Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Citation Builder Critique
For the past two days in class, we've been exploring various websites that would make citing sources easy and convenient. We used three cites; SourceAid, EasyBib and Citation Machine. I before yesterday, I had exclusively used Citation Machine, but after today I can firmly say that it will not be the way I cite my sources from now on. My favorite site out of the three was definitely SourceAid, then after that was EasyBib, then lastly Citation Machine. I liked SourceAid the best since, the options for the medium I was sourcing were very clear and simple to understand, not to mention when it was asking for the information I wanted to include in my citation it made the process very simple by being very organized and easy to maneuver. EasyBib was my next favorite, I found it super easy to use and it had a lot of options for medians to be cited (more than 58 options!)and it also gave up the chance to use a premade citation if the work was well known or had been previously cited. And lastly, my least favorite of the bunch was Citation Machine; I never knew before how much Citation Machine was missing in terms of being user-friendly. When listing options for mediums to cite our sources it used too many 'technical' terms that were confusing and difficult to use. Citation Machine also asked for information about the source that seemed unneccessary. Overall if ever in the future I need to cite a source, I know I will happily use SourceAid or EasyBib before Citation Machine.
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