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BOOTH LIBRARY AND THE GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESENT:

THESIS RESEARCH 101Workshop 2: Managing your references with citation management software

Kirstin Duffin, kduffin@eiu.eduReference LibrarianEastern Illinois University

WHAT IS CITATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE?

OrganizeCiteCollaborateNetwork & Discover

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A bibliographic manager is a tool that allows you to gather and keep track of your sources. It also assists you with formatting your in-text citations and reference list according to whatever citation style you use.

WHY USE CITATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE?

Time savingsEase of useShare with classmates,

colleagues

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WHAT PLATFORMS ARE AVAILABLE?

www.zotero.org

www.mendeley.com

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EndNote and RefWorks are proprietary software and, as such, cost money to purchase. Mendeley and Zotero are two freely available tools online.

WHAT DOES THE INTERFACE LOOK LIKE?

www.mendeley.com

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Mendeley Desktop shown. Mendeley Web is compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and IE

WHAT DOES THE INTERFACE LOOK LIKE?

www.zotero.org

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Zotero for Firefox shown. Zotero Standalone operates as an application on your computer and is compatible with Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

Select a file or folder to add from your computer

Watch a folder

Add reference bymanually entering details

Import from another reference manager, or BibTeX

ADD DOCUMENTS

www.mendeley.com

ADD DOCUMENTS

www.mendeley.comAdd records to your library from the collective library of Mendeley users

ADD DOCUMENTS

www.zotero.org

Chrome

Safari

Firefox

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Capture citation information directly from your browser session. In Mendeley, use the Mendeley web importer, which can be found in the Mendeley Desktop tools menu.

SYNC ACROSS ACCESS POINTS

Use columnheadingsto order your references

Mark entriesread or unread

Entries with attached PDFscan be openedwith the PDFReader

Star items tomark them asfavorites

All items inyour personallibrary

Items added in the last twoweeks

Access yourrecently readitems

All items you’vestarred in yourlibrary

Items in needof review

MANAGE YOUR LIBRARY

CREATE FOLDERS

References not added to a folder will appear as ‘unsorted’ or ‘unfiled’

Use ‘Create Folder’ or ‘New Collection’ to enter a new folder name

Search references and the full text of PDFs.

Add tags to papers in your library that share a common theme

Filter by My Tags, Author, Author Keywords, or Publication

SEARCH YOUR LIBRARY

Click on a specific folder to search within it

ANNOTATE DOCUMENTS

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Zotero also has options to highlight and add sticky notes to the stored .pdf file as well as add document-wide notes.

INSTALL THE CITATION PLUGIN

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Zotero offers similar features for creating in-text citations and reference lists using a plugin compatible for use in Microsoft Word and OpenOffice. The Mendeley citation plugin is compatible with Microsoft Word and LibreOffice.

INSERT A CITATION

INSERT REFERENCE LIST

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The default citation format is APA. Use ‘Choose Citation Style’ to select a different style. You may need to ’Get More Styles’ while choosing your style.

FIND & SET YOUR CITATION STYLE

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The default citation format is APA. Use ‘Choose Citation Style’ to select a different style. You may need to ’Get More Styles’ while choosing your style. Additional citation styles for Zotero may be found at https://www.zotero.org/styles.

CREATE & JOIN GROUPS

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The default citation format is APA. Use ‘Choose Citation Style’ to select a different style. You may need to ’Get More Styles’ while choosing your style.

Connect with colleaguesand join new communities

Share your work with other researchers

Promote your work & interests to a global audience

Receive personal stats on how your work is used

CREATE YOUR RESEARCH PROFILE

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Zotero also offers the opportunity to create a research profile. Both tools allow you to browse members by discipline, so you can discover other researchers in your field, learn more about their work, follow and message them.

1. Select two or more articles2. Click ‘Related Documents’3. Receive customized

recommendations

FIND RELATED DOCUMENTS

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Mendeley searches its broader community library to find document related to those in which you are interested. Zotero allows you to establish relationships between documents within your personal library.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

mendeley.com/guideszotero.org/support/

https://www.mendeley.com/guides/

http://zotero.org/support/

CONSULTATIONS AVAILABLE

booth.eiu.edu/consult

booth.eiu.edu/ask

library.eiu.edu/about/sublib.php

217.581.6072 -- Booth Library reference desk

Steve Brantley, booth.eiu.edu/steve, jsbrantley @ eiu.edu

Kirstin Duffin, booth.eiu.edu/kirstin, kduffin @ eiu.edu

http://booth.eiu.edu/consult