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EasyBib Source Guide
Posted by neal-taparia Thursday, September 23, 2010
While EasyBib helps students quickly and accurately create their bibliographies, some students still need help distinguishing one source type from another. Do they know the difference between a journal and a magazine, or an article from a general website from one found in a reference database? Now EasyBib has introduced the EasyBib Source Guide, which provides source definitions and examples, and suggests alternatives on related sources. It will help students identify and understand how sources differ, and ultimately help students fully grasp the reference process and create better bibliographies.
To access the source guide, click the blue help link on the tab bar, or the red help link on the form page. You will then see a variety of sources related to your chosen source, along with definitions and examples. Once you click on a source type, EasyBib will ask you the specific medium where you found the source, and direct you to the appropriate form.
We hope you find it helpful!
Updates! Journal Autocite & Tagging
Posted by dsomashekar Tuesday, August 24, 2010Darshan Somashekar
Hey everyone,
Here are a couple updates just in time for the school year!
Journal Autocite: First books, then websites, then newspapers, then magazines… and now, journals! The autocite march continues. You can now cite journals just by entering in the article title or DOI number of the source. It’s that easy!
Tagging: We’ve had a number of requests over the years to add tagging to sources. It is now implemented. To tag a source, just click “tag” next to the source that you’ve cited. That means you can sort sources by primary or secondary (by tagging them as such), or by how they apply to your paper (background, opposing viewpoints, pro/con, etc.). You can even sort by tag, or just export citations with the tag you want.
On the agenda: more things to make your research paper life faster, easier, and more efficient. Stay tuned!
Bibbin’ in the sun: Google Docs Integration, Facebook, & more!
Posted by dsomashekar Friday, July 9, 2010We’re thrilled to announce a round of new updates to EasyBib!
Export to Google Docs: If you’re one of the growing number of users who have ditched your desktop office suite, you’ll be happy to note our new integration with Google Docs. After citing your bibliography, just click “Save to Google Docs” and we’ll import your bibliography right into your Google Docs account. It’s that easy!
Login via Facebook, Google, Yahoo, & AOL: If you don’t want to create your own account on EasyBib, we now support logging in via multiple providers. Just click on their icon and you should be logged in automagically.
Developer documentation: If you’re a third party Web site looking to add citation capabilities, check out the EasyBib Citation API and widget!
Citation guide: One of the biggest problems students have when citing sources is finding out where to get the information they need for their citation. Our brand new visual citation guide solves that by showing students exactly where they need to find stuff.
That’s all for now. Hope everyone is having a great summer!
The Bib Team
New updates: design changes & more!
Posted by dsomashekar Tuesday, May 25, 2010Hey Bibs,
You may notice a few design changes underfoot. We’ve brought our Autocite features out in the open. Now you’re able to cite the most popular sources right off the homepage! Of course, we still offer the largest number of citeable sources online - just click “All 55 options” at the end of the tab box.
We’ve also increased the color contrast a bit, as many of our users have indicated that some of the layout has been too light and they had trouble seeing the different parts of our site. We hope that’s no longer an issue for anyone :)
Additionally, our School Edition subscribers now have the ability to add their school logos and library links right on EasyBib! This can drive further engagement with library resources, as they’ll be front and center while a student is using our service.
Lastly, our international users should now be a lot happier! While we’ve always had Unicode support, we’ve made significant improvements to ensure that different character sets are fully supported.
We know many of you are on the verge of heading home for the summer - have a good break, and when you return you’ll have a lot more features to look forward to!
Cheers!
Darshan
New updates: Autocite even more!
Posted by dsomashekar Thursday, April 15, 2010Hey everyone - new EasyBib updates!
Autocite for newspapers: We’ve plugged into Google News to let you cite newspaper articles automatically.
Autocite for magazines: You can now search for magazine articles and autocite those, courtesy of HighBeam Research.
Improved website Autocite: Now, where we can, we grab authors and publication dates! (Even less for you to do ;)).
Default list styles: If you have an account, you can now choose a default style for your list. No more having to remember the different styles for each list that you may need.
Cheers!
The EasyBib Team
A click and a citation later on Credo
Posted by neal-taparia Monday, April 5, 2010
With one click of our logo (see the top right of the article), you can cite a source from Credo Reference on EasyBib. Yup, its that easy =)
EasyBib Brand New Redesign!
Posted by dsomashekar Friday, April 2, 2010Hey everyone!
You may have noticed that EasyBib is sporting a brand new design! After over a year of collecting user feedback and months of design work, we’ve proud to announce this launch.
In the new design, we’ve added:
- The ability to Autocite many more sources: Now, cite everything from films to conference proceedings to government publications just by searching!
- Cleaner forms: We’ve modified our forms so they’re easier to fill out and easier for you to keep track of your information.
- A faster experience: EasyBib’s pages now load over 40% faster.
.. And of course, tons of changes suggested by our users, including different default publication tabs for different sources (thanks Heidi!), more prominent buttons for MS Word exports, clearer language regarding our contributor fields, and we could go on.
This is just the beginning. Over the next several weeks and months, even more pieces will start coming into place.
Cheers,
The EasyBib Team.
EasyBib has partnered with Yolink, a great browser tool that lets you search deeper within links. Now, when using the Yolink tool bar, you can click a button and cite any website you view through Yolink. You’ll research, discover, and cite faster and more efficiently than ever! Check out the video to see how Yolink and EasyBib work, and definitely download Yolink.
Partnership with Credo Reference!
Posted by neal-taparia Wednesday, March 17, 2010We know the end part of research is challenging - creating and organizing bibliographic data - but the initial part, conceiving your idea and gathering general research can be equally as difficult.
We are happy to announce a partnership with Credo Reference, an award winning online reference library. In the upcoming months, Credo’s platform will allow you to organize bibliographic information seamlessly on EasyBib, and our new services will help make Credo content more discoverable. We hope our partnership will make your research experience robust yet easy at the same time!
You can learn more about the partnership at this link.
