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Guide for HUL/FRE/FSH/ITA/SLC 494/598 humanities lab.

Library Search Extensions

LibKey Nomad is a cool browser extension for Chrome which provides instant links to full text content for articles subscribed to by ASU Library.

Libkey authentication is seamless and you don’t have to hunt the library web site for a resource, and provides open access alternatives if they are available.  

After installation, select ASU as your subscribing institution. After that, it simply automatically scans for scholarly content “wherever you may roam.”

Citation Tools

Citation managers save and organize your references. Citation managers to automatically create citations or lists of references (bibliographies) in different citation styles, insert citations into your paper, share your research, and collaborate in groups. You should always check all citation elements for missing or erroneous parts.

ASU Library supports three citation managers: 

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Annotated Bibliography

Annotated bibliography? "... is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief (usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.” Definition from Cornell University Library, available at http://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/ref/research/skill28.htm <Accessed September 26, 2011>

To write a good annotated bibliography you need to be:

  • Concise: Go to the point of what is the book/article about, in few words, summarize.
  • Evaluative: Determine who is the author, what is his/her expertise in the topic, how reliable is the information
  • Critical: Reflect on what is the strength and weakness of the work, what is missing, etc.
  • Comparative: how each piece review compares to other similar works

Useful site with tips on how to write an Annotated Bibliography:

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