Getting to Know Citavi (Even Better!)Citavi 3 – Advanced Course

Our Roadmap

Part One• Working in a team• Searching and importing

• Using a settings files• Using import files from databases• Importing PDF files• Importing an existing bibliography

• Entering details• Keywords• Categories• Documenting relationships• Direct and indirect quotations,

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• Document Management• Automatic file naming• Relative paths• Creating PDFs from Web pages

• Filtering and Searching• Quick select• Searching in Citavi

Part Two• Citation Style Editor

• Types of Citation Styles• Using style templates• Basic principles• Creating standard templates• Using templates for special cases• Creating new components

Let’s Get Started!

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Working in a Team

• Possible Scenarios • Research proposal• Group publication• Departmental repository

• Requirements• Citavi version > 3.1• License key for Citavi Team• Local network

• What to do• Create a new project as a team

project or convert a solo project to a team project

• Save the project on a network• Inform team members• Work together on the project

Importing Settings Files

• Your library provides these for you

• May contain login credentials for subscription databases

Passwords can only be imported if you have a site license for Citavi!

• Contains settings specific to the institution.

Bibliographic Import Formats

TY - JOURSN - 0926-9630AU - Jauhiainen, A.AU - Pulkkinen, R.T1 - Problem-based learningJF - Studies in health SP - 572EP - 576VL - 146PY - 2009KW - EducationKW - NursingER -

TY - JOURSN - 0926-9630AU - Jauhiainen, A.AU - Pulkkinen, R.T1 - Problem-based learningJF - Studies in health SP - 572EP - 576VL - 146PY - 2009KW - EducationKW - NursingER -

RISRIS%0 Journal Article%@ 0926-9630%A Jauhiainen, A.%A Pulkkinen, R.%T Problem-based learning%J Studies in health %P 572-576%V 146%D 2009%K Education%K Nursing

%0 Journal Article%@ 0926-9630%A Jauhiainen, A.%A Pulkkinen, R.%T Problem-based learning%J Studies in health %P 572-576%V 146%D 2009%K Education%K Nursing

EndNote TaggedEndNote Tagged

@article{Jauhiainen_Pulkkinen:2009, author = {Jauhiainen, A. and Pulkkinen, R.}, year = {2009}, title = {Problem-based learning and e-learning methods in clinical practice}, keywords = {Education; Nursing}, pages = {572--576}, volume = {146}, issn = {0926-9630}, journal = {Studies in health}}

@article{Jauhiainen_Pulkkinen:2009, author = {Jauhiainen, A. and Pulkkinen, R.}, year = {2009}, title = {Problem-based learning and e-learning methods in clinical practice}, keywords = {Education; Nursing}, pages = {572--576}, volume = {146}, issn = {0926-9630}, journal = {Studies in health}}

BibTeXBibTeXPMID- 19592907PT - Journal ArticleIS - 0926-9630 (Print)AU - Jauhiainen AAU - Pulkkinen RTI - Problem-based learningJT - Studies in health PG - 572-6VI - 146DP - 2009MH - EducationMH - Nursing

PMID- 19592907PT - Journal ArticleIS - 0926-9630 (Print)AU - Jauhiainen AAU - Pulkkinen RTI - Problem-based learningJT - Studies in health PG - 572-6VI - 146DP - 2009MH - EducationMH - Nursing

No StandardNo Standard

• RIS, ENW, and Bib files can be imported by double-clicking the file or by dragging it into the list of references.

• Use import filters to import other files in structured formats.

Importing PDF files

• Goal:To add multiple articles in PDF format to Citavi.

• Problem: The PDf files do not contain any bibliographic metadata.

• Solution:Have Citavi search for the bibliographic information.

• How?:File > Import > PDF files

• Note:Citavi first searches for a DOI name on the first two pages of the PDF. If none can be found, Citavi will look in the document properties for bibliographic information.

