consistent and reliable use throughout your research and writing process.
HELP (Manage Sources)
Purpose: Organise and categorise selected references. Export xml list of References.
Action: Assign reference sources to themes or sections of your study.
Outcome: A structured and accessible reference library.
Next Step: Move to Reference & Citations.
Select Sources
Filter and refine collected literature sources using structured criteria screened on relevance such as abstracts, and keywords, visually tracking inclusion and exclusion through a clear and systematic selection flow.
HELP (Select Sources)
Purpose: Filter and choose the most relevant materials.
Action: Review abstracts, check relevance, and confirm credibility.
Outcome: A shortlist of suitable academic sources.
Next Step: Continue to Manage Sources.
References & Citations
Generate and manage in-text citations and reference lists accurately, ensuring compliance with academic standards and maintaining consistency across an entire research document.
HELP (Reference & Citations)
Purpose: List References and format Citations.
Action: Insert in-text citations and generate reference list entries.
Outcome: Accurate and consistent referencing.
Next Step: Proceed to SLR Search.
SLR Search
Conduct Systematic Literature Review (SLR) Search. Import multiple references and construct a PRISMA type chart based on reference data available, and other criteria such as database, authors, year, title, etc..
HELP (SLR Stages)
Purpose: Structure a Systematic Literature Review process.
Action: Define identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion stages.
Outcome: A documented review methodology.
Next Step: Proceed to SLR Chart.
SLR Chart
Visualise the Systematic Literature Review process through a structured chart, showing the progression from initial search results to final selected studies, ensuring transparency and methodological clarity.
HELP (SLR Chart)
Purpose: Visualise the selection process of sources.
Action: Generate charts showing inclusion and exclusion stages.
Outcome: A clear graphical summary of the review process.
Next Step: Proceed to Reports.
Reports
Visualise the Systematic Literature Review process through a structured chart, showing the progression from initial search results to final selected studies, ensuring transparency and methodological clarity.
HELP (Reports)
Purpose: Compile reference and review outputs into structured format.
Action: Generate formatted lists, charts, and summaries.
Outcome: A ready-to-use reference and literature review report.
Next Step: Move to Literature Review or continue writing.
