October 2010
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September 2010
1 post
EasyBib Source Guide
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,...
August 2010
1 post
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Updates! Journal Autocite & Tagging
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...
July 2010
1 post
Bibbin' in the sun: Google Docs Integration,...
We’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...
May 2010
1 post
New updates: design changes & more!
Hey 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...
April 2010
4 posts
New updates: Autocite even more!
Hey 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...
A click and a citation later on Credo
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!
Hey 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:...
March 2010
2 posts
Partnership with Credo Reference!
We 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...
Updates: Search by title, third party database...
We launched a fresh round of updates yesterday! Take a look:
Autocite books by title, author, keywords, or ISBN: You no longer need to remember a book’s ISBN number to cite a book - now you can search by its title or any other keyword to find it! We’ve partnered with the OCLC and its library database, WorldCat, and are searching over 60 million books. Take a look at WorldCat,...
February 2010
1 post
EasyBib ISBN autocite upgrade
One of the most popular features on EasyBib is our ISBN autocite function that allows Bibbers to automatically cite books simply by entering its assigned 10 or 13 digit ISBN number.
As part of our never ending battle to bring you the best citation management tool around, we’re extremely proud to announce that our ISBN database has just gone through a major upgrade.
Over the past three days we’ve...
January 2010
2 posts
EasyBib partners with textbook rental company...
Although we certainly appreciate the various collegiate “Rites of passage”: battling hordes of students, rotting in endless lines, and emptying your checking account for the semesters required reading was never high on the priority list. That’s why we’re happy to announce our partnership with BookRenter.com. With a little forward thinking you can easily save over 75% off...
Bibbin' updates: Citation management and IP...
Hi everyone,
We’re happy to announce a round of new updates to EasyBib.
Citation management: This has been the most requested feature of EasyBib. Now users can copy citations into different bibliographies, combine lists together, or export specific citations directly to Word or HTML. We have also made it possible to edit citations across multiple lists and view all the references...
December 2009
4 posts
From our community: Plagiarism awareness videos!
Hope everyone is having a great break. Many of the teachers and librarians that visit our site have suggested that we post materials to help students research and write more effectively.
One of our visitors, a librarian hailing from Northern Kentucky University, passed this link along. Students from NKU’s film department made a number of videos that discuss plagiarism, copyright laws, and...
Holiday giveaway: Win an Ipod touch in seconds...
Fan us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/easybib
On your personal status update, direct a message towards us by writing @easybib and select EasyBib, Free Bibliographic Composer.
On the lock icon, next to the share button, be sure to share the message with everyone, so we can see it!
Write a message on i) why you love EasyBib ii) how you would spend the holidays with EasyBib or iii)...
Updates completed on December 9th, 2AM-7AM Eastern
Hi All,
If you were around this morning you may have noticed some downtime. We were trying to do some backend changes, but the time it was taking started bleeding into the school day.
We’ve re-scheduled the changes to tomorrow, Wednesday December 9th, at 2AM. The site will be down until 7AM, for a total period of five hours.
Update: Updates completed successfully. Total downtime was from...
The Campus Socialite's Interview with EasyBib →
The Campus Socialite, a blog that prepares students with skills to succeed both in and after college, recently interviewed us. Check it out!
November 2009
1 post
EasyBib on Amazon's Cloud
We’ve made some changes that we are proud to report. If you were up early this morning you would have noticed that we were down for a few hours of “scheduled maintenance” from 6:30AM to 9AM Eastern.
During that time period, we switched our servers from where they are located (here in NYC) to Amazon’s Web Services cloud. If you’re familiar with that term, you’ll...
September 2009
3 posts
New updates
Hi everyone,
You may have noticed, but we’ve deployed a couple of minor changes across the site.
New help fields: We’ve placed a help caption next to every field on EasyBib’s citation forms. This way, if you’re confused on any particular source field, you’ll be able to learn more about that item in the help section. The help fields used to be placed at the bottom of...
Database recovery process
Everyone,
We experienced a database crash tonight.
We do have backups, and are working to restore citations.
You can continue making citations, the new ones will be saved.
It will take us several days to restore old citations, but they will be back.
We will continue to update you with our progress.
Update (1:19AM 9/18/2009):
We should be able to restore access to citations this weekend....
