RefDot a Time Saving Citation Tool

January 21, 2012

Here is a useful tool for researchers and writers. Lifehacker informs us, “RefDot Automatically Pulls Citations from Amazon Books.” The write up explains:

RefDot simply pulls out the citation information for the books you’re viewing and displays it in a TXT or HTML format. You can add as many as you need to all at once. The feature set doesn’t include automatic newspaper article citations, but if you’re referencing a ton of books it’s a handy means to quickly get the information you need without having to sift through the copyright information inside the physical book.

Oh, the time that would have saved me in college! RefDot, from Readdot, is available for the Chrome browser at the Chrome Web Store. So far, it works for plenty of books, but journals and Web sites are being added over time.

One caveat- a reviewer cautions that, as of now, RefDot only provides room for one author name, so users will have to go back and double check that manually. However, that same commentator also had high praise for the application’s design.

We recommend that anyone with citations in their future check it out. Hurry, some large outfits like Thomson Reuters, offer for fee bibliographic citation products and can be touchy about free or low cost competitors.

Cynthia Murrell, January 21, 2012

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