Developing student research skills
EasyBib School Edition
Online research is more important than ever...
Yet many students do not have fundamental research
skills. They often:
 Start their research in Google, and rely on the immediate results presented
to them like Wikipedia
 Do not assess the credibility of the information presented to them
 Do not understand what constitutes plagiarism
 Lack an organizational framework to meaningfully understand and
synthesize information
 Do not take advantage of library databases
How do we provide an intuitive solution to cultivate critical
information literacy skills?
Your students become better researchers
Citation tool helps prevent plagiarism
 EasyBib makes citing intuitive, encouraging students to cite while they write,
accurately crediting sources and avoiding plagiarism
 Instructional features teach information literacy – students grasp what they
are researching and learn to evaluate online sources
Easily create a bibliography in MLA, APA, and Chicago styles
Export works cited to Word or Google docs fully formatted
Create in text citations, and tag and sort citations. Cite/autocite 59 source types
Instructional Website evaluation, Citation guide, Source guide, and LearnCite features
Notebook improves critical thinking and research habits
 EasyBib Notebook teaches students to meaningfully organize their notes
helping them become organized and effective researchers
Two systems: virtual note cards and list view modeled after Cornell Note-taking
Dynamic outline lets students fluidly move data points
Group, color, and tag notes, and associates them with your outline and sources
Used by over 37 million students!
Teach students to credit information
Students are intimidated by complicated citation rules..
By making the citation process intuitive, students learn to cite while they write
and end up:
1. Accurately crediting their sources
2. Avoiding having to track down and or make up their sources
3. Avoiding accidental plagiarism
1. Search for your source
2. Verify or manually enter
bibliographic data
3. Compile bibliography &
export to Word or
Google docs
Students learn to distinguish sources
Visual citation guides – Define different sources
types and show where bibliographic data is found and
structured
Source guide – Defines and provides suggestions
and examples of different sources, helping users cite
the correct source
59 options – Students can cite 59 different sources,
encouraging a diverse research approach and proper
accreditation
LearnCite – Shows the citation being created as
information is entered, providing students a structural
understanding of citations
Reiterate the importance of website evaluation
With ever-growing amounts of information available,
students must learn what is reliable information.
EasyBib website evaluation:
1. Alerts students at
the point of
reference of the
credibility of the
source
2. Provides robust
criteria to explain
and help
understand the
source’s credibility
3. Shows visual
examples of
credible,
questionable, and
not credible
sources
Provide a framework to understand research
The notebook provides
students structure to take
away and organize key ideas
• Quotes - Students can copy
and paste, and track quoted
content
• Paraphrasing - Encourages
students to synthesize and
understand information
• Comments - Pushes students
to think aloud and explore ideas
• Organization - Associate a
source with a note, and
tag/group/color the note
Brainstorm and construct ideas with notebook
Virtual note cards
•Easily moveable virtual notes cards promotes
brainstorming
•Organization tools help develop concepts
List view
•List view helps students understand notes
along the various organizational means, and
encourages big picture thinking
Outline
•Outline helps students dynamically
conceptualize paper ideas, and creates a
paper trail to notes and sources
Understand the quality of their research
 Bibliography Analytics teach
students to evaluate their own
work and identify areas for
improvement before submitting
assignments.
 Students are given an overall
score based on 4 elements:
 Diversity of source types
 Database usage
 Website Credibility
 Number of sources
Share feedback
 Project sharing encourages more interaction between
students and teachers throughout the research
process. Sharing is also facilitates group work.
Students can set who
can view, edit, and
comment on projects.
Leave comments directly Leave comments in
their notes & outline
related to the sources
cited in the bibliography
Manage your subscription
 View users, help reset passwords and view projects
 Track usage of Easybib; see accounts, notes, citations
created and much more
 Customize your subscription to help promote your
school resources
The EasyBib experience
“My interest in EasyBib stems from my users’ interest in it: I’ve been
getting feedback from students that the amount of time and effort required
to learn and use some other citation tools is greater than students need, or
want, to invest. They find EasyBib to be easier to use.”
-Cheryl LaGuardia, Research Librarian, Harvard University
“Because the Web site is so intuitive and quick, they can focus on using
reliable sources and documenting them properly instead of worrying about
formatting the citations correctly.”
-MaryAnne Karre
“I love your website. I don't know how I would make it through all these
papers without you! Thanks so much!”
-Matthew, Student
Give your students the tools to embrace better research!