[WEB4LIB] Re: Citation creation code?

[Junus, Ranti]

Sounds interesting.  I haven't tried it yet, but, just out of curiousity, could this tool be expanded to create citation based on OpenURL?  Or is it already possible?


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Hammond, Tony
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:02 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Citation creation code?
> 
> 
> Hi All:
> 
> This may not be immediately relevant to this thread but Connotea
> (http://www.connnotea.org/), the free online reference management service
> for scientists created by Nature Publishing Group, returns citation metadata
> from authoritative sources wherever it can when references or links are
> bookmarked. Currently Nature.com, PubMed, Amazon.com, and D-Lib Magazine are
> supported although we are extending support to other services. The citation
> metadata is returned both in string format (could be changed if required)
> and in structured format - RSS - although we are also looking to support RIS
> and other reference manager formats.
> 
> As an example, if the following link were saved in Connotea
> 
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=
> PubMed&list_ui
> ds=12632249&dopt=Abstract
> 
> the following info is displayed:
> 
> # Preferential effects of the cannabinoid CB1 receptor antagonist, SR
> 141716, on food intake and body weight gain of obese (fa/fa) compared to
> lean Zucker rats. (info|copy)
> S P Vickers et al.
> Psychopharmacology (Berl) 167 (1), 103-11 (01 Apr 2003)
> PMID: 12632249 | doi:10.1007/s00213-002-1384-8
> Posted by ubali1 to CB1_invivo_POC on Thu Feb 24 2005 at 14:54
> 
> As another example, if this link is saved
> 
> http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journa
> l/v410/n6830/abs/410822a0_fs.html&dynoptions=doi1109257896
> 
> Then the following info is displayed:
> 
> # Leptin-regulated endocannabinoids are involved in 
> maintaining food intake
> (info|copy)
> Vincenzo Di Marzo et al.
> Nature 410 (6830), 822 - 825 (12 Apr 2001)
> Posted by ubali1 to CB1_invivo_POC on Thu Feb 24 2005 at 14:56
> 
> Both of these display formats can be retieved in structured 
> format - RSS for now, RIS later.
> 
> We would appreciate any feedback in how we could usefully develop this
> service.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Tony
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web4lib at webjunction.org 
> > [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of 
> Elizabeth Thomsen
> > Sent: 24 February 2005 16:37
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Citation creation code?
> > 
> > 
> > In response to Steve's citation rant, which began this way:
> > > Regarding citations themselves...ahh, the fun territory that is 
> > > citations. I've often found that from experience and 
> > stories related 
> > > from teachers/library staff that students do not have the 
> necessary 
> > > information to cite properly...
> > 
> > I agree with what Steve says, and especially his list of the 
> > overly casual if not blatantly dishonest ways that students 
> > make up for the
> > deficiencies in their research and notetaking.    
> > 
> > But though it's easy for us to shake our heads at these lazy 
> > and ill-prepared undergraduates (these kids today!) we should 
> > remember that this is a problem at all levels.  In recent 
> > years, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Stephen Ambrose, Charles 
> > Ogletree and other well-known authors have had
> > to admit to failings in their published work.   
> > 
> > I just read Richard Pollak's "The Making of Dr. B.," a 
> > biography of Bruno 
> > Bettelheim, which is interesting to read just from the point 
> > of view of scholarly lapses, failure to cite, and overt 
> > deceptions, and how easy it can be to get away with this!  
> > 
> > Librarians and others worry over the accuracy and authority 
> > of information found online, but I think we all need to be 
> > just as careful about print resources of all kinds, and not 
> > assume that editors and publishers are subjecting texts to a 
> > rigorous fact and citation checking.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
> > NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> > Danvers MA 01923
> > et at noblenet.org
> > 
> > 
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