Istanbul Gelisim University IISBF SosyoCom: Monthly Events and News Bulletin (Issue: 38, February 2024)

APPLICATIONS THAT MAKE ACADEMIC WRITING EASIER One of the problems frequently encountered in writing graduation projects and theses in undergraduate and graduate programs is how to make citations and organize bibliographies. Especially for someone who has just started writing academic articles, this can become a headache and a difficult situation to get out of. It is possible to overcome this process by examining how to indicate citations and sources in the thesis writing guides. But there is another option to avoid making mistakes in practice. You can make things easier by using programs that automatically create citations and bibliography, into which we can add sources. Microsoft Word is one of the simple and free programs you can use. After processing the authors of the sources, their names, the journals in which they are published, the date of publication and other relevant information, you can add intext citations as necessary and automatically create the bibliography. You can also use various add-on programs to Microsoft Word for the same purpose. Citation programs such as Mendeley, EndNote, and Zotero are some of the programs that are very popular among researchers and students. These programs offer citation and bibliography creation as well as other features. For example, in the Zotero program, you can store your PDF resources within the program. You can read these resources with the PDF reader of the Zotero program, take notes on the document and save it this way (zotero.org). At the same time, you have the opportunity to store all the PDF files you use for your work and stored on the computer in this program in an organized manner. These programs have both free and paid versions. Since many features are offered to users for free, taking a look at these programs that will make your work easier without paying will help you in your academic studies. I wish you good work in advance.