Comments on: Quicker references with Google Scholar http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/ A survival guide for the 21st century researcher Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:26:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Shane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-26378 Shane Mon, 19 May 2008 14:47:12 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-26378 Joey - Nope, it doesn't. What I normally do is import into Zotero reference manager (with one click), and then when you copy a reference from Zotero (ctrl+alt+c) when you paste, it will be in APA format (assuming you set up APA as your default). Joey - Nope, it doesn’t. What I normally do is import into Zotero reference manager (with one click), and then when you copy a reference from Zotero (ctrl+alt+c) when you paste, it will be in APA format (assuming you set up APA as your default).

]]> By: joey http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-26377 joey Mon, 19 May 2008 14:41:13 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-26377 Does GS provide apa citations for you? If so, how do you find those out? Thanks. Does GS provide apa citations for you? If so, how do you find those out? Thanks.

]]> By: Mark http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-4501 Mark Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:26:28 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-4501 I too have found GS to be an indespensible tool, though the caveats mentioned here apply. (I am careful to check my Endnote-formatted citations from GS, as they do not give the author first name but an initial.) But this goes for any downloaded citation, which can sometimes be a problem. I've had to tweak the occasional formatted citation for endnote to remove spurious info, such as institutional affiliation, from the author field. The main inconvenience with GS is that I can't seem to download more than a single citation at a time. In the import process, it's time-consuming to repeatedly import single citations. For full-text searches I go to first search or proquest...through my university. But for books it's absolutely indispensable; I'll have a stack of books and in 5 minutes I've captured all of the citations. I too have found GS to be an indespensible tool, though the caveats mentioned here apply. (I am careful to check my Endnote-formatted citations from GS, as they do not give the author first name but an initial.)

But this goes for any downloaded citation, which can sometimes be a problem. I’ve had to tweak the occasional formatted citation for endnote to remove spurious info, such as institutional affiliation, from the author field.

The main inconvenience with GS is that I can’t seem to download more than a single citation at a time. In the import process, it’s time-consuming to repeatedly import single citations.

For full-text searches I go to first search or proquest…through my university.

But for books it’s absolutely indispensable; I’ll have a stack of books and in 5 minutes I’ve captured all of the citations.

]]> By: shane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1682 shane Mon, 09 Jul 2007 08:27:49 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1682 You can select the Endnote format on that drop down list, which Zotero will recognise. You can select the Endnote format on that drop down list, which Zotero will recognise.

]]> By: subscriber http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1659 subscriber Sat, 07 Jul 2007 10:33:57 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1659 >and then choose the output format, e.g. RIS. I can't see RIS output format in the 'Show links to import citations into...' menu. Do I miss something? Thanks. >and then choose the output format, e.g. RIS.
I can’t see RIS output format in the ‘Show links to import citations into…’ menu. Do I miss something? Thanks.

]]> By: shane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1636 shane Thu, 05 Jul 2007 16:34:34 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1636 I wrote: If you set up the preferences on GS you can setup a link to your reference manager of choice for an instant export. So you need to click the preferences link on GS at the top, and then choose the output format, e.g. RIS. With Zotero you can also click on the scraper icon on the address bar, where you can choose multiple GS items to export at once. I wrote: If you set up the preferences on GS you can setup a link to your reference manager of choice for an instant export.

So you need to click the preferences link on GS at the top, and then choose the output format, e.g. RIS.
With Zotero you can also click on the scraper icon on the address bar, where you can choose multiple GS items to export at once.

]]> By: André Ariew http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1631 André Ariew Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:44:15 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1631 You wrote: If you set up the preferences on GS you can setup a link to your reference manager of choice for an instant export. As I now use Zotero, this means it’s a one click operation to get a reference into my database, with no dialog prompts. I'm interested in this one-click operation but I'm not sure how to set it up. Can you give me more instruction? Thanks! Andre You wrote: If you set up the preferences on GS you can setup a link to your reference manager of choice for an instant export. As I now use Zotero, this means it’s a one click operation to get a reference into my database, with no dialog prompts.

I’m interested in this one-click operation but I’m not sure how to set it up. Can you give me more instruction?

Thanks!

Andre

]]> By: shane http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1608 shane Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:02:13 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1608 Tom: I tried Keybreeze, and while the integrated macro systems was nice, it lacks the power of Autohotkey (though easier for a beginner I imagine), and I found slickrun quicker and easier to use. Fran & Christina: I admit to a bias for what works me in my own research. Pubmed is great if you are just looking for biology, and you can do the instant search/command line search technique there also. Citesteer is great for computer science. And both have a bunch of useful features which GS doesn't have. However, the advantage of GS is that it’s a meta-index, so it indexes these sites and others, and works as "one stop shop" for articles and books from all disciplines. I do inter-disciplinary work so it makes it very useful for me, but if you just wanted, say, recent articles in biology, Pubmed would probably be sufficient. If you use Zotero, then it scrapes from Pubmed thus allowing one-click reference export. Another advantage which I didn't mention is that GS also indexes old articles (e.g. Tom:
I tried Keybreeze, and while the integrated macro systems was nice, it lacks the power of Autohotkey (though easier for a beginner I imagine), and I found slickrun quicker and easier to use.

Fran & Christina:
I admit to a bias for what works me in my own research. Pubmed is great if you are just looking for biology, and you can do the instant search/command line search technique there also. Citesteer is great for computer science. And both have a bunch of useful features which GS doesn’t have. However, the advantage of GS is that it’s a meta-index, so it indexes these sites and others, and works as “one stop shop” for articles and books from all disciplines. I do inter-disciplinary work so it makes it very useful for me, but if you just wanted, say, recent articles in biology, Pubmed would probably be sufficient. If you use Zotero, then it scrapes from Pubmed thus allowing one-click reference export.

Another advantage which I didn’t mention is that GS also indexes old articles (e.g.

]]> By: Fran http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1607 Fran Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:37:50 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1607 Is pubmed, for the people in biological sciences, not sufficient? Is pubmed, for the people in biological sciences, not sufficient?

]]> By: Tom http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1572 Tom Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:32:10 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1572 See Keybreeze... it's like AutoHotkey and SlickRun combined with dozens of other features included. See Keybreeze… it’s like AutoHotkey and SlickRun combined with dozens of other features included.

]]> By: Christina Pikas http://www.academicproductivity.com/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1568 Christina Pikas Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:59:08 +0000 http://www.academicproductivity.com/blog/2007/quicker-references-with-google-scholar/#comment-1568 I wouldn't say we dislike GS, exactly, it's just that we're a bit skeptical. We don't trust anything we can't look at under the hood. As for CiteSeer -- (not steer like cattle, but see-r)-- that really depends on the topic you're looking for. If you're into CS it's pretty great. If you're into physical sciences or engineering, you should also try the new Scitopia.org -- it's being built by some of the society publishers. It's a federated search, not a spider and cache model, but it seems to work pretty well. I wouldn’t say we dislike GS, exactly, it’s just that we’re a bit skeptical. We don’t trust anything we can’t look at under the hood. As for CiteSeer — (not steer like cattle, but see-r)– that really depends on the topic you’re looking for. If you’re into CS it’s pretty great. If you’re into physical sciences or engineering, you should also try the new Scitopia.org — it’s being built by some of the society publishers. It’s a federated search, not a spider and cache model, but it seems to work pretty well.

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