2. Rebecca is the College Librarian for Science,
Life Sciences, and Engineering
Heather is the College Librarian for Education
and Applied Social Sciences
9. Example: Print Book
Friere, P. (2005). Pedagogy of the
oppressed. New York, NY: The Continuum
International.
Author Date Title (In Italics)
Publisher
location
Publisher (Without the
Publisher, Group, or Inc part
of the name)
10. Friere, P. (2005). Pedagogy of the
oppressed. Retrieved from
http://www.libbooks.com
Online information(You will notice that
they are no longer asking for retrieved
from dates)
No period for
electronic
references
Remember only first word is capitalized.
11. If you have found the article in print you will
reference it as a print item.
But if it is found in an electronic format then
you will give as much online information
that you can. (URL, DOI).
Database information is not needed.
12. Print Journal
Harlow, H. F. (1983). Fundamentals for
preparing psychology journal articles.
Journal of Comparative and Physiological
Psychology, 55, 893-896.
Title of article
Journal title (In italics)
Page
Numbers
13. ďKenneth, I. A. (2000). A Buddhist response to
the nature of human rights. Journal of
Buddhist Ethics, 8. Retrieved from
http://www.cac.psu.edu/jbe/twocont.html
Website
14. ďBrownlie, D. (2001). Toward effective
poster presentations: An annotated
bibliography. European Journal of
Marketing, 41(11/12),1245-1283.
doi:10.1108/03090560710821163
doi: Digital Object
Identifier. A 12-18 digit
# assigned to an
Adobe Acrobat PDF.
15. Parker-Pope, T. (2008, May 6). Psychiatry
handbook linked to drug industry. The New
York Times. Retrieved from
http://www.nytimes.com
16. Virginia Tech. (2010, September, 29).
Undergraduate admissions: Is Virginia
Tech right for me? Retrieved from
http://www.admiss.vt.edu/
18. Strengths:
⢠Very sophisticated, robust product
⢠Available to all faculty and students at VT through a site
license
⢠No space limit for PDFs and other attachments
⢠Supported by VT Libraries, and a strong network of
other users
⢠Cite While You Write feature
Weaknesses:
⢠Steep(ish) learning curve
⢠No group/shared library function
⢠No real web component (other than EndNote Web)
⢠Expense (if researcher leaves VT)
20. Strengths:
⢠Group library function
⢠Free
⢠Open source
⢠Intuitive/ease of use
⢠Cite While You Write Plug-ing
⢠Includes stand-alone & web-based components
⢠Syncing across devices
⢠Active user community
Weaknesses:
⢠100 MB limit for attachments
⢠Support (since itâs not proprietary)
22. Strengths:
⢠Free
⢠Desktop & web-based versions
⢠Syncing across devices
⢠Cite While You Write plug-in
⢠Social networking aspect
⢠Has an iPad/iPhone app
Weaknesses:
⢠500 MB limit for attachments
⢠Support
23. This is the âwebâ
sideâMendeley
also has a desktop
version that will
sync with your
âwebâ version and
make sure that you
always have a local
copy of your library.
27. ď Easy to add in notes,
bookmarks, sites,
anything you want to
remember
ď Create notebooks to
categorize your material
ď Use multiple devices
28. ď Download an
Evernote Web
clipper that will
be a part of your
toolbar. Click on
it to save any
website.
Designate
notebooks.
29. ⢠Allows you to organize webpages,
images, videos, and other documents
⢠Includes an easy web clipper
⢠You can view examples of LiveBinders
that have been made public:
http://livebinders.com/welcome
⢠Great for collaboration, organizing
websites and other resources
⢠Often used as resource guides for
students or within instruction
30.
31. iCyte
Lets users
capture âphotoâ
of webpage the
way it was
documented
that day.
Bookmarking
tool where users
can annotate,
highlight, cite
and save. Keep
cites together.
33. Instapaper gives you a âread laterâ bookmark
You clip webpages, and then read them when you
have the time!
Instapaper is available on laptops, desktops,
iPhone, iPad, and e-readers
36. ⢠Syncs with Google,
Outlook, Twitter, the RMT
app
⢠Collaboration/sharing
lists and tasks
⢠Data can be backed
up/exported
37. ⢠Integrates with Google, outlook
⢠Data can be backed up/exported
⢠Has collaboration/share option
⢠Has many levels of organization
⢠Has a strong user forum
38. ⢠Simple, minimalistic
⢠Tasks roll over from
day to day
⢠Does not integrate
with Google Calendar
or Outlook, but is
accessible via the
www and its app
39. Manage projects
and share with
others.
Assign tasks to
yourself or to
others and monitor
them.
Multiple
platforms from
desktop to
various
Smartphone
apps.
42. Develop here at Virginia Tech Libraries, LibX
is a tool used by libraries around the world in
order to help their users gain access to their
resources as efficiently as possible.
It lives in your browser, and quickly connects
you to VT Libraries information resources.
http://www.lib.vt.edu/libX/
43. ďRead about RSS feeds:
http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/rss/
ďRead about email alerts:
http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/alerts/publisher/i
ndex.html
53. Use your email client to have RSS
feeds delivered directly to your
inbox
54. ď Web
⢠Bloglines
⢠My Yahoo!
⢠NewsGator
ď Windows
⢠FeedDemon
⢠Awasu
ď Mac OS X
⢠NetNewsWire
ď Mobile devices
⢠Viigo
⢠Search for more apps!
55. You can use Google Scholar to help find VT Libraries
resources and send citations to your reference
manager.
You can set your preferences so that it works for youâŚ