This document provides an outline and instructions for a mini course on reference management. It introduces the instructor and discloses that the course is non-credit. The outline explains how to retrieve references from libraries, databases, publishers, and other sources. It describes tweaking search keywords and formats for storing citation information, such as BibTeX. The document demonstrates saving citations to a Zotero library and concludes by having students practice retrieving citations from Google Scholar and Scopus and storing them in Zotero.

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Dasapta Erwin Irawan
Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology
Institut Teknologi Bandung
19 January 2015
Reference management
A mini course_2_1_2
Image: flickr/jasonparis

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A bit about me
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A bit old: born in 1976
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A bit hard: hydrogeology
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A bit old-skool: love vintage things
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A bit old-fashioned: nodye and weird hair cut
● A bit social:
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– On Twitter: @dasaptaerwin
– On ResearchGate: www.researchgate.net/dasapta_irawan

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Disclaimer
● This mini course is non-credit.
● It is offered as opportunities for students to learn
specific skills in just a few sessions.
● This mini course offers no warranty of your study
performance.
● Consultation session with your supervisor is very
important to make the best out of this mini course.
● I'm prone to error, please report any typos or
misconceptions from reading this doc.

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Available CC license[1]

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License for this doc[1]

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Outline

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Part 2: how to retrieve references
● 2.1 Where to find:
– Library and its website
– Databases:
● Free: Google Scholar[13] (free),
● ITB subscription: Scopus[10], Web of science[15],
ITB Library (http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-journal, )
http://www.lib.itb.ac.id/e-book

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Part 2: how to retrieve references
● Publishers:
– Conventional: Sciencedirect[17] (options:
conventional, open access), Elsevier[18] (options:
conventional, open access), Springer Sciences[19]
(options: conventional, open access)
– Open access: DOAJ[20], PeerJ[21], HESS[22],
PLOSone[23], ArXiv[24]etc

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Part 2: how to retrieve references
● Community, social media:
– ResearchGate,
– Academia,
– ResearchID.

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Part 2: how to retrieve references
● 2.2 tweaking the keywords
– What is a keyword
– What is keyword's operator
– How to get the best search results
– Use "Google Scholar" alert notification
– How to store the information

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How to store the information?
● {Citation info} is very important.
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What is {it}?
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It's the {metadata} of a doc
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Contains {important info} of the doc: title,
author, year, abstract, journal, etc

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How to store the information?
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What is {BibTex} format?
– Is one of the widely used citation info format
– Text {ASCII} based, so it's {universal}
– You can use it with any citation manager apps:
Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote, etc
– {RIS} format is also text based

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How to store the information?
● Are there any other citation info formats?
– Yes, it's called {binary} format
– It can only be read by specific associated app
– Eg: {ENL} (EndNote), etc

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How to store the information?
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How to get {citation info}?
– Look for button or menu
– {Cite} or
– {Export citation} or
– {Download citation}

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How to store the information?

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{Copy and paste} these lines into a text file
Save as {*.bib}
Then import it using “new item” from {Zotero}

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How to store the information?
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How to store {citation info}?
{Copy and paste} these lines into a text file
Save as {*.bib}
Then import it using “new item” from {Zotero}

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How to store it?
Or,
There's other easier way
Use Zotero for Firefox add-on
Mendeley has it too
There's add-on for Chrome
But, AFAIK it doesn't work as smooth as in Firefox

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Now let's try some exercise
Have you downloaded and installed Zotero's:
● standalone app?
● Firefox add-on
● LibreOffice/MsWord connector
● Go to Zotero.org

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Now let's try some exercise
● Getting citation info from Google Scholar
● Getting citation info from Scopus
● Store it into Zotero Library

22. References
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[13] BibDesk site, http://bibdesk.sourceforge.net/, accessed 15 November 2014.
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[15] Web of Science/Knowledge site, http://thomsonreuters.com/thomson-reuters-web-of-science/, accessed 15 November 2014
[16] ITB Library site, http://www.lib.itb.ac.id, accessed 15 November 2014.
[17] ScienceDirect Database site, http://www.sciencedirect.com, accessed 15 November 2014.
[18] Elsevier Site, http://www.elsevier.com, accessed 15 November 2014.
[19] Springer Sciences site, http://www.springer.com, accessed 15 November 2014.
[20] DOAJ, http://www.doaj.org, accessed 15 November 2014.
[21] PeerJ, http://www.peerj.com, accessed 15 November 2014.
[22] HESS, http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/, accessed 15 November 2014.
[23] PLOS one site, http://www.plosone.org/, accessed 15 November 2014.
[24] ArXiv site, http://www.arxiv.org, accessed 15 November 2014.