Citation management

Citation ManagementUsing FLOW

What is Citation Management• Locate and store citations of resources used in

research• Format the citations in preferred styles (APA,

MLA, Turabian)• Create bibliographies using stored citations

What is FLOW• FLOW, like RefWorks and EndNote, is a citation

management system• FLOW is the most evolved of these systems

and even stores the documents themselves• FLOW uses drag and drop to upload citations

and documents

How do you access FLOW• From the list of databases on the library

web page (http://uwf.edu/library)• From a database as an export feature• Drag and drop a button to your toolbar

from FLOW web page

From the UWF Database List

Logging In

Flow Features

Let’s FLOW from a database• I selected the database SciTech

Collection• I searched robotics and artificial

intelligence,• I selected the first article on the results list

by clicking on the title• Under the option, More, I can select a

citation manager (e.g. FLOW)

About to Export to FLOW

You’re in!

Now What?

Organize• Use an existing older• Create a Folder (+)• Add Citations to a Folder• Assign tags to references• Remove duplicates

Make a Bibliography

Advanced FeaturesSave to Flow (Toolbar) Cite in Microsoft Word

Help

• The Citations LibGuide• the FLOW LibGuide

Questions?

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