Animal Sciences

Citation management software allow a user to organize and retrieve information, such as citations for books, articles, and websites, by interfacing with library databases. The citation manager then works with word-processing software to insert properly formatted footnotes or citations into a paper and create a properly formatted bibliography.

• Learn how to optimize Zotero's settings to work with OSU's subscription materials and your citations.

• To learn more about ZoteroBib's features and to decide between it and Zotero, read the ZoteroBib FAQ.

• EndNote is available at a discounted price from the OSU Tech Hub.
• Learn how to optimize EndNote's settings for use with OSU Libraries' resources.
• Use Pages instead of Word? Get the EndNote Cite-While-You-Write plugin from Apple.
• For technical questions about EndNote, please contact EndNote Support

• EndNote Online is available for free to all OSU students, faculty and staff. Users can create an account and access EndNote Online via myendnoteweb.com, or through the EndNote link in Web of Science.
• For technical questions about EndNote Online, please contact EndNote Support.

There are several settings in Zotero that you can adjust to make the tool work more easily.

• To use Zotero to insert citations and create a bibliography, use the Microsoft Word Add-In from within Word or use the Zotero tool in Google Docs.
• Zotero can search the full text of any PDFs that you associate with your citations.  To do this, turn on PDF Indexing under Edit > Settings > General > File Handling.
• You can set your default citation format under Edit > Settings > Export.  If you're working on a thesis or dissertation, you may want set this to be APA 7th. 
• To connect to OSU’s subscribed content online from your records, under Edit > Settings > General > Locate, set the Resolver to Ohio State University and Base URL to
  http://nf4hr2ve4v.search.serialssolutions.com. 
  That will let you connect to OSU’s subscribed content online from your records.

To use the Zotero Connector plugin in your browser to enable off-campus access to OSU's subscribed content.  Details are available here. To configure for OSU:

• Right-click/command click on the Zotero Connector icon and choose Preferences. (In Chrome, click the three dots next to Zotero Connector in the Extensions menu.  Choose Options.)
• Select Proxies. 
• Check the box next to Automatically associate new hosts.
• Set Login URL Scheme to https://login.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?qurl=%u
• Set Proxied URL Scheme to %h.proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/%p

Bibliographic management tools like EndNote can not only help researchers to manage references, they can also be used to search for full text. Finding full text resources requires the proper configuration.

In the EndNote Preferences dialog (Edit-->Preferences on PC, or EndNote 20-->Preferences on Mac), select Find Full Text, then copy and paste the following URLs:

• Finding full text requires the OpenURL path of 
  http://nf4hr2ve4v.search.serialssolutions.com
• Finding full text requires authentication with URL
  https://library.osu.edu/Shibboleth.sso/Login

There are some caveats regarding EndNote's ability to find full text:

• Searching and finding full text may work better on campus than off due to different resource authentication methods and licensing agreements. 
• EndNote offers several pathways to some databases, such as Agricola. However, OSU Libraries may not have subscription access through each of these pathways.

For further assistance:

• Clarivate offers excellent FAQs, tutorials and webinars at http://endnote.com/
• Additional bibliographic styles can be downloaded at http://endnote.com/downloads/styles
• EndNote is available to the OSU community at a discount price via the TechHub store.