10. Guides to Citation and Citation Managers
RefWorks and EndNote are bibliographic software resources, licensed for Harvard users. They allow you to create databases of references, annotations, texts, etc., and to format these references in a wide range of styles, to generate works cited lists.
RefWorks is a web-based tool for citation management. It allows importation of references from online catalogs and databases into personal citation lists; its Write 'N Cite feature formats references and works cited lists in a wide range of styles. It creates web page lists of citations with the Find It linker fully functional, so linking to full text is provided. Users can share folders, with the RefShare function. There is no client software to install or update. A guide to Using RefWorks at Harvard will take you through the process of registering and give guidance to using RefWorks.
EndNote is available to download from FAS Computing. Its features are similar to those of RefWorks, though the two do have some different capacities. Comparison of the two is included in the guide to RefWorks, above. Using EndNote at Harvard is a helpful guide for new users. Ernst Mayr Library has created an on-line Quick Start for EndNote. HOLLIS EndNote filter information is available in "Your Account," in the HOLLIS Catalog. Log-in with your HUID and PIN, click Your Acount, and click the button "EndNote/Z39.50 Info"
Guides to citing electronic information resources
Walker, Janice R. The Columbia guide
to online style. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998.
Widener: RR 2117.45.10
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN171.F56 W35 1998
Columbia Guide to Online Style
This site has excerpts from the print edition and other information about the Guide.
Useful websites
Online: a reference guide to using internet sources
Detailed
advice for citing online sources. “Citation styles”
gives links to descriptions of MLA, APA, Chicago and CBE styles as well
as citation styles for WWW sites, e-mail messages, listservs, newsgroups,
etc.
Frequently
asked questions about MLA Style
From the MLA, a very useful list, including information on the proper
citation of sources from the Web.
Print sources for citation styles and documentation
The Chicago manual of style. 14th ed. Chicago: University
of Chicago Press, 1993.
Widener: RR 2117.4.2
Lamont: REF.ROOM Z253.U69 1993
Lamont: Z253.U69 1993
A comprehensive guide to the work of editing and preparation of manuscripts for publication, with detailed chapters on all aspects of style (punctuation, spelling, special characters, word division, captions, documentation,etc.).
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA style manual and guide
to scholarly publishing. 2nd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1998.
Widener: RR 2117.7.5
Lamont: REF.ROOM PN147.G444 1998
Lamont: PN147.G444 1998
Lamont: REF.ROOM READY REF. PN147.G444 1998
As mentioned above, the MLA style guide’September 14, 2007ng and emphasizes stylistic conventions and detail on preparing manuscripts, theses and dissertations. The volume begins with an overview of scholarly publishing, process and productions considerations and legal issues.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for writers of research papers. 6th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
Widener: September 14, 2007
A companion publication to the MLA style manual, the Handbook covers some of the same topics: the basics ofscholarly writing, citing sources, preparing a list of works, citing sources, and the Appendix, “Other systems of documentation.” The Handbook also includes chapters on research and writing, the mechanics of writing, the use of documentation, the format of the research paper and selected reference works by field.
