[WEB4LIB] Re: Citation creation code?

Fri Feb 25 09:21:44 EST 2005

Hi Ranti:

Yes, OpenURL is one of the features we are looking into supporting with
Connotea.

Cheers,

Tony

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Junus, Ranti
> Sent: 24 February 2005 18:38
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: Citation creation code?
> 
> 
> 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?
> 
> 
> ranti.
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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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