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Citavi: Introductory course What do we want to learn today? Getting started Installation / License Collecting bibliographic data Knowledge management When writing a paper Additional information
Getting Started: Installation / License Free-Version 1. Download: www.citavi.com License 2. ask for your free (Campus) license key at: www.citavi.com/rub firstname.surname@rub.de 3. enter license key
Start your work License Installation o On two Windows-PCs (Windows 7 or higher) o On PC and USB flash drive Campus-license will be re-newed every year Discount for alumnis (former students)
Collecting bibliographic data References various options to collect bibliographic data 1. Download (retrieve) by ISBN 2. On-line search via Citavi (book catalogues or bibliographic databases) 3. Export via bibliographic database 4. Citavi-Picker
Collecting bibliographic data 1. Enter the bibliographic information of a new reference manually 2. Download by ISBN, DOI or PubMed-ID 3. On-line search via Citavi in book catalogues bibliographic databases 4. Import bibliographic data From bibliographic databases From other reference software From RIS-, BibTeX-, ENW-files From Access-, Excel-, Calc-, CSV-files PDF-files can be imported 5. Citavi-Picker to add books, digital publications and websites via Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox to add PDF-files (Adobe Reader / Adobe Acrobat)
collecting Exercise 1. Add this book: http://d-nb.info/973385138 2. Add this article: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17135148 3. Search in "Academic Search Premier" - you can choose your subject and export some titles to Citavi. 4. Create a project bibliography.
Knowledge management Organizing by: Keywords Categories
KEYWORDS VS. CATEGORIES Keywords Can be imported automatically from research databases. Describe the contents of a reference or a quotation. Can consist of one or more words Information literacy E-learning Glut of information ACRL Are separated by semicolons Categories Allow you to systematically and hierarchically group the following: References: group by subject, as in the library Content: group knowledge items in an outline Can be exported to Word so that you can use this outline to write your paper. 9
Knowledge management Add citations, assign keywords and categories Add thoughts, assign keywords and categories
Writing a paper Word-Add-In (min. Word 2003 required) You can insert bibliographic references and citations directly References (footnotes) and bibliography are automatically created according to the citation style you have selected. Publication assistant for OpenOffice/LibreOffice and TeX-editors There are placeholders for your references and citations (curly brackets) In the end you have to format your file according to the selected citation style.
Writing a paper Citation style FAQs Can I make changes to a citation style? Yes, by creating a copy of the original citation style and making changes in the Citation Style Editor. Can I create my own citation style? Yes, with the Citation Style Editor. Does the Citavi Team create citation styles? Yes, as long as it is the official style of a periodical or publisher that has author guidelines.
Additional information and help services Citavi Manual www.citavi.com/faq Forum: www.citavi.com/forum Citavi-channel on youtube UB Bochum www.ub.rub.de/informationen/citavi.html ub-kurse@ruhr-uni-bochum.de Open consultation hour: every thursday 02-03 p.m., Information desk, ground floor
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