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1 Advanced Course

2 Questions and Answers Where can I find x, y, or z? Hints for better searching Making sense of it all How to manage large sets of results So many PDFs... Options for files on your computer Hints for citing better How can I excerpt quotations and cite efficiently? Word & Citavi How to cite in Word Your Questions What would you like to know?

3 Let’s Get Started! www.citavi.com/shows/ 14

4 Hints for Better Searching Where can I find x, y, or z? Start in Citavi: Choose a good database for your topic Use the settings file Adjust your search terms depending on your results Find additional results online: Import results from online databases. Use the Picker

5 Your Personal Search Portal in Citavi Search local Your library catalog Your shared catalog Search thematically Databases on your topic Stay current For new books, search in bookseller catalogs 11 12 13

6 Importing Settings Files Settings files are created by your library These may include password for subscription databases Contains resources tailored to your institution. Passwords will only be imported if you are using a site license! 14

7 Learning From Experience If you’re getting far too many results, simply cancel the search. Come up with new search terms by looking at your results. You can discard search results if they’re not specific enough.

8 Using Citavi’s Advanced Search Search in the Title field  Relevance  Results Search using the Year  Currency  Results Use "AND" to join terms  Precision  Results Truncate: Wom*  Save time  Results Use "OR" to join synonyms  Save time  Results

9 Set Theory and Searching Don’t forget parentheses! Working with "AND" and "OR"? Use parentheses so Citavi knows what "AND" is supposed to join. Example: E-Learning OR Blended Learning AND year = 2012 vs. (E-Learning OR Blended Learning) AND year = 2012 Rule of thumb: Use parentheses around synonyms joined with OR OR AND NOT

10 Searching Online Research databases PubMed OvidSP Web of Science...and many, many more Search engines Google (Google Scholar) Bing Yahoo...and many, many more

11 Searching Online: Research Databases Scholarly journal articles Results usually include keywords and an abstract Often include links to full text Add results to Citavi: Export in RIS, BibTeX or EndNote Tagged Format Citavi Picker (Hunter) 15 16

12 Bibliographic Import Formats TY - JOUR SN - 0926-9630 AU - Jauhiainen, A. AU - Pulkkinen, R. T1 - Problem-based learning JF - Studies in health SP - 572 EP - 576 VL - 146 PY - 2009 KW - Education KW - Nursing ER - TY - JOUR SN - 0926-9630 AU - Jauhiainen, A. AU - Pulkkinen, R. T1 - Problem-based learning JF - Studies in health SP - 572 EP - 576 VL - 146 PY - 2009 KW - Education KW - Nursing ER - RIS %0 Journal Article %@ 0926-9630 %A Jauhiainen, A. %A Pulkkinen, R. %T Problem-based learning %J Studies in health %P 572-576 %V 146 %D 2009 %K Education %K Nursing %0 Journal Article %@ 0926-9630 %A Jauhiainen, A. %A Pulkkinen, R. %T Problem-based learning %J Studies in health %P 572-576 %V 146 %D 2009 %K Education %K Nursing EndNote Tagged @article{Jauhiainen_Pulkkinen: 2009, author = {Jauhiainen, A. and Pulkkinen, R.}, year = {2009}, title = {Problem-based learning and e-learning methods in clinical practice}, keywords = {Education; Nursing}, pages = {572--576}, volume = {146}, issn = {0926-9630}, journal = {Studies in health} } @article{Jauhiainen_Pulkkinen: 2009, author = {Jauhiainen, A. and Pulkkinen, R.}, year = {2009}, title = {Problem-based learning and e-learning methods in clinical practice}, keywords = {Education; Nursing}, pages = {572--576}, volume = {146}, issn = {0926-9630}, journal = {Studies in health} } BibTeX PMID- 19592907 PT - Journal Article IS - 0926-9630 (Print) AU - Jauhiainen A AU - Pulkkinen R TI - Problem-based learning JT - Studies in health PG - 572-6 VI - 146 DP - 2009 MH - Education MH - Nursing PMID- 19592907 PT - Journal Article IS - 0926-9630 (Print) AU - Jauhiainen A AU - Pulkkinen R TI - Problem-based learning JT - Studies in health PG - 572-6 VI - 146 DP - 2009 MH - Education MH - Nursing No Standard RIS, ENW, and Bib files can be imported by double-clicking the file or by dragging it into the list of references. Use import filters to import other files in structured formats.

