[CASL-L] research/citation tools--what is your school using?--I'll compile the results

[Szilagyi, Nella]

Hi Valerie,

Happy New Year! And thank you in advance for compiling the information
everyone is sharing.

I just want to add my two cents. My feelings and experiences are similar to
Sara from Stratford. While I have been fortunate enough to offer both
Noodletools and Easybib to our students, I require that students use
Noodletools when they're working on a project that I will provide feedback
and assess as it allows me to check in on students' progress and provide
feedback easily once they share with the dropbox I create for their class.
Also, although I have not utilized it yet, for the past couple of years
Noodletools has added the ability to integrate with Google docs.

As for Easybib, I was already on the fence as to what to do for next year
as students still only utilize the autocite features. If the price doubles
or triples that will solve my dilemma.

Nella


On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Valerie DiLorenzo <
vdilorenzo.rumsey at gmail.com> wrote:

> So much excellent, thoughtful feedback (not all of which has gone to whole
> listserv). I'll compile results and share with all via a Google Doc
> sometime later today. If you have responded and do NOT want your name
> included in the compilation, please let me know ASAP. (I'll send the Google
> doc so that anyone with the link can edit, so you can simply edit as you
> wish later too.) Should have created a G doc to begin with for people to
> simply add to!
>
> Thanks all,
> ~Val
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Valerie DiLorenzo <
> vdilorenzo.rumsey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Happy 2016 to All,
>>
>> Anyone who subscribes to EasyBib School Edition (paid version of EasyBib,
>> not the free one) is aware of the fact that this platform will no longer be
>> available after June 2016. The company "Imagine Easy" has changed to a
>> platform called Scholar.
>>
>> I have some reservations about simply switching to the Imagine Easy
>> Scholar platform. One big concern is that the Scholar extension (through
>> Google) often creates citations wrong (with major mistakes). It's only as
>> good as the metadata used to create it. After a citation is created,
>> students can then edit it to fix the mistakes.
>>
>> Though Imagine Easy Scholar works well with the Google platform (this is
>> a plus), in my opinion, Scholar doesn't do as good of a job "teaching" how
>> to evaluate sources or showing how citations are created/built as the
>> EasyBib School Edition platform did. Which brings me to another major
>> concern:* even with a discount (44%) *for being an EasyBib SE
>> subscriber, the price for Imagine Easy Scholar is three times as much as
>> EasyBib SE.
>>
>> My question, therefore, is *what is everyone else using out there as a
>> research platform to help your students become productive and ethical
>> researchers? *In your answer, please include the grade levels you teach.
>>
>> I've been using EasyBib School Edition with grades 3 - 9 for about 4
>> years. Before that, we were using NoodleTools with grades 5 - 9. (We made
>> our switch before NoodleTools overhauled their platform.) We made the
>> switch because, at the time, NoodleTools was not working well for our
>> population.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> ~Valerie
>>
>> --
>> Valerie DiLorenzo
>> Library Media Specialist
>> Rumsey Hall School
>> 201 Romford Road
>> Washington Depot, CT 06794
>>
>> http://thelibrarynotes.wordpress.com/
>> 860-868-0535 x122
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Valerie DiLorenzo
> Library Media Specialist
> Rumsey Hall School
> 201 Romford Road
> Washington Depot, CT 06794
>
> http://thelibrarynotes.wordpress.com/
> 860-868-0535 x122
>
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                                 Note email address change:
nszilagyi at wethersfield.me

Nella Szilagyi
Wethersfield High School Library Media Center
<http://www.wethersfield.k12.ct.us/page.cfm?p=1759>, Teacher-Librarian
Wethersfield High School Interact Club
<http://www.mybigcampus.com/groups/whs-interact-club---131127>, Advisor
860-571-8284
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