cybertour: managing content: citation tools
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Managing Content: Citation Tools
Greg R. NotessCIL 2016 CybertourMarch 8, 2016
Citations Tools
• Everywhere• Helpers:• In Microsoft Word• In Databases• From Journal
Publishers
• Managers• EndNote & EndNote
Online• Mendeley• Zotero• Dozens More• Papers, ReadCube, etc.
How Well Do They Do?
• A Somewhat Informed Guess: 90% Accuracy?• Accuracy Depends On• Data Entered/Available• Knowledge of the Tool, Helper, and Style
• Let’s Compare
APA Style Example
• From American Psychological Association. (2012). APA style guide to electronic references (6th ed.). Washington: APA.
EbscoHost ERIC
• No DOI• Title not sentence case• Includes issue• ‘Of’ in journal title capitalized
InfoTrac Academic OneFile
• No DOI• Month & Issue• Pages• URL
ProQuest PsycArticles via RefWorks• DOI• doi:10…. OR• http://dx.doi...
• Issue
Google Scholar
• No DOI• Issue
EndNote
• Unedited Import from Web of Science• Not sentence case title• Issue
EndNote Edited Record
• Need to know using APA and pages numbered sequentially so leave out issue number• Correct! (For 6th ed.)
Mendeley Online
• No DOI• Journal Title Case and Adds ‘The’• Issue
Mendeley Desktop
• ‘The’ in Journal Title• Issue• Edit record to remove issue and ‘The’• Correct!
Conclusions
• They All Get Close• They All Get It Wrong• … Unless You Know Enough to Fix It