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== Definition == | |||
A '''citation''' or '''bibliographic citation''' is a reference to a book, article, web page, or other published item with sufficient details to uniquely identify the item. Unpublished writings or speech, such as personal communications, are also sometimes cited. Citations are provided in scholarly works, bibliographies and indexes | |||
Bibliographic management and citation formatting are central to this. | |||
See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation Wikiepedia Citation] article. | |||
== Tools and standards == | |||
=== Citation indexes === | |||
A citation index is an index of citations between publications, allowing the user to easily establish which documents cite which other documents. | |||
See the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_index Wikipedia article]] | |||
* CiteSeer is the most popular index | |||
** [http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ SiteSeer home page] | |||
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteSeer | |||
=== Standards === | |||
; Reference standards | |||
There are many style conventions. In educational technology, the most popular one is probably APA. | |||
* APA | |||
* Chicago | |||
* Harward | |||
;Data formats | |||
* Bibtex | |||
* Marc | |||
* [http://xbiblio.sourceforge.net/csl/ Citation Style Language] (CSL) | |||
=== Reference/Bibliography managers === | |||
A reference manager is a tool to manage references. | |||
* [http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ JabRef] (Freeware) | |||
* [http://xbiblio.sourceforge.net/citeproc/ CiteProc]. This may become part of Open Office. | |||
* Endnotes (commercial) | |||
== Other tools == | |||
* [http://www.webcitation.org/ WebCite] is an archiving system for webreferences (cited webpages and websites), which can be used by authors, editors, and publishers of scholarly papers and books, to ensure that cited webmaterial will remain available to readers in the future. | |||
== Links == | |||
;General | |||
* [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Bibliographic_Styles Bibliographic Styles] from OpenOffice.org | |||
;APA | |||
* [http://www.apastyle.org/ APA Style.org] | |||
* http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ | |||
* http://www.apastyle.org/ | |||
* http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/apa_citations.html | |||
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APA_style | |||
[[Category: Educational technologies]] | |||
[[Category: Standards]] | |||
Revision as of 15:35, 28 August 2006
Definition
A citation or bibliographic citation is a reference to a book, article, web page, or other published item with sufficient details to uniquely identify the item. Unpublished writings or speech, such as personal communications, are also sometimes cited. Citations are provided in scholarly works, bibliographies and indexes
Bibliographic management and citation formatting are central to this.
See the Wikiepedia Citation article.
Tools and standards
Citation indexes
A citation index is an index of citations between publications, allowing the user to easily establish which documents cite which other documents.
See the Wikipedia article]
- CiteSeer is the most popular index
Standards
- Reference standards
There are many style conventions. In educational technology, the most popular one is probably APA.
- APA
- Chicago
- Harward
- Data formats
- Bibtex
- Marc
- Citation Style Language (CSL)
Reference/Bibliography managers
A reference manager is a tool to manage references.
Other tools
- WebCite is an archiving system for webreferences (cited webpages and websites), which can be used by authors, editors, and publishers of scholarly papers and books, to ensure that cited webmaterial will remain available to readers in the future.
Links
- General
- Bibliographic Styles from OpenOffice.org
- APA