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Agriculture

A range of links to library and information resources for agriculture. These include local collections, networked services and external websites.

Cite Them Right Online

Cite Them Right Online explains and demonstrates how to cite, both in-text and in a reference list or bibliography, a wide range of material types: books, journal articles, lecture notes, law reports, web pages, computer games, live performances...

Get to Cite Them Right Online from its DiscoverEd record.

Harvard (author-date) is shown throughout but many material types are demonstrated in other citation styles too: APA, Chicago, MHRA, MLA, OSCOLA, Vancouver.

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General information on referencing and plagiarism is also presented.

Reference management software tools

EndNote

EndNote is supported by the University and available as desktop run software and as a web application. The desktop version has the full range of features and functions. EndNote online, is freely available in its "Basic" form and may be enough for your needs. Both versions provide automatic citing in Microsoft Word.

The desktop version is installed on the open access lab computers where the "Cite While You Write" plug-in, for use with a desktop library or an online group, is already available on Microsoft Word.

 

EndNote online

Register via Web of Science for more file saving space.

Guide to registering for EndNote online (incl. Cite While You Write plug-in)

Then go directly: www.myendnoteweb.com 

EndNote online Cite while You Write screenshot

 

EndNote desktop

EndNote desktop can be downloaded onto most University machines for free.

Software Services' EndNote for Schools has more information.

For personal use on your own machines, EndNote desktop can be bought at an academic discount.

Software Services' information on buying personal copies of EndNote desktop.

Citing and avoiding plagiarism

Citing and referencing demonstrates breadth of research and helps avoid plagiarism. To understand more about plagiarism and how and why to avoid it, see the University of Edinburgh's Institute for Academic Development's guide:

Referencing and avoiding plagiarism

Choosing a reference management software tool

Reference management software lets you store, annotate and group references and also automatically creates citations and reference lists in your documents.

There are a number of different reference management software tools available. For help in deciding which is right for you, please see our software comparison table from the link below:

Software comparison table

Help with EndNote

There is support and help available from staff on using EndNote, desktop and online. Also for Mendeley.

EndNote online exercises for Chemists

The Digital Skills and Training programme includes workshops and webinars on EndNote for which anyone can sign up and for which the workbooks are sometimes available for people to go through themselves in their own time.

Digital Skills and Training website

Links to some of the Digital Skills' workbooks

Your Academic Support Librarian is another source of advice.

Reference management software tools contd

Mendeley:
www.mendeley.com  


Zotero is non-commercial, open source:
www.zotero.com