Online reference management tools and referencing styles: A study of awareness and usage among research scholars of Aligarh Muslim University

Researchers are primary known for their writings and publishing activities. Whether researchers write an article for journal publication or write research paper for publication in conference proceeding or any other piece of writing for publication in any other mediums, they need to consult other authors' work. In their writing process for consulted piece of writings, acknowledgement is given to avoid the instance of plagiarism. These acknowledgments formally known as citations and bibliographies/references. The inclusion of citations and references may be done manually or mechanically using some sort of referencing management tools (RMTs). Here, the usage of selected referencing styles and RTMs by the researchers and the problems faced while using referencing styles and RTMs are examined.