Add to ORKGMost college and university libraries in British Columbia are using either EBSCO or Summon Discovery search services as a “one stop shop” for users to find, save, and cite resources for their projects. The citation generators that both EBSCO and Summon offer simplify the process of inserting citations into essays, however the citations need to be accurate for users to be able to submit citations that are error free. Considering this, this article looks at the accuracy of the citation generators each service offers. A total of twenty resources were picked from student library assignments for print books, eBooks, and articles in APA, Chicago, and MLA styles to determine the number and types of errors that occur for EBSCO and Summon Discovery....
The researchers conducted task-based usability testing of the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) with 20 ...
Discovery tools are emerging in libraries. These tools offer library patrons the ability to concurre...
After reviewing the RefWorks bibliographic management software’s usage statistics in comparison to i...
Most college and university libraries in British Columbia are using either EBSCO or Summon Discovery...
Writing proper citations is a critically important part of the research process. Instructing student...
In our ever-expanding digital culture, citation generators are becoming increasingly popular sites f...
Despite the prevalence of academic libraries adopting web-scale discovery tools, few studies have qu...
In 2011, researchers at Bucknell University and Illinois Wesleyan University compared the search eff...
In 2005 the authors reviewed citation help in databases and found an error rate of 4.4 errors per ci...
Web-scale discovery services promise fast, easy searching from a single Google-like box, pleasing us...
Web-scale discovery services promise fast, easy searching from a single Google-like box, pleasing us...
A review of the help files in several major databases revealed that database vendors have begun incl...
The practice of citing references is integral to scholarship. This paper focuses on three prominent ...
The researchers conducted task-based usability testing of the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) with 20 ...
Discovery tools are emerging in libraries. These tools offer library patrons the ability to concurre...
After reviewing the RefWorks bibliographic management software’s usage statistics in comparison to i...
Most college and university libraries in British Columbia are using either EBSCO or Summon Discovery...
Writing proper citations is a critically important part of the research process. Instructing student...
In our ever-expanding digital culture, citation generators are becoming increasingly popular sites f...
Despite the prevalence of academic libraries adopting web-scale discovery tools, few studies have qu...
In 2011, researchers at Bucknell University and Illinois Wesleyan University compared the search eff...
In 2005 the authors reviewed citation help in databases and found an error rate of 4.4 errors per ci...
Web-scale discovery services promise fast, easy searching from a single Google-like box, pleasing us...
Web-scale discovery services promise fast, easy searching from a single Google-like box, pleasing us...
A review of the help files in several major databases revealed that database vendors have begun incl...
The practice of citing references is integral to scholarship. This paper focuses on three prominent ...
The researchers conducted task-based usability testing of the EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS) with 20 ...
Discovery tools are emerging in libraries. These tools offer library patrons the ability to concurre...
After reviewing the RefWorks bibliographic management software’s usage statistics in comparison to i...