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We use Zotero for citation management! | We use Zotero for citation management! | ||
== Install Zotero == | |||
We recommend installing Zotero on your desktop as well as the "connector" for your browser. The browser plugin is used to quickly add citations from websites instead of manually entering all of the information. | |||
You | You can download the software and browser plugin (for Chrome, Firefox or Safari) from [https://www.zotero.org/ the Zotero website]. You'd also want to register for an account if you don't already have one. | ||
If you were using Zotero before, you should upgrade to Zotero 5.0. You will need to download this from https://www.zotero.org because it was released recently and its not in the distributions yet. It's important to be running the new version. This will break support for BetterBibLaTeX but is also fixes most of the bugs that required this in the first place. | If you were using Zotero before, you should upgrade to Zotero 5.0. You will need to download this from https://www.zotero.org because it was released recently and its not in the distributions yet. It's important to be running the new version. This will break support for BetterBibLaTeX but is also fixes most of the bugs that required this in the first place. | ||
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We have a group directory that we use to collect citations for all shared projects: [https://www.zotero.org/groups/163394/community_data_science_collective the Community Data Science Collective Zotero repository]. The directory is private, so ask a member of the collective to invite you. | We have a group directory that we use to collect citations for all shared projects: [https://www.zotero.org/groups/163394/community_data_science_collective the Community Data Science Collective Zotero repository]. The directory is private, so ask a member of the collective to invite you. | ||
The directory is organized by ''collections'' (visualized), with each folder aggregating citations for a particular project or topic. | The directory is organized by ''collections'' (visualized), with each folder aggregating citations for a particular project or topic. | ||
== Adding and Organizing References == | == Adding and Organizing References == | ||
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===Once you've added a source=== | ===Once you've added a source=== | ||
# '''Once you've added a source, change the title to sentence case.''' You can do this by: (a) ''Right clicking on Title → Transform Text → Sentence Case'' (b) you will then need to capitalize any proper nouns (e.g., Scratch, Wikipedia) as well as anything immediately following a ":". This is important because software like BibTeX/BibLaTeX can change from "Sentence case" to "Title Case" automatically, but not the other way around. APA 6 requires sentence case. | # '''Once you've added a source, change the title to sentence case.''' You can do this by: (a) ''Right clicking on Title → Transform Text → Sentence Case'' (b) you will then need to capitalize any proper nouns (e.g., Scratch, Wikipedia) as well as anything immediately following a ":". This is important because software like BibTeX/BibLaTeX can change from "Sentence case" to "Title Case" automatically, but not the other way around. APA 6 requires sentence case. | ||
# '''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, blog post, etc. | #* Item Type: This should match the sort of thing you're importing, such as a book, journal article, magazine article, blog post, etc. | ||
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** If you had already imported something from Google Scholar, it is usually easier to find the publication online again and re-import the information using the browser connector than to find and input the missing information manually. | ** If you had already imported something from Google Scholar, it is usually easier to find the publication online again and re-import the information using the browser connector than to find and input the missing information manually. | ||
* Note that every time you import a new publication, you will automatically scroll to the newly-added citation. If you are updating information for many citations, keep track of the order so that you don't miss any as you add new citations! | * Note that every time you import a new publication, you will automatically scroll to the newly-added citation. If you are updating information for many citations, keep track of the order so that you don't miss any as you add new citations! | ||
== Exporting == | == Exporting == |