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LRC Survey on Citation Tools


This survey was sent out on 10-12-06. The tally was done at the end of November.

1. What bibliographic style do you ask your students to use?

MLA - 30
APA - 11
Turabian - 2
Chicago Manual - 1
AP - 1
ASA - 1

2. Do you want your students using citation software?

Yes - 13
No - 25

Comments about yes or no:

They need to learn to do it manually first - 16
Why not? - 1
It's helpful to students - 2
Test manually first - 2
Yes; that way it's done correctly - 2
End result will be much the same - 1
Used before and found it led to a false sense of security - 1
Will faculty also have use of this? - 1 [answer is yes]
No; there are too many exceptions - 1

3. If yes, do you have a program you like or would suggest?

Citation Machine - 0
End Notes - 1
SourceAid - 0
Noodletools - 0
Ref Werks - 0
Other - 0

4. Other comments?

None

I want to thank all the faculty members who responded to this survey.

Colby Glass, 11-30-06.


Colby Glass, MLIS