[Wactclc-alma] Creating bibliographies (From Jane Blume, Bellingham)

Tue Jun 6 08:16:19 PDT 2017

Nice answer, Ryer :)

Meanwhile, I would add that the saved lists in Primo could be useful for bibliography creation, if you aren't already using them.

If you log onto Primo, and add titles to a saved list, that list will remain on your account.

You can build it, go back to it, and can also export citations for all titles in your saved list at one time.

Also,  if you have a bibliography you want to communicate to others on campus, you could do add a local field to the bibs, and add a key word (like 'btcaccred' or something) to make the items more discoverable, and also allow a direct link to those search results. Or, setting up an Alma course reading list might be another approach. Or creating a libguides page with direct links to the titles.

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Big Bend Community College
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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] Creating bibliographies (From Jane Blume, Bellingham)

Hi Jane,

It looks like you are still on the old UI, which actually works pretty well with Zotero. So if you have been using Zotero to create your bibliographies you can continue to do so until you switch to the new UI. (Actually you just reminded me of how unfortunate this aspect of the new UI is).

All citation tools are limited by the quality of metadata. Capitalization is the biggest issue I notice, but there can be some other oddities to watch out for. Most tools can get you close, but you still need a bit of editing and attention.

RIS import/export for Zotero is pretty easy. Don't let that multistep documentation scare you. There really aren't tons of steps. Export RIS from Primo to save file locally, then in Zotero, click gear icon, choose Import, then choose the locally saved file. Again, quality depends on metadata quality.

I have no good suggestions as far as the new Primo UI goes. I need to test more with other citation tools, but Zotero relies on web metadata standards, so I'm expecting most citation tools will have issues. Sometimes I get better formatted info from other sources, so I'll also save from WorldCat, Amazon, Google Scholar, directly in databases, etc.

If you need some local guidance on Zotero or other citation management tools I'd highly recommend Gabe Gossett at WWU<http://libguides.wwu.edu/prf.php?account_id=8686>. He's been using and teaching these tools for a long time and is a big Zotero fan.

Let me know if I can give you more details on any of this,

Ryer Banta
Information Literacy and Technology Librarian
360-623-8121
Ryer.Banta at centralia.edu<mailto:Ryer.Banta at centralia.edu>
Centralia College

Here's a sample bibliography from Zotero of items from your Primo (pardon the lack of hanging indent in email formatting):

Albright, T., Mutiibwa, D., Gerson, A., Smith, E., Talbot, W., O'Neill, J., ... Wolf, B. (2017). Mapping evaporative water loss in desert passerines reveals an expanding threat of lethal dehydration. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(9), 2283.
Bryant, R. G., Johnson, M. A., & Rossky, P. J. (2012). Water. Accounts of Chemical Research, 45(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.1021/ar2003286
Fredericks, C. (2006). Water. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.
Hill, E., & Ma, L. (2017). Shale Gas Development and Drinking Water Quality. The American Economic Review, 107(5), 522-525. https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.p20171133
Houston, B. (2008). Water.
Kennedy, B. C. (2012). Water. Place of publication not identified Greenhaven Press.
Kim, H., Yang, S., Rao, S., Narayanan, S., Kapustin, E., Furukawa, H., ... Wang, E. (2017). Water harvesting from air with metal-organic frameworks powered by natural sunlight. Science, 356(6336), 430-434. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aam8743
Molecular Diversity Preservation International. (2009). Water. Basel, Switzerland: MDPI Pub.
Van Helden, P. (2011). Water. EMBO Reports, 12(1), 2-2. https://doi.org/10.1038/embor.2010.193
Water. (2001). In The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Gale.

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Subject: [Wactclc-alma] Creating bibliographies (From Jane Blume, Bellingham)

I'm reposting the message below to the mailing list. For some reason, the listserve server bounced the message when it was initially received.

I need your collective wisdom. Have any of you created a bibliography with Primo/Alma? We need to create several bibliographies for program accreditation documents this summer.

I see I can export items to EasyBib, Refworks, Endnote, or RIS. (Also Delicious, but it has not been activated here.) I looked into Zotero, but it appears that Primo does not play well with Zotero. I found a multiple step process to export the RIS to Zotero on a university's LibGuide, but it was several pages long and it looked like there would be quite a bit of editing afterwards.

Have you heard anything about which software works the best or have you used any of them in Primo/Alma? The citations need to be in APA. Formerly, when we subscribed to EasyBib, I was not impressed with the accuracy of its APA citations. I've looked into purchasing an individual license for Endnote ($250/year) and EasyBib ($120/year). Refworks is through ProQuest. I suspect I can't just purchase one license, but have not asked.

Thank you.

Jane

Jane Blume
Director
Library | Media Services
Bellingham Technical College
3028 Lindbergh Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225
jblume at btc.edu<mailto:jblume at btc.edu>
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360.752.8383 - library

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Big Bend Community College
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www.bigbend.edu<http://www.bigbend.edu>

Big Bend Community College * 7662 Chanute Street NE * Moses Lake, WA 98837-3299

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