Cite Minder Features
What is Cite Minder?
Cite Minder was developed to help leaders in the field of special education technology answer the question: What have we learned lately? Our developers monitor 31 journals for articles that are relevant to inform the work of professionals. Cite Minder is a personal information system that provides users with desktop access to a comprehensive database of citations of the special education technology research and practice knowledge base created from the journal literature.
What Can You Do With Cite Minder?
Cite Minder will enhance your work as you …
• locate relevant articles to support evidence-based practices in your work
• create reading lists for classes and workshops
• conduct research for class papers, manuscripts, and grants
• discover new knowledge as you monitor the latest developments in the entire discipline or in focus on specific topics of personal interest
• purchase selected articles online through a secure ecommerce shopping cart.
The Cite Minder System
Cite Minder is a revolutionary new type of citation software. Unlike other citation databases that arrive empty and require you to fill them in, Cite Minder is a fully populated database.
The Cite Minder Scholar Edition ($99.99) is a collection of 10 years of citation data (1999-2009) collected from 31 journals (over 2,800 citations!). When you purchase Cite Minder, you will have immediate access to a digital download of the Macintosh (OS X) or Windows (XP, Vista, Windows 7) software. As soon as it is installed on your computer, you’ll have fingertip access to the special education research and practice knowledge base; knowledge that is not available outside of large research libraries or found online. The simple search tool will allow you to search by author, year, title keyword, or journal name.
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Data Expansion |
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Product / |
Cite Minder |
Cite Minder Scholar Edition |
Always Up To Date 2010 |
Citation Base |
coverage |
2006-2007 |
1999-2009 |
Jan - Present |
2009 |
citations |
655 |
2,830 |
250+ |
325 |
citation updates |
no |
no |
yes |
no |
citation meta data |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
standard meta data |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
research meta data |
no |
no |
yes |
yes |
search tools |
simple |
advanced |
advanced |
advanced |
mark articles |
5 |
unlimited |
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print/save/export |
5 |
unlimited |
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user collections |
1 |
unlimited |
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purchase articles |
yes |
yes |
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price |
free |
$99.99 |
$49.99 |
$39.99 |
Always Up To Date
We do all the hard work of browsing the contents of 31 journals, as they as they are published, to locate important new works that you need to know about. As we browse every article in each issue, we ask the question: Is this article important for professionals interested in special education technology research, practice, or leadership? If yes, we capture the article for analysis. Then, back in our offices, we read each article, create a citation, and add extensive meta-tags based on our analysis. All of this information then goes into our Cite Minder database.
The Always Up To Date feature of Cite Minder is an annual subscription service ($49.99) that ensures that your software is always current. Each month, we prepare a content update for Cite Minder. Whenever, you use Cite Minder, the software will automatically check our servers (if you are online) to see if an update is available. If so, the software will ask you if you would like to download the latest citations into your software. You can search for 2010 citations or browse the latest additions within the Update folder. Always Up to Date subscriptions cover a 12-month period and provide full meta-data for each of the latest citations.
Citation Bases
Purchasing Citation Bases allows Cite Minder users to build a personal library covering the years that they find most relevant and affordable. Citation Bases provide complete meta-data for each citation for a specific year. With meta-data tags added to each citation you will be able to use powerful search tools to search for relevant articles by topic, grade level, subject area, or technology. Research meta-tags allow you to locate specific studies based on methodology, sample size, data analysis procedures, and more. Powerful Cite Minder search tools will save you hours of time as you search, browse, and explore to locate just the items you are interested in.
Purchase Articles
The developers of Cite Minder know your time is valuable and that finding an appropriate article citations is only the first step in transforming information into knowledge. Beta testers of Cite Minder have indicated how important it is to gain access to the actual article once they decide it will be helpful for their work. We have initiated conversations with copyright holders to obtain licenses to offer pdf reprints of articles indexed in Cite Minder. Additional articles will be made available when licensing contracts are finalized.
The Cite Minder Starter Pack includes full text article availability for two publication (over 300 articles!). When articles are available for purchase, users will notice that the citation is bolded in their search results. To purchase a pdf reprint of an article, click on the checkbox to have the article added to your shopping cart. When you are ready to checkout, you will be connected with our ecommerce system and your secure transaction will be processed through Google Checkout. After the sale is completed you will receive an email confirmation with a link to download the article(s) you have purchased. Article prices have been established through our licensing agreements. In general, articles dated 2010 and 2009 cost $9.99; articles published in the past 3-5 years cost $6.99, and articles published over five years ago cost $3.99.