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By Liv Bjerge Laursen

There are currently two versions of Mendeley available for download to your computer:

• Mendeley Desktop (MD)
• Mendeley Reference Manager (MDM)

Some users have already migrated to MRM or never used MD to begin with, primarily because MD does not run on the most recent OS for Mac.
It is our impression, however, that the majority of Mendeley users among CBS faculty use legacy MD (but we cannot know for sure).

Mendeley Desktop will be phased out
Mendeley recently announced that the phase-out of MD will commence on September 1st, 2022, after which date new users will no longer be able to download and install the MD software. Existing MD users, on the other hand, will still be able to sign in to, use, and sync their MD accounts. A deadline for a final termination of MD remains to be announced, but it is coming:

Longer-term, once we are confident that the new Mendeley Reference Manager sufficiently meets the needs of our users, we will begin the process of stopping all sign-ins to Mendeley Desktop.
 

The Mendeley Reference Manager is ready
You can find out more about the new MRM on the Mendeley blog.

Please note, If you are currently using MD, you can install and try out the new MRM service without having to leave MD, but DO NOT mix the two Cite features in one and the same paper, as they CANNOT work together.

Want to provide feedback?
Whether MRM is your primary reference tool or you are just stopping by for a test drive, you can use the build-in feedback option to let Mendeley know what you think about MRM. You will find the feedback option in the top right corner of MRM or in your online Mendeley library.

We recommend
Since there are still quite a few features missing from MRM, we recommend that you stick to MD as your primary reference tool, unless of course you are working on a new Mac that only supports MRM.

Please direct any questions or comments to reftool.lib@cbs.dk

By Liv Bjerge Laursen

APA is the most popular reference style at CBS and we receive quite a lot of questions on the do´s and don´ts of referencing.
 

Changes in APA 7^th
Just over a year ago, APA was updated from the 6^th to the 7^th edition and some of the changes that were implemented might be relevant for your own work and for that of your students writing their assignments.

• For books, you no longer need to list the publication location.
• E-books should be cited exactly as print books. Do not include a database.
• If a journal article does not have a DOI, you can wrap up the citation after the page number. There is no longer a requirement to include the URL of the journal website.
• In-text citations with three or more authors should only include the name of the first author followed by et al. This is also the case the first time you use the source.
• List up to 20 authors for a source in the references list. This is up from eight in the 6^th edition. For works with more than 20 authors, list the first 19, insert an ellipsis, and go on to list the name of the last author.
• When referencing webpages, you are free to use a URL shortener like tinyurl or bit.ly, if you so wish.

If in doubt – use our guide
Check out our new APA 7^th guide at https://libguides.cbs.dk/APA7th (replaces the APA 6^th guide).
If you are interested in all APA changes and not only those that specifically pertain to referencing, you may find this blog post from APA worth your while.  

Questions about choice of style
When students reach out to us for help with their referencing, we always ask them to consult the guidelines of their study programme. Not all CBS programmes dictate a specific style, but nearly all the programmes that do, ask their student to use APA. This is why CBS Library always recommends APA when students ask for inputs, if their programmes and/or supervisors leave it up to them to decide.

By Mette Bechmann

Citation styles change over time to adapt to a changing world and now APA 7^th has been rolled out.
There are only a few major differences between APA 6^th and 7^th, some of which are the result of increasing digitization in academic publishing. A couple of examples:

You no longer have to try to figure out where the publisher is located geographically as this information no longer has to be included in the reference.
URLs no longer have to be preceded by “Retrieved from”, unless it is absolutely necessary to include a retrieval date.
One change that does not depend on the digital environment is the first time mentioning of a source. Regardless of the medium, all sources with three or more authors now require only the name of the first author followed by “et al.”

We have recently published a guide to APA 7^th which is available to all students and members of faculty. You will find it on our website in the LibGuides section.

If you are a Mendeley user (or use another reference management software) we recommend that you change your settings to APA 7^th. Instructions on how to do this are available on the front page of our APA 7^th  LibGuide..

If you have any questions about APA 7^th, referencing in general, or Mendeley, please reach out and we will by happy to help

By Liv B. Laursen

Please do not forget that access to your RefWorks account will be terminated by the end of the year as we have decided not to renew the license.

We strongly recommend that you migrate your RefWorks library to Mendeley no later than October 31 2017. If you are working on a writing project that involves RefWorks and Write-n-Cite and you expect this project to spill into 2018, please contact us ASAP for advice on how and when to migrate.

You can find information on how to migrate your data in our Mendeley LibGuide. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the CBS Library Reference Management Team at reftool.lib@cbs.dk

CBS Library is happy to be able to offer all CBS students and staff free access to Citavi until June 2018. Citavi is a reference management software of a relatively high degree of complexity compared to similar tools.

Its focus is very much on the pre-writing phase: e.g., it allows you to structure a research paper, to add quotes and references to individual parts of the papers, and to export everything to MS Word when you are ready to embark on the actual writing process.

There are plenty of tools that use the reference management aspect as launch pad. All of these pretty much do the same job (metadata import from content databases, in-text citations, and bibliographies) but often differ in terms of usability and functionality. Citavi´s strength lies in its ability to structure and work with text whereas Mendeley, which we took out a license for in January, is user-friendly, works across browsers and devices (PC, Mac, tablet, and smart phone), and supports collaboration. Both boast built-in PDF readers.

CBS Library believes that Citavi is a robust and interesting alternative to traditional RM tools and for that reason, we have decided to offer all CBS students and staff a one-year free trial. If, after June 2018, you have grown to depend on the software, you can purchase a personal account at half price (€ 50). This is a one-off investment and not a subscription.

Citavi is currently only available for Windows and only as a standalone software without a parallel online universe. An online Mac-compatible version is expected end of 2017/ beginning of 2018.

Learn more about Citavi and find the link to the free license
Contact: CBS Library reference management team for information and introductions

October 31 2017 is the deadline for all CBS RefWorks users to migrate to Mendeley. If you are engaged in a project where you use RefWorks (Write-n-Cite) for your in-text citations and you expect this project to go beyond this date, please contact us ASAP for advice on how and when to migrate.

All current CBS RefWorks users will receive e-mails with all necessary information. We have already issued the first e-mail so if you are the owner of a RefWorks account but have not received anything yet, please get in touch.

If you are already a Mendeley user and used your CBS e-mail address when signing up, you are automatically included in the CBS Institutional license that launched in early January. You might be a Mendeley user already but signed up with an e-mail other than a CBS e-mail, all you need to do is change the e-mail address in Mendeley and join the Copenhagen Business School Library Group  to get access to the enhanced institutional account.

If you never used a reference management tool, this is the chance to get started with Mendeley

New opportunities with Mendeley

Most reference management tools do the exact same job in very similar ways. Some tools, however, offer extra and enhanced features and Mendeley is a very good case in point. Thus, apart from a personal reference library and word processing integration,  Mendeley also offers a wide host of functionalities not available in RefWorks, including:
 

• Smooth technical integration, e.g. in MS Word
• Easily navigable interface
• Reference recycling and data quality check  
• Seamless collaboration both in-house and across organizations via groups, both private and public.
• Quick dissemination of academic production via social media platform
• Advanced PDF annotation feature
• Built-in altmetrics

Please direct all questions about RefWorks and Mendeley to the CBS Library reference management group (Joshua Kragh Bruhn, Liselotte Brandstrup, Mette Bechmann, and Liv Bjerge Laursen) at reftool.lib@cbs.dk.