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Zotero, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway Oct 2013

Zotero, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway

Anne Rauh

Zotero is a free, open access, citation management tool that allows users to store, manage and cite bibliographic references. Zotero can format citations in many different styles and lets users insert citations within word processing software. Zotero allows for easy collaboration between multiple authors and enables users to create private or shared reading lists. Zotero is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media. At the completion of this class, participants will be able to: Install Zotero Collect and organize citations Create formatted bibliographies and insert citations into documents Collaborate with colleagues to create reading lists …


Social Media And Citation Metrics, Linda M. Galloway, Anne E. Rauh Jun 2013

Social Media And Citation Metrics, Linda M. Galloway, Anne E. Rauh

Anne Rauh

No abstract provided.


Bypassing Roadblocks To Technical Information: Locating Freely Available Technical Information For Entrepreneurs, Anne E. Rauh Apr 2013

Bypassing Roadblocks To Technical Information: Locating Freely Available Technical Information For Entrepreneurs, Anne E. Rauh

Anne Rauh

If you have ever had to seek technical information, you have probably run into an information access roadblock or a pay-wall. This is a major issue for our students as they leave our universities and our subscription resources and move on to become practitioners of their field. This session will outline the different types of freely available technical information - including patents, government funded technical reports, and open access journal literature - and demonstrate how to access them. The session will also give examples of how to integrate these resources into the classroom through design projects and information seeking assignments. …


Citation Metrics, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway Apr 2013

Citation Metrics, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway

Anne Rauh

No abstract provided.


Embedding Librarians Into The Stem Publication Process, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway Jan 2013

Embedding Librarians Into The Stem Publication Process, Anne E. Rauh, Linda M. Galloway

Anne Rauh

STEM Librarians at Syracuse University actively participate throughout the scientific publication process. This chapter will outline points in the process where librarian involvement is applicable and beneficial. Librarians Anne Rauh and Linda Galloway will explain how and why it is important to teach tools that organize scientific literature to faculty and students before they begin the writing process. The use of assessment techniques to help inform targeted publication venues will be described. Post-publication, this chapter will describe how to help authors gauge the impact of their work, promote their publications and increase their visibility.


Social Media And Citation Metrics, Linda M. Galloway, Anne E. Rauh Jan 2013

Social Media And Citation Metrics, Linda M. Galloway, Anne E. Rauh

Anne Rauh

Quantifying scholarly output via traditional citation metrics is the time-honored method to gauge academic success. However, as the tentacles of social media spread into professional personas, scholars are interacting more frequently and more meaningfully with these tools. Measuring the influence and impact of scholarly engagement with online tools and networks is gaining importance in academia today. Assessing the impact of a scholar’s work can be measured by evaluating several factors including the number of peer-reviewed publications, citations to these publications and the influence of the publications. These metrics take a relatively long time to accumulate, some are available only via …