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#* Do make sure that any proper nouns are still capitalized after converting the title to sentence case. (EX: places like "United States," websites like "Wikipedia," apps like "Airbnb") | #* Do make sure that any proper nouns are still capitalized after converting the title to sentence case. (EX: places like "United States," websites like "Wikipedia," apps like "Airbnb") | ||
# '''Review and revise bibliographic record as-needed.''' This varies a bit by publication type and by the data source you've imported the bibliographic metadata from, but here's a minimal set of details that you should check to make sure have imported correctly: | # '''Review and revise bibliographic record as-needed.''' This varies a bit by publication type and by the data source you've imported the bibliographic metadata from, but here's a minimal set of details that you should check to make sure have imported correctly: | ||
#* Item Type: This should match the sort of thing you're importing, such as a book, journal article, magazine article, | #* Item Type: This should match the sort of thing you're importing, such as a book, journal article, magazine article, blogpost, etc. | ||
#* Title: The title of the piece itself. | #* Title: The title of the piece itself. | ||
#* Authors, editors, translators: Imported metadata is often pretty messy for these. Do your best to make them right. Wherever possible, defer to the apparent preferences/conventions adopted by authors (e.g., capitalization, spellings, name changes, etc.). When names include characters or diacritics that are not part of the English language, do what you can to incorporate the correct, original characters (copy/paste is your friend here). | #* Authors, editors, translators: Imported metadata is often pretty messy for these. Do your best to make them right. Wherever possible, defer to the apparent preferences/conventions adopted by authors (e.g., capitalization, spellings, name changes, etc.). When names include characters or diacritics that are not part of the English language, do what you can to incorporate the correct, original characters (copy/paste is your friend here). | ||
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#* Pages: For periodicals, book chapters, or other selections. | #* Pages: For periodicals, book chapters, or other selections. | ||
#* Date: This is also often a little weird in the metadata. Should match the publication date used by the publication. For books and journals, year alone is enough. For everything else, there should be a ''yy/mm/dd'' (or whatever format) entry. | #* Date: This is also often a little weird in the metadata. Should match the publication date used by the publication. For books and journals, year alone is enough. For everything else, there should be a ''yy/mm/dd'' (or whatever format) entry. | ||
#* DOI: (Digital Object Identifier): Ensure that there's a DOI for your entry if it's available. In general, this applies to journals and conference proceedings. Some publishers and conferences (like AAAI publications which publishes ICWSM) do not have DOIs but these are extremely rare. If your publication does not have a DOI, it needs to have a URL because APA 6 requires one or the other... which brings us to: | #* DOI: (Digital Object Identifier): Ensure that there's a DOI for your entry if it's available. In general, this applies to journals and conference proceedings. Some publishers and conferences (like AAAI publications which publishes ICWSM) do not have DOIs but these are extremely rare. If your publication does not have a DOI, it needs to have a URL because APA 6 requires one or the other...which brings us to: | ||
#* URL: Web addresses should reflect canonical sources (publisher websites, institutional repositories, pre-print servers, etc.) to the extent possible. Personal websites are fine if that seems like the best option (i.e., there's not an archival version anywhere else). Sometimes URLs include DOI information and, if DOI metadata was missing otherwise, you should extract DOIs in this way. | #* URL: Web addresses should reflect canonical sources (publisher websites, institutional repositories, pre-print servers, etc.) to the extent possible. Personal websites are fine if that seems like the best option (i.e., there's not an archival version anywhere else). Sometimes URLs include DOI information and, if DOI metadata was missing otherwise, you can and should extract DOIs in this way. | ||
#* Publisher: According to [http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/01/the-generic-reference-where.html APA 6 style] we should drop common words like "Press," "Publisher," "Inc." as well as first names (i.e., just Wiley, not John Wiley Inc.) | #* Publisher: According to [http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/01/the-generic-reference-where.html APA 6 style] we should drop common words like "Press," "Publisher," "Inc." as well as first names (i.e., just Wiley, not John Wiley Inc.) | ||
#* Place: [http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/01/the-generic-reference-where.html APA 6 style] requires "City, State" within the USA and "City, Country" outside. So, it's "New York, New York" for the ACM and "Cambridge, UK" for University of Cambridge Press. | #* Place: [http://blog.apastyle.org/apastyle/2010/01/the-generic-reference-where.html APA 6 style] requires "City, State" within the USA and "City, Country" outside. So, it's "New York, New York" for the ACM and "Cambridge, UK" for University of Cambridge Press. | ||
# '''Remove anything in the "Extra" field''' unless it's something you want to be printed every time. Sometimes things like "ⓒ JSTOR" sneaks in. | # '''Remove anything in the "Extra" field''' unless it's something you want to be printed every time. Sometimes things like "ⓒ JSTOR" sneaks in. | ||
# '''Make sure that there's a clearly named PDF attached.''' You can attach | # '''Make sure that there's a clearly named PDF attached.''' You can attach PDF's by: ''Right-click on the item → Add attachment → Attach Stored Copy of File.'' One the PDF is uploaded, you should rename the PDF to ''Name-YYYY-Short_title.pdf''. After your bibliographic record is cleaned up and accurate, you can do this by: ''Right click on PDF → Rename File from Parent Metadata'' | ||
# '''Ensure that there aren't extraneous files attached.''' Just delete anything that doesn't look critical or useful. | # '''Ensure that there aren't extraneous files attached.''' Just delete anything that doesn't look critical or useful. Keep in mind that anything attached will show up in fulltext searches which can be a reason to either leave something or remove it depending on what it is. | ||
== Tips and Tricks == | == Tips and Tricks == |