{"id":5313,"date":"2014-01-27T08:33:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T16:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2014-01-27T08:33:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T16:33:11","slug":"did-you-know-citation-managers-when-is-the-best-time-to-begin-using-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/did-you-know-citation-managers-when-is-the-best-time-to-begin-using-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Did You Know? Citation Managers:  When Is the Best Time to Begin Using One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Callout_refworksZotero.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5314\" alt=\"Callout_refworksZotero\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Callout_refworksZotero.jpg\" width=\"259\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Callout_refworksZotero.jpg 402w, https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/files\/2014\/01\/Callout_refworksZotero-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>\u201cI only wish I\u2019d learned this sooner!\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211;Puget Sound senior, buried under the weight of one hundred sources<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Collins Library recommends that all students familiarize themselves with and begin using citation managers during their <b>sophomore year<\/b>.\u00a0 Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During your first year in college, it\u2019s good to learn the basics of citation and even to format them manually.\u00a0 By mastering the basics early on, you\u2019ll be well equipped later to quickly proofread the formatted bibliographies that citation managers produce.<\/li>\n<li>During your junior and senior years in college, you\u2019ll start carrying out serious and lengthy research projects that involve dozens of sources.\u00a0 At this point, you\u2019ll <b>need<\/b> to be using citation management software, but may not have the time to devote to learning it.<\/li>\n<li>Your sophomore year, then, is the perfect time to learn to use RefWorks or Zotero. You even can experiment with the two to pick the one that works best for you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Collins Library supports RefWorks and Zotero, two robust citation management systems.\u00a0 Want to get started?\u00a0 Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/research.pugetsound.edu\/citation\">Citation Guide<\/a> for overviews of both systems.\u00a0 Librarians are always happy <a href=\"http:\/\/research.pugetsound.edu\/help\">to meet with you individually<\/a>, or even facilitate a <a href=\"http:\/\/research.pugetsound.edu\/content.php?pid=488912&amp;sid=4009631\">library class on demand<\/a> for a group of students.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI only wish I\u2019d learned this sooner!\u201d &#8211;Puget Sound senior, buried under the weight of one hundred sources Collins Library recommends that all students familiarize themselves with and begin using citation managers during their sophomore year.\u00a0 Here\u2019s why: During your &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/did-you-know-citation-managers-when-is-the-best-time-to-begin-using-one\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-did-you-know"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5313"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5316,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5313\/revisions\/5316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.pugetsound.edu\/collinsunbound\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}