New features for the new school year!
Hey bibbers,
Here’s the latest update.
APA 6th Edition: Updated to support the latest style guidelines from the APA 6th edition guide. If you’re a MyBib Pro user, you automatically have access. If you’re not a subscriber and need APA for your classes, check out our free trial. Updates include: Addition of Digital Object Identifiers (DOI), which now take the place of online...
August 2009
2 posts
ZDNet posting about EasyBib →
Chris, glad you’re happy with our service!
July 2009
1 post
Bibbin' just got better: Better pricing for...
Hi everyone,
We’ve released some summertime updates:
Easier institutional subscriptions: we now provide a free trial for schools that want to use our institutional product, now called School Edition. If you’re a teacher or librarian, please take a look at the exciting features we offer at very affordable prices.
Knowledge base: We’ve completely revamped our help section. You...
June 2009
1 post
The easiest site on the Web? Google thinks so!
According to Google, when people think of “easy” they’re looking for EasyBib!
If you go to http://www.google.com and start typing “easybib,” by the time you finish typing “easy” you will see us pop up to the top of their auto-suggestion list!
(According to some readers, it helps if you’re in the US, and possibly logged out of your Google account)....
May 2009
1 post
Bibbin' just got better: MLA7 and public sharing!
Hey bibbers,
Over the last month we’ve gotten a number of requests to support the latest edition of MLA. Well, we’re happy to announce that EasyBib now supports the 7th edition of MLA, free for all users!
To format your list in MLA7, just click the “MLA 7” button at the top of your list.
By default, your lists will continue to be cited in MLA6 unless you click this...
April 2009
4 posts
You rock, Sharon!
At EasyBib, we’re always happy to help you out with all your bibliography needs! And every so often, there are fans who help us out! We love it!
Check out the following presentation done by Sharon Elin! Thanks so much! :-)
Citing Sources with easybib.comView more presentations from Sharon Elin.
200,000,000 citations!
That’s how many we hit earlier today. Or rather, that’s how many you bibbers have typed in over the last several years.
For more numbers, check out our stats page.
And of course, keep citing! Next up, three hundred million =)
Some bib updates
Hey all,
We’ve pushed a few minor changes to the site.
Clear list from homepage: If you’re in a public setting (like the library) and someone has previously used EasyBib to create a list, you can start fresh by clearing the list right from the home page.
View online formatting: Copying and pasting from the View Online page led to some text color inconsistencies, which we’ve resolved.
There are...
New source added
Hey bibbers,
Just wanted to let you know that we’ve added a new source to EasyBib - check the source list to find out .. :D
March 2009
1 post
New help features!
Hi guys,
We are happy to announce that we have released new EasyBib help features. While EasyBib expedites bibliography creation, there are many small rules, such as how to properly capitalize titles, that our service could not automatically fix. Now, when a data field is selected, you will be provided details and guidance on how to properly enter information, ensuring that your citation is...
January 2009
3 posts
Bibbin' just got better
Hey all,
Another fresh round of updates, including Chicago style!
First, features we’ve launched for everyone:
Email your bibliography: This has been a major feature request for some time now. After you’ve finished your bibliography, you can now email it to yourself. In the email, you not only get your bibliography, but we also include a link to the RTF file if you want to download...
MLA 7
EasyBib currently provides free MLA formatting based on sixth edition of the MLA handbook. In April though, MLA will be releasing their seventh edition of their handbook. We plan to incorporate these new rules for the 2009/2010 school year, as to not confuse any users by changing our system in the middle of the year.
Some interesting rules to note with the new edition:
No more underlining....
Citing the Inaugural?
We’ve received a few emails asking how to cite Barack Obama’s Inauguration speech, so we’ve included a suggestion below:
Obama, Barack H. “Inaugural Address.” 2009 Presidential Inaugural. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. 20 Jan. 2009.
If you missed the speech, check out the video on YouTube or the full text at the BBC.
Cheers!
December 2008
1 post
EasyBib just got better
Hey Bib users,
We know you’re probably winding your semester down and prepping for the holidays but we wanted to introduce you to some cool stuff we’ve been working on over the last several weeks.
