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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨fossilesque@mander.xyz⁩ to ⁨science_memes@mander.xyz⁩

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  • Got_Bent@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m so old that the last time I wrote a research paper, it was on a word processor with no Internet connection or spell check.

    Given such constraints, I can’t fathom the concept of waiting until the end to add all the references. If I didn’t do it as I went, I’d have surely died.

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  • propter_hog@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Use LaTeX

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    • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What if you’re allergic?

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      • grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Can confirm: am allergic to latex and use LaTeX. Benadryl and barrier cream are my friends.

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    • mathemachristian@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      use both

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Zotero + Latex = <3

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  • kireotick@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah as an assistant for a bunch of 1st yearers at university I am sooo going to recommend Zotero

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  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Use Zotero

    …jesus-tapdancing-christ-on-a-cracker, batman! How have I never heard of this?! I just pulled up a few videos on Zotero and this shit looks amazing!

    I’m a semester into nursing school, and I know the higher we push that degree up, the more writing - and more strict with citations - the content becomes.

    I’m downloading the shit out of this.

    Thank you so much for making that your title!!

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    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Open source and looks very useful so I’ll link

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  • Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My boss usually adds references by hand. I think he’s just crazy.

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    • watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Jesus. Does he work by candlelight too?

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      • Engywuck@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah, it’ pretty surprising to me that people I consider so smart are technologically inept.

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  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s pretty much abandonware, but the original mendeley software is the bomb. Starting to play with afforai and it seems interesting.

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    • bitfucker@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Uhhh, they just released the v7 tho?

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    • scrooge@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yup, messed up all my workflow when they changed the plugin

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  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, depends on whether you think someone will actually check what the references actually say or just eyeball the titles and go LGTM.

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    • 474D@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lol this. Back in college, I would just write the paper and then grab some sources from the bottom of some corresponding Wikipedia pages

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  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I write monstrous documents (hundreds of pages). Zotero is all I use. It’s ridiculously simple and you CAN SHARE REFERENCE WITH OTHER PEOPLE SO THEY DONT HAVE TO ENTER THEM.

    This might not seem like a big deal, but I can get junior to prep a doc and share reference, or just enter references for me before I start writing and it saves a pile of time. Further, I can call references that my colleagues have entered.

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  • Greyghoster@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s the same as writing tests for software code after writing the code. A mystery without end or reliability.

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    • smpl@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tests? What tests?

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      • Greyghoster@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        True, they can be hard to find.

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  • nohaybanda@hexbear.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    eMacs + orgmode + zotero + latex

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  • sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is what LLMs are for. Just double check their work.

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    • fossphi@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      How exactly would you use an LLM for something like this?

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      • sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Here’s an example prompt;

        Prompt for LLM on Generating APA Citations (7th Edition)

        Instructions: I need to create APA format citations for my research paper based on the 7th edition of the APA guidelines. Below are examples of correct APA citations for different types of sources, followed by a list of sources that need to be cited. Please generate the citations accurately, paying special attention to formatting rules such as capitalization, italicization, and punctuation.

        Important Formatting Rules:

        1. Titles: For journal articles and web pages, use sentence case (capitalize only the first word of the title and subtitle, if any, and any proper nouns). For books and journals, use title case (capitalize all major words) and italicize the title.
        2. Authors: List up to 20 authors in the citation. For more than 21 authors, list the first 19 followed by an ellipsis and the final author’s name.
        3. DOIs and URLs: Always include the full DOI or URL as clickable links without a period at the end.

        Citation Examples:

        1. Journal article: Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of the article. Title of Periodical, volume number(issue number), pages. doi.org/xx.xxx/yyyy

        2. Book: Author, A. A. (Year). Title of the book. Publisher.

        3. Website: Author, A. A. (Year, Month Day). Title of the webpage. Website Name. URL

        Sources List:

        1. Smith, J. (2022). Understanding LLMs. Journal of AI Research, 15(2), 123-145. doi.org/10.1016/j.jair.2022.05.001
        2. Brown, L., & Green, T. (2019). AI in modern education. Cambridge University Press.
        3. Miller, S. (2021, June 5). The evolution of language models. Tech Times. www.techtimes.com/evolution-language-models
        4. Johnson, P., Lee, M., & Black, R. (2020). The future of AI in society. AI and Ethics Review, 22(4), 215-230.

        Additional Instructions:

        • Ensure that article titles are in sentence case, while journal names and book titles are in title case and italicized.
        • For multiple authors, follow APA guidelines and use “&” between authors, with commas separating names.
        • Make sure DOIs and URLs are accurate and correctly formatted as clickable links.

        Once you have generated the citations, please double-check for consistency in formatting (capitalization, italics, and punctuation) and ensure that all sources follow the APA 7th edition rules.

        Thank you!

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    • smpl@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That’s a lot of trouble, you can just ask it if it’s telling the truth.

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    • Atrichum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It straight up makes up sources and citations.

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      • sturlabragason@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I was intending for the author to chomp in the data and the LLM to spit it out properly formatted.

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  • darki@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mendeley also works ok 🫡 but I still add them mostly in the end lol just need yo put [that really important paper] and then do it after

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    • Omniraptor@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If anyone is choosing between them I’d advise going with Zotero because it’s an open source project. No chance of it shutting down or changing the terms of service.

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