Importing an Existing Bibliography

• Goal:To import a list of references into Citavi

• Problem: The list is unstructured

• Solution:Have Citavi search for the bibliographic information.

• How?:File > Import > Formatted bibliography

• Note:The databases you select for the search should be appropriate, both in terms of content and formal characteristics (i.e. you shouldn’t search for economics articles in an education database, or journal articles in a library catalog)

Using Keywords Effectively

• Goal:To group your sources

• Solution A:Add keywords to references

• Version 1:Import keywords from an online search.Pros: quickCons: lots of padding

• Version 2:Manually assign keywordsPros: no padding

• Cons: time-consuming• Version 3:

Combo of 1 + 2: import from online search, clean up the keywords, and from then on only add keywords manually

• Hint:Click Lists > Keywords to merge keywords, rename them, and filter and delete unused keywords.

Working with Categories

• Goal:To group your sources

• Solution B:Categorize your references

• Version 1:Context tab > Categories

• Version 2:Click Show Categories (Alt+5) and drag references to a category.

• Hint:Grouping your references into categories can save time during the writing process. In the Publication Assistant you can display by category. Then you only see the references that are relevant for a particular chapter.

Cross-References

• Goal:To document connections between sources. Ex. did Author A discuss Author B in a positive or negative way.

• Solution:Create links between references:Context tab > Links

• Hint:It doesn’t always make sense to add each work discussed to your project as a separate reference. In such cases you may want to use the field Additional links.

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Quotations, Comments, Summaries

• Goal:To summarize the most important passages in a text.

• Solution:Excerpt quotations:Add word-for-word quotations (such as definitions) as direct quotations; otherwise add an indirect quotation. When referring to an entire chapter, add a summary. If you want to add your own thoughts about a quotation, add them as a comment.

• Hint:When excerpting quotations with the Picker, it’s best to immediately edit the contents (for example, if you want to shorten a quotation). Take some time to come up with a good core statement – it will pay off later on when you start writing!

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Managing Documents

• Goal:Attach the original document to the corresponding reference in Citavi

• Solution:Attach a document:Click

• Note:You can copy or move files to the Citavi Projects folder.

• Hint:Use relative paths (see next slide) andlet Citavi rename all of your files at once.You can also add files by dragging them into the file area.

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Relative Paths

• A path shows you how to get to a specific document, for example Document.pdf

• You can start from the drive. In this case you are using the absolute path:C:\Users\J.Doe\Documents\Citavi 3\Projects\Information Literacy\CitaviFiles\Document.pdf

• You can also start from any other point (for example the folder Information Literacy). In this case you are using the relative path: CitaviFiles\Document.pdf

• In order to use relative paths, the Citavi projects and the documents must be saved on the same drive.

• Hint:You can convert relative paths to absolute paths – and vice versa – at any time.

C: \Users \J.Doe \Documents \Diss \Citavi 3 \Projects \Information Literacy Information Literacy.ctv3 \CitaviFiles Document.pdf

Your Turn

Please work on one or more of the exercises numbered 1-5

Time: 20 minutes

Creating PDFs from Web pages

• Problem:Website contents may not be available forever (ex: www.npr.org)

• Solution:Create a copy of the website:Open the website in the preview and save a copy as a PDF.

Filtering vs. Searching

• Goal:Print a grouped list of references

• Solution:Use Quick select

• Hint:You can combine individual filters:Keyword = E-Learning and Year of publication = last year and this year

• Note:Multiple filters can only be combined with AND or AND NOT. To filter using OR (E-Learning OR Blended Learning) use the Search feature.

Quick Search vs. Advanced Search

• Goal:Search for items in your project by multiple criterion

• Solution:Use the Search feature.

• Hint:Whenever you perform an advanced search, you see the search abbreviations and syntax used. If you perform a certain search often, you can take note of this notation and use it in the quick search.

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Questions?

Working with the Citation Style Editor

After the break!