Anyone familiar with this site: http://easybib.com/? It generates MLA citations for you, for free, and APA citations if you pay $6 a month. The service claims to "[adhere] to the 6th Edition of MLA Handbook for Writers and Researchers, and the 5th edition of the APA Publication Manual."
You select the format of the item you need to cite, enter details about the item into labeled fields, click a button, and the citation is generated. You can even save a list of citations and return to it later, or export the list to print. If you choose to print, EasyBib generates a Works Cited list (with the heading) and displays it in MS Word within your browser window.
Thoughts? Comments?
2 comments:
I generally like citation generators, generally. As long as they generate accurate information. Any thoughts about providing links to free ones (like EasyBib) or maybe subscribing to a pay service in the future?
My only concern is are we doing students a diservice by not making them learn how to make a works cited page on their own? Is that still a part of the research process or do instructors not care how the page is generated as long as it is accurate?
Lately, due to end-of-semester papers, I've been very tempted to show students this site (but instead I send them to ISS). I'd bet that some instructors don't care as long as the citations are correct, and I'm sure others want students to learn by doing.
At least EasyBib (and probably others) forces students to think about the details of what they cite. They must fill in title, publisher, date, etc., so they have to be able to identify these components.
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