2. Online research is more important than ever...
Yet many students do not have fundamental research
skills. They often:
Start their research in Google, and rely on the immediate results presented
to them like Wikipedia
Do not assess the credibility of the information presented to them
Do not understand what constitutes plagiarism
Lack an organizational framework to meaningfully understand and
synthesize information
Do not take advantage of library databases
How do we provide an intuitive solution to cultivate critical
information literacy skills?
3. Your students become better researchers
Citation tool helps prevent plagiarism
EasyBib makes citing intuitive, encouraging students to cite while they write,
accurately crediting sources and avoiding plagiarism
Instructional features teach information literacy – students grasp what they
are researching and learn to evaluate online sources
Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles
Export works cited to Word or Google docs fully formatted
Create in text citations, and tag and sort citations. Cite/autocite 59 source types
Instructional Website evaluation, Citation guide, Source guide, and LearnCite features
Notebook improves critical thinking and research habits
EasyBib Notebook teaches students to meaningfully organize their notes
helping them become organized and effective researchers
Two systems: virtual note cards and list view modeled after Cornell Note-taking
Dynamic outline lets students fluidly move data points
Group, color, and tag notes, and associates them with your outline and sources
Used by over 37 million students!
4. Teach students to credit information
Students are intimidated by complicated citation rules..
By making the citation process intuitive, students learn to cite while they write
and end up:
1.Accurately crediting their sources
2.Avoiding having to track down and or make up their sources
3.Avoiding accidental plagiarism
1. Search for your source 2. Verify or manually enter 3. Compile bibliography &
bibliographic data export to Word or
Google docs
5. Students learn to distinguish sources
Visual citation guides – Define different sources
types and show where bibliographic data is found and
structured
Source guide – Defines and provides suggestions
and examples of different sources, helping users cite
the correct source
59 options – Students can cite 59 different sources,
encouraging a diverse research approach and proper
accreditation
LearnCite – Shows the citation being created as
information is entered, providing students a structural
understanding of citations
6. Reiterate the importance of website evaluation
With ever-growing amounts of information available,
students must learn what is reliable information.
EasyBib website evaluation:
1. Alerts students at 2. Provides robust 3. Shows visual
the point of criteria to explain examples of
reference of the and help credible,
credibility of the understand the questionable, and
source source’s credibility not credible
sources
7. Provide a framework to understand research
The notebook provides
students structure to take
away and organize key ideas
•Quotes - Students can copy and
paste, and track quoted content
•Paraphrasing - Encourages
students to synthesize and
understand information
•Comments - Pushes students to
think aloud and explore ideas
•Organization - Associate a
source with a note, and
tag/group/color the note
8. Brainstorm and construct ideas with notebook
Virtual note cards
• Easily moveable virtual notes cards promotes
brainstorming
• Organization tools help develop concepts
List view
• List view helps students understand notes
along the various organizational means, and
encourages big picture thinking
Outline
• Outline helps students dynamically
conceptualize paper ideas, and creates a
paper trail to notes and sources
9. Understand the quality of their research
Bibliography Analytics teach
students to evaluate their own
work and identify areas for
improvement before submitting
assignments.
Students are given an overall
score based on 4 elements:
Diversity of source types
Database usage
Website Credibility
Number of sources
10. Share feedback
Project sharing encourages more interaction between
students and teachers throughout the research
process. Sharing is also facilitates group work.
Students can set who Leave comments directly Leave comments in
can view, edit, and related to the sources their notes & outline
comment on projects. cited in the bibliography
11. Manage your subscription
View users, help reset passwords and view projects
Track usage of Easybib; see accounts, notes, citations
created and much more
Customize your subscription to help promote your
school resources
12. The EasyBib experience
“My interest in EasyBib stems from my users’ interest in it: I’ve been
getting feedback from students that the amount of time and effort required
to learn and use some other citation tools is greater than students need,
or want, to invest. They find EasyBib to be easier to use.”
-Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian, Harvard University
“Because the Web site is so intuitive and quick, they can focus on using
reliable sources and documenting them properly instead of worrying about
formatting the citations correctly.”
-MaryAnne Karre
“I love your website. I don't know how I would make it through all these
papers without you! Thanks so much!”
-Matthew, Student
Give your students the tools to embrace better research!