The data entry forms in Citation make entering bibliographic easy and efficient.
Here's how it works. Right now, you enter bibliographic data as formatted citations, in a "sentence-like" form, that follows a
particular set of guidelines. For MLA style, for instance, a citation of a journal article might look like this:
For APA style, the citation would look quite different:
As you are writing these citations, you have to be careful to follow the rules in your style manual for presenting the author names, adding print attributes for titles, inserting punctuation and spaces, and sequencing information. Then, if you need to change the style of the citations for
another publisher, you will need to retype the citation, search for any missing
information -- and proofread everything again -- a time
consuming task that doesn't contribute much substance to your research. A time
consuming task Citation takes care of for you.
Citation saves you time by letting you enter bibliographic information in a way that makes a lot more
sense: you enter information into a form for the type of work you are citing, using only
one set of guidelines:
It's an easy and efficient way to record bibliographic information on your resources. No matter how many times
you cite a source, you enter and proofread it only once.
Also, you can enter keywords and
abstracts, along with other information about the work. You'll be able to enter the full name of the author, so you
won't have to go looking for it later, and let Citation truncate the names to initials for you, add the punctuation,
put information in the right sequence, and insert the proper print attributes.
The fields on the form, too, provide you with prompts that remind you to include certain
critical pieces of information. The form for field notes, for instance, includes fields for entering the date
on which the field note was written, the location, the name of the informant, and so on.
Citation provides
you with a
wide range of forms, with the appropriate fields, for
nearly every type of resource work mentioned in the major style guides.
For most types of works, the labels on the forms make entering the bibliographic data
you will need for a proper citation of the work self-evident.
A record for a book, for example, looks like this:
For the more atypical types of source works, Citation' Help system provides you with a
StyleGuide of examples.
Each form includes a field in which you can enter up to 10 pages of notes
or an abstract (or just comments) for the work. You will have the option of including
this abstract in your citations.
Citation also provides you with forms specifically
designed for research notes.
As you are writing your papers, you will be able to use the Access Phrase as a
key for note records, that Citation can use to automatically include text from
your note records in your document.
There are several other note forms available, as well, for different type of projects,
including interview transcripts.
In fact, Citation provides you with forms for just about any kind of resource
work or note you might want to add to your database.
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