Whatever method or system that you use, it is really important to keep a note of the books, chapters and articles that you have read so that you can easily refer to them in your written work or find them again for re-reading.
You can keep your own list or use Evernote – an app designed to keep track of all your ideas, things to do, things to see, things to remember, all in one place and accessed from various devices.
If you have Microsft Office 2007 or 2010 there is a Reference facility in Word that will add citations and bibliographies to documents.
Postgraduate students will benefit from the automatic downloads and the extra facilities available from Zotero, an open source, easy to use tool that helps you collect, organise, cite and share your research resources. It works within Firefox and links to Microsoft Office or Open Office.
Whatever method you choose, do get into the habit of recording everything – you never know when you might need that reading again!
