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Internet and Social Networking Research Tools for Academic
Writing
Copyright © 2014 Todd A. Whittaker([email protected])
Introduction• Writing well is challenging enough
…grammar, usage, style…elegance and parsimony…interest and flow…argument validity…critical thinking…deep analysis
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Introduction• And then we make it harder.– APA style formatting– Finding appropriate sources– Proper citation style– Reference management
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Introduction• And then we make it harder.– APA style formatting– Finding appropriate sources– Proper citation style– Reference management
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Somewhat easily solved through templates in MS Word.
Introduction• And then we make it harder.– APA style formatting– Finding appropriate sources– Proper citation style– Reference management
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Very time consuming using traditional tools and databases.
Introduction• And then we make it harder.– APA style formatting– Finding appropriate sources– Proper citation style– Reference management
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Not difficult, but interrupts writing flow.
Introduction• And then we make it harder.– APA style formatting– Finding appropriate sources– Proper citation style– Reference management
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A big issue, and highly mechanical – ripe for automation.
Introduction• And then we make it harder.– APA style formatting– Finding appropriate sources– Proper citation style– Reference management
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The focus of this talk.
Tools for Academic Writing• 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
Demonstration!
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Where you can get these slides
http://bit.ly/TaL2014
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Questions?
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The end
Thanks for your attention!
Step 1: Locating Sources
Log in to your Google account, and navigate to scholar.google.com
Step 1: Locating Sources
Click on the “Settings” menu (may be under the “More” dropdown)
Step 1: Locating Sources
Click on “Library Links” and search for libraries for which you have access. Put checkmarks next to ones you want. Click “Save.”
Step 1: Locating Sources
Search for your research interest.
Step 1: Locating Sources
Links for downloading from the web or through library databases defined previously.
Step 1: Locating Sources
Citation counts are a reasonable proxy for quality.
Step 1: Locating Sources
Clicking “cite” will format an APA, MLA, and blah bibliography entry. But that’s too much work.
Step 1: Locating 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.
Step 2: Managing Sources
Navigate to mendeley.com and sign up and download the client. Install it.
Step 2: Managing Sources
Downloaded papers are synced in the cloud. Log in to your Mendeley account to enable the feature.
Step 2: Managing Sources
Drag and drop downloaded papers into Mendeley. Folders can organize projects.
Step 2: Managing Sources
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!
Step 2: Managing Sources
Click “sync” to upload all papers to the Mendeley cloud. Now multiple computers can access the same papers!
But, how does this help us cite sources as we write?
Step 3: Citing Sources
To integrate with MS Word, click on the “Tools” menu and then “Install MS Word Plugin.”
Step 3: Citing Sources
Now an additional element will appear on the references tab in Word: the Mendeley Cite-O-Matic.
Step 3: Citing Sources
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.
Step 3: Citing Sources
Start typing a few characters of the author’s name or title of the paper. Then, pick the entry.
Step 3: Citing Sources
Mendeley inserts the properly formatted citation. These can also be manually edited.
Step 3: Citing Sources
To create the references page, navigate to the bottom of the document and insert the marker.
Step 3: Citing Sources
Then, on the references tab, click on “Insert Bibliography” from the Cite-O-Matic. This only needs to be done once.
Step 3: Citing Sources
The bibliographic data is inserted. Any future citations of different sources will update this field automatically.
Step 4: Web Sources
To cite web pages or content on web pages (i.e. Google Books results), install the Web Importer bookmarklet.
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.
Step 4: Web Sources
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.
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