Wednesday, January 27, 2010

EndNote Web Accounts

 

I have had a number of queries about people who have had trouble creating EndNote Web accounts especially from off campus.  This seems to be a problem related to authenticating the account holder as a member of the university community. 

There are two possible solutions

(1) set-up the account from on campus - once you do this you can access it and use it from anywhere, or

(2) create an account for EndNote Web by accessing the Web of Knowledge or Web of Science database from off campus -- you will need to authenticate (logon with your library id and pin number) to get access to this database -- then you can register for a Web of Science account which will also allow you to use EndNote Web. 

Instructions and a related video for this second method are available on the EndNote Web research guide (http://instr.iastate.libguides.com/endnoteweb).  This video starts at the Web of Science page, so it excludes the process of logging in and authenticating,

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks -- Stephen

WebCite

WebCite 

"This is another product similar to iCyte (http://www.icyte.com/") or the preserving web pages such as with Zotero except it is available to reviewers.  -- HSM"

WebCite®?

WebCite®, a member of the International Internet Preservation Consortium, is an on-demand archiving system for webreferences (cited webpages and websites, or other kinds of Internet-accessible digital objects), 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. If cited webreferences in journal articles, books etc. are not archived, future readers may encounter a "404 File Not Found" error when clicking on a cited URL. Try it! Archive a URL here. It's free and takes only 30 seconds.

A WebCite®-enhanced reference is a reference which contains - in addition to the original live URL (which can and probably will disappear in the future, or its content may change) - a link to an archived copy of the material, exactly as the citing author saw it when he accessed the cited material.

WebCite

Friday, January 15, 2010

iCyte - Home

Not sure about this since it doesn't really help in the citing of web pages, but often times you would want to preserve the web page of a cite you are referencing.  I know of a similar tool but I cannot recall the name right now --  I think I have it listed on my personal blog (http://lib-quide.blogspot.com/) so I will try and remember to pull it up...HSM

 iCyte - Home 

# iCyte enables you to highlight and save text on any webpage, allowing you to recall the most relevant information. You can save sections of webpages or the whole thing. # Powerful search tools Webpages you Cyte are saved on our server, letting you return to your research even if the webpage has been deleted or modified. # Simple user sharing Invite colleagues and friends to join your projects, discover new research, and share information.

iCyte - Home