[nabs-l] Creating bibliographies

[Greg Aikens]

Hi Adrianna,
I know its gross and time consuming, but I actually generate most of my references by hand.  I used to use the built in reference sheet in Microsoft Word.  It let you choose a style guide to follow, such as APA, Chicago, Turabian, MLA, and then you entered your references.  You could then automatically generate a reference sheet.  I ended up doing them by hand because so many of my references didn't quite fit the categories listed and I ended up needing to fix them anyway.  

I haven't tried either of these programs.  I would pick one or two of your most complicated references and see how well they work.  If you like them, then go for it.  

I would also recommend getting some sighted assistance to look over the formatting once you are done.  It is typical to get one or two students to read through your work when working on a masters thesis or project.  A sighted student will detect irregularities in your formatting in far less time than it will take you to move line by line, word by word, and even character by character  through your bibliography.  Your time is valuable, especially at the end when you are working to get it all done.  It might even be worth paying someone.  

Hope this helps.

-Greg
On Feb 13, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Adriana Pulido <adrimpc80 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, Zotero is a software you download and install in your computer.
> Then you create an account to manage your citations and
> bibliographies. RefWirds is a Website where you create an account for
> the same thing.
> 
> 2013/2/13, Sophie Trist <sweetpeareader at gmail.com>:
>> Adriana, what do you mean by software? Whenever I need to create
>> bibliographies, I simply use websites such as www.easybib.com or
>> www.knightcite.com, which are completely accessible using a
>> braillenote.
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Adriana Pulido <adrimpc80 at gmail.com
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:40:58 -0600
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Creating bibliographies
>> 
>> Hi ALL
>> 
>> I finally chose a topic for my graduate project and I now feel
>> more
>> relaxed, although I'm still behind in terms of time...
>> During my master's, I have had some trouble in deciding which
>> software
>> to use in order to create bibliographies for my papers. In some
>> cases
>> I have inserted the references manually, which of course is
>> disgusting
>> and time-consuming.
>> I'm trying to use RefWorks, which is the software they use  at
>> the
>> university libraries, but my advisor suggested me to use Zotero.
>> What
>> do you guys suggest? Which software do you find more accessible
>> for a
>> blind person?
>> 
>> Thank you in advance!
>> 
>> Adriana
>> 
>> --
>> Adriana Pulido
>> Filóloga en Inglés y músico de la Universidad
>> Nacional de Colombia. Estudiante de Maestría en University of
>> Florida.
>> 
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