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Citations
What does “citation” mean to you?
What kind of information might be included in a
citation?
What might a citation look like?
Why might a citation be significant?
What problems may be involved in using citations?
Bonus Question: can you define any of the
following terms and how they may relate to
citations in a digital environment:
XML, URL, DOI, metadata?
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Some Citation Formats
American Psychological Association (APA)
Elmborg, J. (2006). Critical information literacy: Implications for
instructional practice. The Journal of Academic
Librarianship, 32(2), 192–199.
American Medical Association (AMA)
1. Elmborg J. Critical information literacy: Implications for
instructional practice. The Journal of Academic Librarianship.
2006;32(2):192–199.
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Elmborg, J. “Critical Information Literacy: Implications for
Instructional Practice.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 32.2
(2006): 192–199.
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Citations as Tools for Evaluating
Information
CITATION 1 CITATION 2
AUTHOR: A person trained an AUTHOR: Anonymous
experienced in the topic they are
writing about.
TITLE: Does not relate to subject
TITLE: Clearly relates to the subject of the article citing it.
of the article that cited it.
WHO PUBLISHED IT: Self-
WHO PUBLISHED IT: A journal published blog
devoted to the subject of the article
that rigorously screens and edits WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED:
submissions.
Before anything significant was
WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED: at a known about the subject.
time when knowledge of the subject
was well-developed WHERE CAN YOU FIND IT: URL
that may or may not work 3
WHERE CAN YOU FIND IT: months from now.
Specific pages of a specific issue
published on a specific date.
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Problems involved with using
citations
What if we need to change to a different format?
Whatif we are using a numbered format and we
need to change the order of our citations?
What if we want to use some of the same citations in
a different paper?
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Technologies for Citation
Management
Building personal databases for your research and
writing
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Some Technologies for Citation
Management
EndNote
Mendeley
Microsoft Word
RefWorks
Zotero
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Evaluating Technologies for Citation
Management
How much does it cost?
How much of it needs to be installed on your computer?
How can you access your data?
How can you share your data?
How does it work with other technology that you use for
research and writing?
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RefWorks
Free to Hunter Affiliates.
$100/year for individual license
Mainly Web-based
Optional plug-ins enhance citation capturing and word processing
Access with a web browser and an internet connection
Share with other RefWorks users through shared folders.
Optimized for IE, integrates with Word, citation capture is often
broken.
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Applying Citation
Management with RefWorks
Building personal databases for your research and
writing
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RefWorks Exercises
Create a RefWorks account
Understand how to login off-campus using the RefWorks group code
for Hunter: RWHuntC
Import citations for books from your syllabus into your refworks
database
Insert citations from your refworks database into a word
document
Format the word document according to APA style rules, save a
copy and email it to John Pell