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== Definition ==
== Definition ==


A citation is the textual form in which a  document refers to another document. A proper publication features a references section: each entry in this section is a citation. '''Citation indexing''' consists into the indexing of the text of each such entry. ([http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/help/SMEALSearchGlossary.html SMEAL], {{retr}})
{{quotation|A citation is the textual form in which a  document refers to another document. A proper publication features a [[reference manager | references]] section: each entry in this section is a citation. '''Citation indexing''' consists into the indexing of the text of each such entry. ([http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/help/SMEALSearchGlossary.html SMEAL], retrieved 15 September 2006.}})


== Links ==
See also: [[Indexing]]
 
== Technology ==
 
It is very important that teachers (or some other facilitators) explain how such an engine works and/or to engage learners in a formal activity that makes them learn. Most people (including university students) do not take enough time to understand how such specialized engines work.
 
Most commercial electronic journal portals also show increasingly sophisticated citation features. Most often you can list the references of a given article and see who cited the article. Cross-references may extend to other vendors. One also can find similar articles. There are interface novelties, e.g. [http://sag.sagepub.com/ Sage] includes a visual citation map.
 
=== CiteSeer and Smeal ===
 
CiteSeer is both a citation engine and a digital library
 
CiteSeer is based on the [http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/ SmealSearch] engine. The citation engine offers the following main functionalities:
* Search citations with different query terms (e.g. an author name).
* The result will show [[reference manager | references]] with author, title, date, journal/volume etc.
* Details for each result can be consulted in the context page.
 
The digital library engine allows
* to search the documents database with keywords.
* The sortable results include a title, a link, a context for the search keywords, number of citations, etc.
 
CiteSeer also integrates with other sources of metadata such as the [http://portal.acm.org/ ACM Portal]'s Guide to computing literature and provides [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archives_Initiative Open archive] metadata in turn.
 
CiteSeer is a service that continuously improves and adds new functionalities. For details see: [http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/help/help.html SMEALSearch Help Page] and the [http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/help/SMEALSearch-help-documentPage.html FAQ]
 
=== ACM Portal ===
 
The Guide to computing literature allows to search publications. Each entry found will display:
* Authors (with links)
* Collaborative colleagues (people an author with whom other articles have been published. Note: this is approximative since it will show articles from authors who have the same name.
* A link to similar articles (this is very useful)
 
The ACM digital library (indexing its own publications) adds:
* Citings (who has cited this article)
* What articles have been consulted by other people who consulted this article (peer-to-peer reading, see [[social navigation]]).
* A hierarchical tree of index terms
* Design terms
* Keywords
 
=== CiteULike ===


=== General links ===
* CiteULike is a free web-based service to help academics to share, store, and organize the academic papers they are reading.
* Insertion is easy: Adding an article to the personal library is a one click operation. The system automatically extracts the citation details.
* Users can [[folksonomy]] kinds of tags.


* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_index Wikipedia: Citation index]
Search of ''article titles, tags, author names, abstracts and journal titles'' with keywords (tags). The results for title and abstract search lists:
* article names and author
* tags for each article


=== Technology ===
Journal browsing
* lists recent articles


CiteSeer is based on the [[http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/ SmealSearch]] engine. If offers the following functionalities:
Entries about articles give the following information
* Search documents database with keywords. The sortable results include a title, a link, a context for the search keywords, number of citations
* Clickable author names
* Search citations with different query terms (e.g. an author name). The result will show entries with author, title, date, journal/volume etc. Details for each result can be consulted in the context page.
* Access button to the article
* ID tags used
* Clickable people who have the article in their "library".
* Visualization of related articles with a TouchGraph applet (can hang your browser - [[User:DSchneider|DSchneider]] 15:18, 21 September 2006 (MEST))
* BibTex export of the reference


For details see: [http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/help/help.html MEALSearch Help Page] and the [http://smealsearch2.psu.edu/help/SMEALSearch-help-documentPage.html FAQ]
== Links ==


Note: It is very important that teachers (or some other facilitators) explain how such an engine works or engage learners in a formal activity that makes them learn. Most people do not take time to understand how such specialized engines work.
=== General links ===
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation_index Wikipedia: Citation index]


=== Citation indexes ===
=== Citation indexes ===
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* [http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ CiteSeer home page]
* [http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/ CiteSeer home page]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteSeer Wikipedia article]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteSeer Wikipedia article]
;ACM Portal, {{ar}} in part
* [http://portal.acm.org/ ACM Portal]
;CiteULike
* [http://www.citeulike.org/ CiteULike Home Page]


== References ==
== References ==


[[Category: technologies]]
 
[[Category: social computing]]
[[Category: social computing]]
[[Category: Writing]]
[[Category: Knowledge representation]]

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Definition

“A citation is the textual form in which a document refers to another document. A proper publication features a references section: each entry in this section is a citation. Citation indexing consists into the indexing of the text of each such entry. (SMEAL, retrieved 15 September 2006.”)

See also: Indexing

Technology

It is very important that teachers (or some other facilitators) explain how such an engine works and/or to engage learners in a formal activity that makes them learn. Most people (including university students) do not take enough time to understand how such specialized engines work.

Most commercial electronic journal portals also show increasingly sophisticated citation features. Most often you can list the references of a given article and see who cited the article. Cross-references may extend to other vendors. One also can find similar articles. There are interface novelties, e.g. Sage includes a visual citation map.

CiteSeer and Smeal

CiteSeer is both a citation engine and a digital library

CiteSeer is based on the SmealSearch engine. The citation engine offers the following main functionalities:

  • Search citations with different query terms (e.g. an author name).
  • The result will show references with author, title, date, journal/volume etc.
  • Details for each result can be consulted in the context page.

The digital library engine allows

  • to search the documents database with keywords.
  • The sortable results include a title, a link, a context for the search keywords, number of citations, etc.

CiteSeer also integrates with other sources of metadata such as the ACM Portal's Guide to computing literature and provides Open archive metadata in turn.

CiteSeer is a service that continuously improves and adds new functionalities. For details see: SMEALSearch Help Page and the FAQ

ACM Portal

The Guide to computing literature allows to search publications. Each entry found will display:

  • Authors (with links)
  • Collaborative colleagues (people an author with whom other articles have been published. Note: this is approximative since it will show articles from authors who have the same name.
  • A link to similar articles (this is very useful)

The ACM digital library (indexing its own publications) adds:

  • Citings (who has cited this article)
  • What articles have been consulted by other people who consulted this article (peer-to-peer reading, see social navigation).
  • A hierarchical tree of index terms
  • Design terms
  • Keywords

CiteULike

  • CiteULike is a free web-based service to help academics to share, store, and organize the academic papers they are reading.
  • Insertion is easy: Adding an article to the personal library is a one click operation. The system automatically extracts the citation details.
  • Users can folksonomy kinds of tags.

Search of article titles, tags, author names, abstracts and journal titles with keywords (tags). The results for title and abstract search lists:

  • article names and author
  • tags for each article

Journal browsing

  • lists recent articles

Entries about articles give the following information

  • Clickable author names
  • Access button to the article
  • ID tags used
  • Clickable people who have the article in their "library".
  • Visualization of related articles with a TouchGraph applet (can hang your browser - DSchneider 15:18, 21 September 2006 (MEST))
  • BibTex export of the reference

Links

General links

Citation indexes

CiteSeer
ACM Portal, (Access restricted) in part
CiteULike

References