BOOTH LIBRARY AND THE GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISORY COUNCIL PRESENT:
THESIS RESEARCH 101Workshop 2: Managing your references with citation management software
Kirstin Duffin, [email protected] LibrarianEastern Illinois University
WHAT IS CITATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE?
OrganizeCiteCollaborateNetwork & Discover
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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
WHAT DOES THE INTERFACE LOOK LIKE?
www.mendeley.com
WHAT DOES THE INTERFACE LOOK LIKE?
www.zotero.org
OrganizeCiteCollaborateNetwork & Discover
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
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
OrganizeCiteCollaborateNetwork & Discover
INSTALL THE CITATION PLUGIN
INSERT A CITATION
INSERT REFERENCE LIST
FIND & SET YOUR CITATION STYLE
OrganizeCiteCollaborateNetwork & Discover
CREATE & JOIN GROUPS
OrganizeCiteCollaborateNetwork & Discover
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
1. Select two or more articles2. Click ‘Related Documents’3. Receive customized
recommendations
FIND RELATED DOCUMENTS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
mendeley.com/guideszotero.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