New Web Site Autocite: If you’re familiar with our book ISBN search, you may like our new Autocite tool for online sources. Just enter in your URL, and the page title, site title, and...
November 2008
1 post
EasyBib partners with TrialPay
If you guys are anything like we were in college, money wasn’t exactly lining our pockets.
Of course we understand, when you do come across some extra coin, the first thought in your mind may not be upgrading your EasyBib account to our premium MyBib Pro service.
We make every effort to keep our paid service at a price point we hope is affordable for everyone. At $7.99, our goal is to provide the...
October 2008
6 posts
More efficient web browsing w/ ChunkIt
EasyBibbers, I’m sure it seems like every website you visit these days is loaded with fairly pointless advertising. At EasyBib, our goal is to bring our users the most complete, and accurate citation service, period. Though advertising is a part of our site, we make efforts to partner with companies offering services that we feel can actually benefit our users. While working on your bibs, you may...
Experiencing heavy traffic
Hi guys,
We’ve been having intermittent downtime this week. This is due to a significantly higher than expected volume during midterms season.
What basically happens is, everyone tries to use EasyBib at once during peak hours and the concurrent usage can overwhelm us.
We are working around the clock to deploy a more robust setup. In the meantime, we suggest you use the site during off...
Columbus Day site updates
Hi all,
Happy Columbus Day! Hopefully you are resting on this school holiday, but if you have to work, maybe the updates below will help (though we’d guess you’d prefer the day off…):
Internet Explorer Parenthetical Citation Wizard fixes: If you’re a MyBib Pro user, you may have found that the wizard did not work for you all the time. We’ve fixed this issue.
...
Debate watching
Hey everyone,
As election season nears we’ve been asked a few times how students can cite the presidential and vice-presidential debates. Using the TV citation form, it’s simple. Here’s an example:
2008 Presidential Debate. CNN. New York. 26 Sept. 2008.
Personally, I’ve always found the weeks leading up to an election exciting. The twists and turns this race has taken...
Downtime resolved: 8pm-midnight on 10/6/08
Hi all, If you tried using our site last night, you may have experienced intermittent downtime. We had significant concurrent traffic on our system that ended up locking up some of our front-end servers.
We’ve resolved the immediate issue, but are taking steps to prevent this from affecting us long term:
Two additional front end servers to be deployed this week
Additional RAM upgrades...
September 2008
3 posts
Citation tweaks, speed improvements, & more
We deployed some updates to EasyBib today - here’s a brief summary:
Citation source updates: We’ve added the “vinyl recording” type to the musical recording citation form (thanks Emily!), and the Book of Proverbs to the Bible form (why that was missing the first time around we have no idea - thanks Timothy and Daniel for pointing this out).
Interface updates: A lot of...
Google Chrome on EasyBib
Hey bibbers, Not sure if you’ve heard, but Google released a new web browser today they are calling “Chrome.” We’re big fans of Google at EasyBib - we use the Google Apps suite of tools for all of our internal business needs, we use Google search (obviously), and so on - so Chrome was something we were excited to check out.
Let me first get my personal opinions out -...
August 2008
4 posts
New citation format: Blogs & Podcasts
A common question we receive on our help desk is, “How do I cite a blog?” Blogs are increasingly becoming a mainstream source, and students are often finding the information they need for their papers in this relatively new type of source.
To help, we created the blog format. You can cite a full blog article, a blog comment, and even interviews and product reviews.
Blogs are...
EasyBib featured on CNET Webware
Easy as ABC: Web Apps for Students
“This one is a little bit of an old school pick, but it’s an indispensable resource for every student.”
Thanks guys!
Our first widget: minibib
Our first foray into widgetry: we bring you minibib.
What’s minibib?
minibib is a quick and easy way to let your users start citing sources directly from your Web site. Selecting a source from the widget brings them back to EasyBib.
What’s the use case? Well, every now and then we get an email from a public library or a school library asking if they can add a link to EasyBib...
Introducing ISBN AutoCite
Hi everyone,
As the new design settles in with our users, I wanted to make a few blog posts about some of the new features we have on EasyBib. The first of these will cover ISBN AutoCite.
Some of the most common sources cited on EasyBib are books. On the old version of EasyBib, book information had to be entered in element by element. Now, given that the bibliographical information in books are...