Citation Managers as Gateways to Academic Integrity

Huffman, Jennifer

doi:10.1080/08963568.2014.883878

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“…Fourie (2011) refers to the role of LIS professionals in promoting the potential of personal information and reference management to offer more than easy citation of information sources and the creation of bibliographies, toward quality orientated, collaborative productivity and creativity. Huffman (2014) considers citation managers as gateways to academic integrity and argues that librarians would help students comply with the principles of academic integrity if they promote the benefits, for example, in terms of time and effort saved, as opposed to the moral imperatives.…”

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confidence: 99%

The familiarity and use of reference management software by LIS faculties in Iran

Sarrafzadeh

Hazeri

2014

New Library World

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Purpose – The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the familiarity and use of reference management software (RMS) by library and information science (LIS) faculties in Iran, and aims to identify the possible factors that lead to the application and choice of this software. Design/methodology/approach – This is a descriptive survey. Data collected by a Web-based questionnaire include both open-ended and multiple-choice questions. The questionnaires were distributed among LIS discussion groups and were sent to the e-mails of LIS faculties. Findings – Results reveal that over half of the respondents had a good familiarity with the various citation software packages and knew how to use them; 35 per cent of respondents have learned how to use these packages through formal education. “Endnote” is the most popular software among respondents. Respondents confirm the need to offer some educational programs on how to use these software packages to bachelor students, and nominated the “Academic Writing” course as the proper place for teaching this topic. Originality/value – If due attention is given to the importance of referencing in academic writing and to establishing criteria for the acceptance of papers for publication, teaching students how to carry out referencing and how to use RMS packages for this purpose will aid the promotion of scientific products. To determine whether LIS educators are able to teach the use of RMS packages, it is necessary to examine the extent to which they are familiar with these programs.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%