Managing Content: Citation Tools

Greg R. NotessCIL 2016 CybertourMarch 8, 2016

Citations Tools

• Everywhere• Helpers:• In Microsoft Word• In Databases• From Journal

Publishers

• Managers• EndNote & EndNote

Online• Mendeley• Zotero• Dozens More• Papers, ReadCube, etc.

How Well Do They Do?

• A Somewhat Informed Guess: 90% Accuracy?• Accuracy Depends On• Data Entered/Available• Knowledge of the Tool, Helper, and Style

• Let’s Compare

APA Style Example

• From American Psychological Association. (2012). APA style guide to electronic references (6th ed.). Washington: APA.

EbscoHost ERIC

• No DOI• Title not sentence case• Includes issue• ‘Of’ in journal title capitalized

InfoTrac Academic OneFile

• No DOI• Month & Issue• Pages• URL

ProQuest PsycArticles via RefWorks• DOI• doi:10…. OR• http://dx.doi...

• Issue

Google Scholar

• No DOI• Issue

EndNote

• Unedited Import from Web of Science• Not sentence case title• Issue

EndNote Edited Record

• Need to know using APA and pages numbered sequentially so leave out issue number• Correct! (For 6th ed.)

Mendeley Online

• No DOI• Journal Title Case and Adds ‘The’• Issue

Mendeley Desktop

• ‘The’ in Journal Title• Issue• Edit record to remove issue and ‘The’• Correct!

Conclusions

• They All Get Close• They All Get It Wrong• … Unless You Know Enough to Fix It