Getting started with EasyBib
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EasyBib allows students to easily generate citations and take notes for research papers. It offers citation generation in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles with the ability to export fully formatted bibliographies. Students can create virtual notecards, tag and organize notes, and link them to an outline. The software integrates citations with notes so that sources are properly cited as students write their paper.
Getting started with EasyBib
- 1. How to use EasyBib to cite AND take notes
- 2. How does EasyBib make research easier? Citation Generation Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles Export to Word fully formatted Create in text citations, and tag and sort citations Note Taking Two systems: virtual note cards and Cornell Note taking Create an outline Group, tag, and associates notes with your outline and sources
- 3. Registering with IP authentication 2. Register and create an account with EasyBib 1. Click the register link Registering from IP authenticated school computers instantly gives you premium feature access. Register at any point to create a premium account, save your work, and access it from anywhere! 3. Enter an email address and password, then click “Create an Account”
- 4. Getting started This is the project management page. From here you can create, manage, and view projects. Start by clicking “Create a new project”
- 5. Creating a new project Next, select the desired citation style (don’t worry if you pick the wrong one, you can always change it later with a single click) To start your project, give it a title Then click “Create”
- 6. Getting Started Your new project has been created and appears at the bottom of your list To start creating citations for this project, just click “Bibliography”
- 7. Citation guide Click on the “Citation Guide” tab if you need help understanding and finding information Step by step help on how to research and quizzes to test your knowledge of sources Citation rules and examples in one easy location Examples of where to find different data elements on websites, books, and more
- 8. Starting your Bibliography and selecting a source type Here is the bibliography start page; from here there are tabs for the most popular sources, as well as a tab for all 58 sources EasyBib supports
- 9. Viewing all source types Clicking on the “All 58 options” tab will expand a pane that provides you with links to forms that will help you cite just about any type of source you may come across Forms with double orange arrows have “Auto-Cite” to help you
- 10. Citing a book EasyBib allows users to automatically format book citations by simply entering a title, keyword or ISBN. EasyBib offers auto-citing for 22 of the 58 sources Enter your search term, find the appropriate edition from the list, click “select”, and...
- 11. Citing a book Click the “Create citation” button, and... The fields are automatically filled in for you! The “ LearnCite ” feature shows you where different elements are placed within the citation, and highlights specific rules such as those around capitalization Be sure to make sure the information is correct Select the correct medium & add additional info
- 12. Building your list Your citation is automatically formatted and added to your list. Continue the process to build your works cited
- 13. Citing a website You can automatically format a website by simply entering a URL. EasyBib will grab the data from the site and automatically fill in the form *Be sure to make sure all of the information is correct, remove extra wording and fill in any empty fields
- 14. Information literacy for websites EasyBib has analyzed the most cited websites and will let you know what sources are credible to cite, what aren’t, and what are in the middle EasyBib will show you criteria on how the website was evaluated, and how you can evaluate the website as a credible source to use in your research
- 15. Source guide Not sure if you’re at the correct form for your specific source? Click the Help link, which is on all 58 forms and the tab menu The source guide will give you suggestions, definitions and examples of specific source types and then re-direct you to the appropriate form
- 16. Manual entry and annotations If you prefer, or if your information cannot be automatically found, you can manually enter the data for your citation. Enter as much information as you can. EasyBib will format it automatically for you. The LearnCite box will help you here, too Click here to add annotations to any citation
- 17. Importing citations from databases Select “Upload citations” from the “All 58 options” menu Upload your citations to your list. Click the tutorial links if you need help
- 18. Parenthetical citations and footnotes Create parenthetical citations in MLA and APA and adjust what information you’d like to include Create and save footnotes in Chicago style
- 19. Switching citation styles, sorting, and tagging Add tags to organize your citations Transitioning between MLA, APA, and Chicago is seamless and automatic Sort alphabetically, by source, by tag, and date created
- 20. Exporting your bibliography You can export your works cited fully formatted to Word or Google Docs. You can also copy & paste, e-mail, or “Share” to create a unique URL to give to a teacher so they can access your bibliography directly Sharing and exporting your work is easy
- 21. Notebook Create virtual note cards, associate notes with your outline, and manage your notes in list format Access the notebook from the account management page or by clicking the notebook tab
- 22. Notebook – Creating a New Note Title your note Click the “New note” button or double click anywhere within the note pane to add a note Copy & paste a quote Comment on the note Associate the note with a source in your bibliography Organize your note by putting it in a group or adding tags Reword text by paraphrasing in your on words Add a page number, paragraph number, or URL, to better track information
- 23. Notebook – Managing virtual notes Here you can create virtual notes and arrange them within the space by dragging and dropping With the bird’s-eye-view navigation, you can look around the entire note space – so there’s plenty of room for all your information! Use the organize button to add colors to your notes or groups, and to manage tags Edit by clicking the edit button or double clicking on the note or group
- 24. Notebook – Using groups Group notes by dragging notes, or groups on top of one another. Change the group name by double clicking it Double click the group to expand it. You can add and remove notes from the expanded group
- 25. Notebook – List view View and manage notes based on groups, tags, sources associated with notes, or by the date notes were created Click list view to see notes in a more expanded, scrolling format. Create and organize new notes in this view as well Notes created in the list and visualize view are interchangeable
- 26. Notebook – Creating an outline Create an outline of your paper as you takes notes and generate ideas Use the navigation bar to create and move bullets. You can also drag and drop bullets Drag notes or groups from the notes pane to the outline to associate notes with parts of your paper. You can drag notes and groups both from the visualize and the list view
- 27. Notebook – Printing and backing up notes Click print to export and back up your notebook. This will open up a webpage where you can easily copy and paste your notes and outline
- 28. Time to write that paper! Keep your notes, outline and bibliography handy as you begin to write. Parenthetically cite while you write, and copy and paste from your notes easily into your paper Now, wasn’t that Easy?