{"id":87,"date":"2014-08-04T15:31:29","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T15:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/205.186.146.189\/~envsci\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2025-02-26T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T17:17:15","slug":"make-a-bibliography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/how-to\/make-a-bibliography\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make a Bibliography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/videos\/#methods\">Link to the presentation video<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Methods-of-Library-Research.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PDF file of the presentation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Getting started with library research: If you have a mentor already, request recommendations for specific papers (or an example proposal for their research) from your mentor. If a paper is very recent, it can help you start your bibliography by examining the references in that paper, particularly the references pertaining to your topic or methods. When you get those references, you can check their references, and so on.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.columbia.edu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Columbia Library<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> system to locate papers mentioned in other articles, to search for more recent papers or keywords, etc. The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cgi-bin\/cul\/resolve?AMS3996\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clio catalog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is very useful for finding books and journal articles (and more!) that cover your subject. There you will find a wide range of available <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.columbia.edu\/collections\/eresources.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">literature databases<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. You should spend some time exploring to get a diverse range of results in the context of your project.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tool that we find the most efficient for searches is the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/cgi-bin\/cul\/resolve?clio2054244\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Web of Science<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.com\/advanced_scholar_search?hl=en&amp;lr=\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Scholar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is becoming more useful and finds a similar set of articles, recognizes your CU affiliation, and links to the full text. However, it has fewer options than the Web of Science.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tips for Google Scholar: Click on the menu button on the upper left corner and select \u201cAdvanced search\u201d if you\u2019d like a more specific search menu. After finding articles of interest, look at the references cited (going backward in time) and the papers that cite the paper (going forward in time). The e-link feature allows you to access the article directly. Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/videos#googlescholar\">short video<\/a> that we made on tips for Google Scholar, including how to access the e-link feature by connecting to the Columbia Library and how to use Google Scholar to organize citations.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other databases that might be helpful include <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/proquest.libguides.com\/environmentalsciencecollection\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Proquest Environmental<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/search.proquest.com\/index\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ProQuest General<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which can help you place your topic within a timely political framework (i.e., search newspaper abstracts).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have your references, you may want to consider using <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zotero<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endnote<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> software packages that can be linked to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Microsoft Word <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to manage your references. These citation managers allow you to create a reference database, import references directly from several of the available search engines, and then automatically create a list of references in your chosen format within your thesis\/proposal document. If you think you will produce many documents with references in your future career, it may be worth learning a citation manager now. For more information about the different citation managers available and links to tutorials and other helpful tips, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.columbia.edu\/services\/citation-management.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/library.columbia.edu\/services\/citation-management.html<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The library also provides many <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/library.columbia.edu\/using-libraries\/workshops.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">workshops<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to support you in learning how to use citation managers (i.e., Zotero) or advancing your skills in researching, reviewing the literature, and even using stat programs like R.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regardless of how you organize your citations, ask your advisor and mentor if there is a reference style (format) they would like you to follow. APA is a common and useful style, but you might prefer to follow a particular journal\u2019s style guidelines. For example, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geosociety.org\/GSA\/GSA\/Pubs\/ref-guide-examples.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">style guide for the journal \u201cGeology\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been recommended in the past, and that style is what is used within our course webpages: \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/?page_id=562#References\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to write a thesis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d and \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/?page_id=79\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to write a thesis proposal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For additional help, consider contacting a librarian associated with your department or someone who specializes in STEM:<\/span>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barnard College: Erin Anthony, STEM Librarian, eanthony@barnard.edu<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Columbia College: Amanda Bielskas, Geology\/Geosciences Librarian, asb2154@columbia.edu&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to the presentation video PDF file of the presentation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":65,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-87","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpautop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1572,"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/1572"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cool.barnard.edu\/envsci\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}