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Questions tagged [citations]

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Automatic parsing of citation text in academic references

Is there any software (or pseudo-code) which can automatically scan a piece of text (either pasted into the tool, or read from a .doc/.pdf) and identify citation data using standard formats? The data would then be split up into its constituent…
Alistair Knock
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Is there an online citation generator with wikipedia citation formatting?

I am aware of numerous online citation generators that are resonably comprehensive in their databases and have a diversity of formats such as MLA, APA, Chicago, etc. However I have been unable to locate one that will generate a wikipedia markup…
Dale
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How do i get bibtex entries from Amazon.com

Has anyone written an interface through which i can get a citation of a book/paper from amazon.com Thanks for the suggestions from fellow users. I'm updating the questions to detail in more specifics: Citeulike.org issue: I used BibTeX "Export from…
iceman
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How to add a new Citation & Bibliography Style to Microsoft Word?

In Microsoft Word, there are 12 Citation & Bibliography Styles available as shown in the following screenshot: However, there doesn't seem to be an easy way to add a custom or new Citation & Bibliography Style. And unfortunately, my university uses…
Rok
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Change Thunderbird's quote format to use greater-than signs (">") instead of margin/border, and bottom-posting

I'm a new Thunderbird user, I've decided to pick it up after changes in Yahoo Mail (so I'm open to suggestions of other mail clients too). When I reply to an e-mail, I get the quoted text in a format=flowed style with borders:     If I reply in…
Camilo Martin
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How to make citations in a word document superscript?

When citing in Vancouver style, it is more common to display citations as 1 or (1) rather than Word's default of (1) when using the built in citation manager. Is there a way to force Word to display them in this alternate format? This website…
Rory
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How do I make Microsoft Word citations hyperlinks?

So for cross references (to tables, figures, etc) Word will make the reference link to the spot in the document that contains the caption like you expect but it seems for citations it doesn't do this. You can't ctrl+click them to go to their…
Jared Joke
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How do I install Vancouver style for Word 2016?

How do I install Vancouver style for Word 2016? I've found a YouTube video instructing the user to search online for a 'Vancouver.xsl' file, but this vague instruction seems a way to introduce viruses into your computer.
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Is it possible to insert citations in Microsoft Word by their tag name or any other shortcut?

I am using Microsoft Word 2013/2016 to write a thesis with 100s of references. It is very hard to find individual citations to insert them from the drop down menu list found at 'References' > 'Citations & Bibliography' > 'Insert Citation'. Is there…
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How can I edit the Microsoft Word bibliography XML format in an intuitive way?

In Microsoft Word 2010 citation manager there is no possibility to edit the inline citation format or the bibliography format while the functionality is available through XML files. Does Microsoft Word offer any functionality to edit these XML files…
user89272
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How to force Word to reload the sources.xml file?

I converted some references from my citation management program to words sources.xml file. The file should be located in the word user data folder. All tutorials say that just overwriting the Sources.xml file will add the new references to my…
Janusz
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Merging citations

In MS Word 2016, is there a way to create multiple citations that will appear within a single set of brackets, i.e. using IEEE style? For example [1-3] instead of [1][2][3].
Matheus Carvalho
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Mendeley - Exporting A Collection Straight to PDF or HTML

I'm in love with Mendeley Desktop for organizing my papers. I'm working on a survey paper and I want to send an updated list of the papers in the survey to my advisors. The best solution would be to get them to sign up for Mendeley, but they're not…
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Referencing issue in Word 2013

Every time I re-open my document on Word 2013, my references are not recognized, or to put it differently, my current list of references are cleared. I'm using the IEEE style of referencing and the numbers convert to static text every time I open my…
Abbie
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Auto hot-linking in-text citations to a bibliographic entry

I'm trying to find the best way to automatically create hyperlinks within a document from an in text citation, "(Author, 2014)", to its respective bibliographic entry in such a way that is seen in come journal articles. I'm currently working in with…
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