AskMe librarians and other interested parties: how would one, in proper MLA format (6th edition), format a citation for a 10-K form or other SEC filing for a company? [more inside]
posted by activitystory on Sep 15, 2009 - 7 answers

Zotero, Scrapbook, Papers, Evernote, etc. What should I be using to best organize materials for a research paper? [more inside]
posted by rbf1138 on Sep 13, 2009 - 15 answers

Can I convert a Zotero library to Sente? [more inside]
posted by solipsophistocracy on Sep 7, 2009 - 3 answers

In LaTeX, how do I get \thebibliography{} to not number items? I just want them listed plainly, with a hanging indent if they spill over a single line. I don't want to use BibTeX. [more inside]
posted by limon on Aug 5, 2009 - 5 answers

How can I optimize my use of Zotero? [more inside]
posted by solipsophistocracy on Jun 5, 2009 - 12 answers

I've been tasked with finding a bunch of books, and have author names and occasionally publisher, genre or topic. Some of the authors are academics and seem to have published mostly in journals or edited group anthologies. Hælp me you dominators of printed matter, how to find? [more inside]
posted by monocultured on Mar 22, 2009 - 7 answers

I need a comprehensive BibTeX style for the Turabian format. [more inside]
posted by cmyers on Mar 8, 2009 - 3 answers

How can I get bibliographic information on the original printing/first editions of books? [more inside]
posted by magnoliasouth on Oct 24, 2008 - 6 answers

Word 2007 vs. 2003: It's complicated to go back-and-forth! Help me write my dissertation, please! [more inside]
posted by mateuslee on May 15, 2008 - 11 answers

What's all this fuss about bibliography software? [more inside]
posted by boubelium on Apr 16, 2008 - 15 answers

I am beginning to write articles for publication as well as starting with my doctoral dissertation. I am looking for a bibliography manager that will be compatible with Microsoft Word for Mac or OpenOffice for Mac/NeoOffice (these document formats are necessary since many journals require .doc submissions, so no LaTeX recommendations). [more inside]
posted by philosophygeek on Mar 26, 2008 - 12 answers

[Attention-Citation-Officers-Filter]: I am clueless as to the proper way of citing financial documents in the course of my writing. The Chicago Manual of Style has left me high and dry. Hope me! [more inside]
posted by numinous on Mar 13, 2008 - 19 answers

Bibliographic software newbie question: given an enormous backlog of hand-written bibliographies, what's my best bet for producing a database and integrating it with a book manuscript? I'd like to be able to push a button and change citation styles. No arduous data-entry, please. [more inside]
posted by anotherpanacea on Sep 2, 2007 - 10 answers

Please help me find a way to electronically organize my magazine article collection. [more inside]
posted by marylynn on Apr 12, 2007 - 6 answers

I teach graduate writing and research. I'm pretty confident with the way I teach the spirit of citation (it's what we have in the humanities instead of the scientific method), but what draconian pedagogy can I use to soul-crushingly impose format dread on my unruly grad students? [more inside]
posted by Mngo on Oct 31, 2006 - 21 answers

Is there some "Web 2.0" (by which I mean "well designed", not "shiny and in large type for no good reason) style site or package out there for managing bibliographic references online?
posted by dmd on Jul 26, 2006 - 19 answers

Calling all BibTeX gurus! Can anyone help me format a BibTeX style file (*.bst)? [more inside]
posted by EmuBite on Feb 7, 2006 - 2 answers

Help me figure out how to set up a web-based bibliography for an academic group... [more inside]
posted by underwater on Feb 1, 2006 - 5 answers

Help me choose a bibliographic reference manager for OS X... [more inside]
posted by sanitycheck on Dec 6, 2005 - 11 answers

Any BibTeX gurus around here? I'd like recommendations for software, running on Linux, that will help me develop and manage a bibliographical database, and for BibTeX styles/packages/whatever-they're-calleds developed for with humanities, as opposed to science or math, types in mind. [more inside]
posted by kenko on Oct 2, 2005 - 18 answers

I'm working on my MA thesis and so have an enormous jumble of books, articles, and references kicking around. I am looking for an easy way to manage this. [more inside]
posted by synecdoche on May 4, 2005 - 31 answers