June 11, 2008

I am getting ready to go the Bermuda, so I am trying to get some stuff done ahead of time. I have been reading through the Scopus tutorial to get myself ready to do some more searching. I have learned some new things (ex. you can pull up a journal list instead of a title list.) I think this will prove to be helpful in some instances.

June 9, 2008

I have started working on the Scopus project. I went into the Pitt databases and have started looking around. I registared for a Scopus account so that I could save my list.

June 7, 2008

I have started working on my WorldCat assignment. I have found 50 items that I think would be helpful resources in scholarly journal publishing. The assignment is to export the 50 items in a RIS format and then import them into GoogleDocs and then to deliver them through email to our instructor. When I went to export the items through a RIS format, the only export option I saw on the program was CSV. I am unfamiliar with CSV. I went ahead and saved the information through CSV in my documents, then I went to GoogleDocs and imported the information into GoogleDocs. Next, I edited the spreed sheet in GoogleDocs to make it look nice. I am hoping that this procedure is correct. I am asking around to see if there is a better approach.

June 6, 2008

I have submitted my Bookmarking URL. I figured out how to do RefGrab. After I added the extra bookmarks I added tags through the RefWorks edit area. I feel pretty good that I got this done and I learned a lot from doing it.

June 5, 2008

I still have all of my bookmarks tagged. I am still working on exporting my Del.icious tags. I am using an RSS feed instead of RIS format, although it only will transfer 31 items at a time. So I have to use RefGrab to get the remaining 9 of my 40 tags. Learning how to use RefGrab is my new mission.

June 3, 2008

I have bookmarked 4o items to the following accounts;Del.icious, Connetea, and Zotero. I have exported the information form Connetea and Zotero into an RIS format. I am having trouble doing the same thing with Del.icious. With Connetea and Zotero I took the RIS format and imported it into RefWorks and it is all ready to be edited and sent out as a URL to my instructor through RefShare. I am still working on how to do all of this with Del.icious.

June 1, 2008

I spent the weekend saving some websites as bookmarks. I have been using Del.icious for awhile now, but after this weekend I think that I will start using Zotero for more bookmarking. It had proven to be easier. With Zotero you do not need to login. It also pulls up quicker than Del.icious and Connetea. I also thought that Connetea worked better on Mozilla Firefox. It seemed to have less blocks on Mozilla Firefox and it was quicker. After getting used to Zotero's set up I found it to be very user friendly. Having all three screens visible at one time is nice.