13 Searching Online: Search Engines All types of results: ads, websites with undocumented claims, etc. They don’t find everything: "invisible web" Usually only the first 1000 results are displayed Adding a webpage to Citavi: Citavi Picker 18

14 Creating PDFs from Web pages Problem: Website contents may not be available forever (ex: www.npr.org) Solution: Create a copy of the website: Open the website in the preview and save a copy as a PDF.

15 Adding PDF Files 17 Add PDFs from the browser to Citavi using the Picker. Citavi adds PDFs as Journal articles. You may need to change the reference type, e.g. Unpublished Work

16 Distrust Your (Meta)data! Correct Reference Type? Library catalogs usually don’t distinguish between normal books (monographs) and edited books. However, the distinction is important when you cite. You can change the reference type by clicking References > Change reference type. Complete Author Names? Some databases only save the first initials of the authors’ first and middle names. Others don’t list all authors. Complete Publication Information? Bookseller catalogs often leave out the place of publication. Recommendation: Add the task Verify bibliographic information to all newly added references.

17 Questions and Answers So many PDFs... Import PDF files Let Citavi rename your PDFs.

18 Importing PDF files Goal: Import PDF articles into Citavi. Problem: The PDF files don’t have any bibliographic metadata. Solution: Let Citavi find the bibliographic information File > Import > PDF files Please note: Citavi searches for a DOI name on the first two pages of the document; if none is available, Citavi adds information from the PDF’s properties. 10

19 Managing Documents Goal: Attach the original document to the corresponding reference in Citavi Solution: Attach a document: Click Note: You can copy or move files to the Citavi Projects folder. Hint: Use relative paths (see next slide) and let Citavi rename all of your files at once. You can also add files by dragging them into the file area. 6

20 Relative Paths A path shows you how to get to a specific document, for example Document.pdf You can start from the drive. In this case you are using the absolute path: C:\Users\J.Doe\Documents\Citavi 4\Projects\Information Literacy\CitaviFiles\Document.pdf You can also start from any other point (for example the folder Information Literacy). In this case you are using the relative path: CitaviFiles\Document.pdf In order to use relative paths, the Citavi projects and documents must be saved on the same drive. Hint: You can convert relative paths to absolute paths – and vice versa – at any time. C: \Users \J.Doe \Documents \Diss \Citavi 4 \Projects \Information Literacy Information Literacy.ctv4 \CitaviFiles Document.pdf

21 Questions and Answers Making sense of it all Add keywords Assign references to categories Document relationships Use the 4th column or the filter to find results faster

22 Using Keywords Effectively Goal: To group your sources Solution A: Add keywords to references Version 1: Import keywords from an online search. Pros: quick Cons: lots of padding Version 2: Manually assign keywords Pros: no padding Cons: time-consuming Version 3: Combo of 1 + 2: import from the online search, clean up the keywords, and from then on only add keywords manually Hint: Click Lists > Keywords to merge keywords, rename them, and filter and delete unused keywords. 26

23 Working with Categories Goal: To group your sources Solution: Categorize your references Option 1: Context tab > Categories Option 2: Click Show Categories (Alt+5) and drag references to a category. Hint: Grouping your references into categories can save time during the writing process. In the Word Add-In you can display by category. Then you only see the references that are relevant for a particular chapter. 36

