Citing Sources using RefWorks and Other Citation Management ToolsLibrary LibLearn 10.14.09

Why Cite?

•To become a more mature thinker•To recreate a sense of lively debate and to

establish intellectual context•To give credit where it’s due•To lead us to further research

From Yale University’s Writing Center http://www.yale.edu/bass/writing/sources/why.html

Free Citation Managers

•EbscoHost’s MyEbscoHost account – virtual home for citations; other database vendors have similar accounts.

•Citeulike http://www.citeulike.org/ - social networking citation manager

•Connotea http://www.connotea.org/ - for researchers, clinicians, scientists; from Nature Publishing Group.

•Zotero http://www.zotero.org/ - Firefox extension; collect, manage, cite sources.

Free Citation Generators

•EasyBib - http://www.easybib.com/•NoodleTools (NoodleBib Express) -

http://www.noodletools.com/tools/freetools.php

•Bibme - http://www.bibme.org/

Management + Bib Generator = RefWorks•Gather, manage, store, share citations•RefWorks: provided by Whittemore

Library https://www.refworks.com/RWSingle/login.asp?WNCLang=false

RefWorks: Your Research Manager

Resources• The Writing Guide by CASA

http://www.framingham.edu/casa/WritingGuide/index.html

• Diana Hacker’s Research and Documentation http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

• The Owl at Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

• Duke University’s Citing Sources: http://library.duke.edu/research/citing/

• 7 things you should know about Zotero http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7041.pdf