EasyBib: it's more than just citation help

EasyBib is perhaps best known for helping students to create bibliographies, but its features go far beyond citation generation. EasyBib tools can also help faculty engage with students throughout the research process.

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Many students have used the free version of EasyBib on the web and love how it simplifies the citation process. But rather than simply formatting bibliographical information, EasyBib aims to teach students to think critically about the sources they’re including.

As students collect sources, EasyBib can help them analyze their prospective bibliographies for diversity of source type, database usage, age of publications, etc. If citing an online source, students are guided through website evaluation, and, when appropriate, referred back to one of our online reference providers for more credible information.

These features may help students make better choices about the sources they cite, but perhaps even more interesting are the features that help you interact with students as they conduct their research.

• Do your research assignments incorporate an interim step of submitting a tentative bibliography? This can be done via EasyBib. Students can share projects with professors or group mates. You can even add comments to a student’s bibliography to give them feedback within their EasyBib workspace.
  
• Do you require students to submit an outline of their paper? With the Notebook tool, students can plan out their paper, link their ideas to sources within their bibliography, and again share this with group members or faculty for review and comments.

Sign up today and encourage your students to do the same! We’re excited to hear how you’ll be using EasyBib to enhance student research.

To register please visit: http://assumption.libguides.com/easybib There you will also find links to video tutorials and product reviews. For further assistance or to share your ideas for integrating EasyBib into research assignments, contact Kate Bejune at ke.bejune@assumption.edu or x7020.

Please note: EasyBib was designed with high school and undergraduate students in mind;  faculty and graduate students managing large numbers of citations would be better served by one of the more robust citation management tools such as Zotero or Mendeley (both free). For assistance in using these products, feel free to contact Kate.