Introduction. Internet and Social Networking Research Tools for Academic Writing. Introduction. Introduction. Writing well is challenging enough

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1 Introduction Internet and Social Networking Research Tools for Academic Writing Copyright 2013 Todd A. Whittaker Writing well is challenging enough grammar, usage, style elegance and parsimony interest and flow argument validity critical thinking deep analysis Introduction Finding appropriate sources Reference management Introduction Finding appropriate sourcessomewhat easily solved through templates in MS Word. Reference management

2 Introduction Finding appropriate sources Reference management Very time consuming using traditional tools and databases. Introduction Finding appropriate sources Not difficult, but interrupts writing Reference management flow. Introduction Finding appropriate sources Reference management A big issue, and highly mechanical ripe for automation. Introduction Finding appropriate sources Reference management The focus of this talk.

3 Tools for Academic Writing Demonstration! Google Scholar Find research articles Full text integration with library databases Mendeley Desktop Document management with cloud sync MS Word plugin for citations & bibliographies Research communities on mendeley.com Bookmarklet for web sites Not working? Image credit: Where you can get these slides Questions? Image credit: 12

4 The end Thanks for your attention! Log in to your Google account, and navigate to scholar.google.com Click on the Settings menu (may be under the More dropdown) Click on Library Links and search for libraries for which you have access. Put checkmarks next to ones you want. Click Save.

5 Search for your research interest. Links for downloading from the web or through library databases defined previously. Citation counts are a reasonable proxy for quality. Clicking cite will format an APA, MLA, and blah bibliography entry. But that s too much work.

6 Step 2: Managing Sources Copying and pasting the citation is too much work. Plus, we may reuse this paper in later writings. Let s save the paper and reference to a citation manager. Navigate to mendeley.com and sign up and download the client. Install it. Step 2: Managing Sources Step 2: Managing Sources Downloaded papers are synced in the cloud. Log in to your Mendeley account to enable the feature. Drag and drop downloaded papers into Mendeley. Folders can organize projects.

7 Step 2: Managing Sources Step 2: Managing Sources Click sync to upload all papers to the Mendeley cloud. Now multiple computers can access the same papers! Highlight the imported paper and click search by title to fill in bibliographic data from the web. Then click Details are correct. Step 2: Managing Sources Click sync to upload all papers to the Mendeley cloud. Now multiple computers can access the same papers! To integrate with MS Word, click on the Tools menu and then Install MS Word Plugin. But, how does this help us cite sources as we write?

8 Now an additional element will appear on the references tab in Word: the Mendeley Cite-O-Matic. Start writing the paper. When you come to where you want to cite, click on the REFERENCES tab in the toolbar and then click on the Mendeley Insert Citation button. Or, just press Alt-M. Start typing a few characters of the author s name or title of the paper. Then, pick the entry. Mendeley inserts the properly formatted citation. These can also be manually edited.

9 To create the references page, navigate to the bottom of the document and insert the marker. Then, on the references tab, click on Insert Bibliography from the Cite-O-Matic. This only needs to be done once. Step 4: Web Sources The bibliographic data is inserted. Any future citations of different sources will update this field automatically. To cite web pages or content on web pages (i.e. Google Books results), install the Web Importer bookmarklet.

10 Step 4: Web Sources Step 4: Web Sources Drag this into your bookmarks toolbar. Click it on a web page to insert a reference into your Mendeley library. Sync the desktop and cite. Example of books.google.com import. Also works with WorldCat. Step 5: Research Communities Explore groups and people on the Mendeley web site to locate others with similar interests. Find potential collaborators or other interesting papers relevant to you. Back