24 Cross-References Goal: To document connections between sources. Ex. did Author A discuss Author B in a positive or negative way? Solution: Create links between references: Context tab > Links Hint: It doesn’t always make sense to add each work discussed to your project as a separate reference. In such cases you may want to use the field Additional links. 30

25 Finding References using the 4th Column Goal: Quickly find references by keyword or category. Solution: Show the Categories or Keywords column Alt+4 for keyword Alt+5 for categories

26 Filtering vs. Searching Goal: Print a grouped list of references Solution: Use Quick select Hint: You can combine individual filters: Keyword = E-Learning and Year of publication = last year and this year Note: Multiple filters can only be combined with AND or AND NOT. To filter using OR (E-Learning OR Blended Learning) use the Search feature.

27 Quick Search vs. Advanced Search Goal: Search for items in your project using multiple criterion Solution: Use the Search feature. Hint: Whenever you perform an advanced search, you see the search abbreviations and syntax used. If you perform a certain search often, you can take note of this notation and use it in the quick search. 48 49

28 Questions and Answers Hints for citing better

29 Quotations, Comments, Summaries Goal: Save and summarize the most important text passages you read. Solution: Excerpt using the correct quotation types: Add word-for-word quotations (e.g. definitions) as direct quotations; add everything else as an indirect quotation. Use summaries for excerpting chapters. For your own thoughts about an excerpt, use comments.

30 Quotation Clean Up Add quotation marks to direct quotations. Use single quotes for direct quotations inside a direct quotation. References to other works? Add to Citavi as a seperate reference. Leaving out parts of a quotatation? Use ellipses.

31 Why Paraphrase? Paraphrasing = expressing the ideas of another in your own words Lets you see if you’ve understood the idea. Can help you understand the idea better Usually the paraphrase is shorter than the original. You might be able to formulate the paraphrase in such a way that you can later use the formulation in your paper. Even if you are adding a paraphrase as an indirect quotation, you still need to document the page numbers from the passage you are paraphrasing.

32 Always Enter Full Page Ranges! In the Page range field, always enter the exact page numbers, e.g. 24-25. The citation style determines the formatting: p. 24-25 p. 24f. pp. 24-5

33 Core Statments The core statement is a summary of the main idea of the quotation. Core statements help you find important quotations in the Knowledge Organizer and in the Word Add- In. Take time to create a good core statement!

34 Keywords vs. Catgories for Quotations Keywords describe content. Keywords help you find the quotation later on. More important if you have a very large project. Categories help build context. Categories help you quickly insert quotations into your document. Categorizing your quotations always pays off later on.

35 "cf." for Indirect Quotations? Some citation styles require "cf." or "see" in front of all indirect quotations. In the Citation Style you can set this up to occur automatically: File > Citation Style Properties > Affixes In the Word Add-In you can also add "cf." or "see" manually.

36 Comments: Your Thoughts on Others’ Ideas Use comments to document your own thoughts about others’ ideas.

37 Questions and Answers Citing in Word Three steps to an automatically created bibliography Export your outline from Citavi Save time when inserting references Special case: inserting multiple citations

38 Three Steps to Creating a Publication 1. Assign your Word document to a Citavi project. 2. Select a citation style type (References in the text or in footnotes?) 3. Insert references or quotations 44

39 Adding an Outline You can insert your category system as an outline

40 Select the Numbering Style Word offers several formats. Simply choose the one that fits your requirements.

41 Quickly Cite Page Numbers 1. Select the reference. 2. Start typing the page number.

42 Inserting a Multiple Citation Option 1: Select each reference in the Word Add-In and then click Insert. Option 2: Insert the first reference. Then, place the insertion point in the field and insert the next reference. Hint: Enable field shading in the Word Add-In by clicking View > Field shading > Always.

43 Multiple Page Ranges for One Source Citavi doesn’t really support this. Here’s a workaround: Enter all the pages you want to cite and inlcude prefixes (p.) and suffixes (ff.). Choose "Other" as the type.


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