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Citing Insights
sites to help you cite
Agenda
• citation management
• demo
• Zotero
• Mendeley
• what tool should you use?
Citation Management
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Citation Management
Larkin, K. T., & Klonoff, E. A. (2014). Specialty competencies in clinical
health psychology. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.
Brookhiser, Richard. 2015. "Scratching the Six-Year Itch." American
History 50, no. 1: 18-19.
Brookhiser, Richard. "Scratching the Six-Year Itch." American
History 50, no. 1 (April 2015): 18-19.
Which tool?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software
Which tool: considerations
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why
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is the tool easy to learn?
is there a cost?
do you need to collaborate?
compatible with library resources
ability to store/manage PDFs
is there user support?
Live demos
Common features of software (1 of 3)
• both are $free to use
• manually add citations...
• …import citations from various sources
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direct from database, browser, and/or PDF
• store citations in one location
• sync across devices (online accounts)
• web versions
• manipulate citations
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edit, annotate, search, organize in folders
Common features of software (2 of 3)
• share citations
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online, user groups, reading lists
• centralized access to your research
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citations & note
PDFs
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• bibliography creation
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paper-integrated, in-text citation insertion
with MS Word plugin
neither creates perfect references
Common features of software (3 of 3)
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each has online space limitations
import/export citations
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Important for backups, switching tools, etc.
Conclusion
Which tool should I really use?
• you can’t go wrong with either tool
• comparison chart
• UofT comparison chart
Reasons to use Zotero
• Your research content is diverse
• it is the easiest method to gather citation
records for non-PDF and PDF content
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ISBN, DOI, web pages
• single-click capture works with more
databases, catalogs, and websites than
Mendeley's Web Importer
• open source
• can’t be purchased by a company
• your data remains free
Reasons to use Mendeley
• Your research content is primarily
contained in PDF files
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integrated PDF viewer
watch folder
create citation record by importing a PDF
stronger website and community platform
• IOS and Android apps
• not open source
• owned by Elsevier
Thank you
Questions and Comments