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Citations using Word 2007: Bibliographies made easy

Published May 17th, 2008 in Bibliography: Lists & Tools, Research: Ideas, Tools, Talks and Software & Utilities. 1 Comment

Creating neat bibliographies can be a pain, Word 2007 makes it easy
There are hundreds of formats for citations like Chicago, APA, etc. The only thing in common between them is that each of them is a nightmare! I cannot imagine how people did extensive citations before the coming of automated help. I am a big […]

Refworks goes offline: Exciting new features

Published May 4th, 2008 in Bibliography: Lists & Tools. 0 Comments

For an introduction to Refworks click here. If you have used it earlier, read on…
A few months ago when Refworks announced that they are going offline, I was excited. I am doing my field work in rural India and had decided not to take full time internet access. I started regretting not […]

Refworks to go offline

Published August 23rd, 2007 in Bibliography: Lists & Tools, Research: Ideas, Tools, Talks and Software & Utilities. 0 Comments

Refworks the now online bibliography and citation manager is slated to be available offline in a short while. It looks like this has been one of the most demanded features of refworks and without doubt it will increase the usability of refworks considerably. Watch this space for further announcements.
For further information about Refworks […]

Tools & Practices for finding, cleaning & organising references

Published March 14th, 2007 in Bibliography: Lists & Tools and Research: Ideas, Tools, Talks. 0 Comments

Getting and organising good references is the key to creating good bibliographies for academic papers. This is a time consuming and effort-intensive process. This post discusses some tips and tricks to make this process easier and more productive
With the dramatic growth of information technology and the internet in particular, information in the hands of researchers […]

Speed up citations with bibliography managers

Published March 14th, 2007 in Bibliography: Lists & Tools and Research: Ideas, Tools, Talks. 0 Comments

Surprisingly few students use citation managers though it can make life so much easier
I am always put off at the thought of creating bibliographies with their innumerable dots and commas and italics, and a grammar complicated more than that of German language. I really have no idea why people came up with such complicated […]

Citation Machine: Get MLA, APA, Chicago style for Journals, Books, etc.

Published March 14th, 2007 in Bibliography: Lists & Tools and Software & Utilities. 0 Comments

Just discovered a simple, free tool to give correct citation format for books, articles, etc.
Note: New developments make citations and bibliographies easier check here.

Citation Machine is a simple online tool that will give citations in the correct format if we manually input all the fields. It offers MLA, APA, Chicago and Turabian styles. The utility […]

Associating refworks record with multiple folders

Published March 11th, 2007 in Bibliography: Lists & Tools. 0 Comments

An article or book typically fits many categories - it is possible to put one record in multiple folders in Refworks
I just discovered a facility in Refworks to put a record in multiple folders. Take a book like India: Development and Participation; I will want it in my ‘development’ folder and also ‘India’ folder. I […]