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REVAMP REU

Georgia Tech Library Research Guide for REVAMP REU

Services

Citation management software. Citation styles. Cited references. Literature reviews. Research methods

  • Citation/bibliographic management software. Organize/manage/format bibliographic references
    • Choosing citation management software What is citation management software. Comparison table and download links for EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero
    • Tutorials for citation management software. Citation tutorials. EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley
    • EndNote. GT Library Subject Guide. Software for managing bibliographic citations (cite as you write, organize your references, etc.). Georgia Tech subscription
    • Mendeley. GT Library Subject Guide. Free reference manager; helps store, organize, note, share and cite references and research data
    • GT Library taught classes on EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley
    • Can Export Library database records directly into various citation management software.
    • Taken from the EndNote Subject Guide regarding Georgia Institute of Technology School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Optics Laboratory's GTERMS customizations: "The Georgia Tech Optics Laboratory has developed GTERMS, a set of EndNote customizations for an extended set of reference types commonly cited in engineering papers, optimized for citations in IEEE citation style." "You can find the GTERMS project on GitHub. The Complete GTERMS User File ZIP contains custom EndNote citation styles and reference types, a journal terms list for physics and electrical engineering, and instructions for implementing the customizations in EndNote, Word, and LaTeX/BibTeX."
  • Citation styles
  • Cited references, cited in bibliographies and footnotes (cited by; citing)
    • Cited References (Cited by) searches locate published articles that have cited a previous (earlier) work.
    • “Cited References” (Cited by) is a useful way to find articles that cite older classic references. 
    • Inspec and Compendex. Search - check both database boxes. Many records in the combined Engineering Village Inspec and Compendex databases have "Cited by in Scopus." Selected Inspec and Compendex records link to the paper's bibliography "References" (left column of record).
    • Selected ProQuest records have "Times cited" (cited by) and "References," such as within a ProQuest database, or within Web of Science ("Times cited xx on Web of Science" forward searching, and xx References). References - that specific item's bibliography references
    • Clarivate Web of Science platform.
      • Medline (medicine), Derwent Innovations Index (patents), Web of Science Core Collection ... and "All Databases." 
      • "Documents" (keywords, standard access points)
      • "Cited References" (cited by; an item is cited in earlier bibliographies and footnotes).
      • All cited references are indexed and searchable via "Cited Reference" Search.
      • "Cited References" search for an item that has been cited an earlier work.
      • If the source is not indexed by Clarivate (not in "Documents"), conduct a "Cited References" search using the first author named in the bibliography reference or footnote.
      • Can sort a list of records by "Sort by: Citations: highest first" or "Sort by: Date: newest first."
      • Keyword search alert: "Create Alert." 
      • Cited references (cited by) alert for one item: "Create citation alert."
      • Platform records have both "Citations" (times cited, cited by) and "References" (from the database paper's bibliography)
    • Other databases have cited references such as IEEEXplore, Goggle Scholar and more.
    • Alphabetical list of selected databases - left column of this guide