idea Citation generator in ArcGIS StoryMaps Ideas

Citation generator

LisaBenvenuti1 — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 16:16:51 GMT

It would be nice to have a button the would generate formatted citation for a StoryMap without having to go to a cite generator website. This could be used in papers and resumes/CVs. Author Last Name, First initial. (Year, Month Date Published). Title of web page. Name of Website. URL

Re: Citation generator

tt5vw1 — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 14:08:20 GMT

It would be great to have the option to choose from the common citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago).

Re: Citation generator

ShanaCrosson2 — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:04:46 GMT

Here is an example of a Chrome Extension for a citation generator. ( haven't tested this one.)

Here's an open access journal with a Citation Generator. Find the "Abstract" section and look to the column just to the right. You'll see the Citation Generator.

Re: Citation generator

OwenGeo — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:15:06 GMT

Thanks @ShanaCrosson2! It looks like the metatags that are already present in the StoryMap web page are getting picked up by that chrome extension you linked to.

Here are a few citations for public stories generated in the APA7 format using that extension:

Tait, A. (2019, May 31). Mapping Mount Everest. ArcGIS StoryMaps; Esri. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/c87bc0a59c0144008e25d50a5dd1b192

Davison, W. (2023, February 21). Spike Maps. ArcGIS StoryMaps; Esri. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/805d12a871ff4882bbb51095e0bbe89d

Knoop, P. (2020, June 17). Clone an ArcGIS StoryMap. ArcGIS StoryMaps; Esri. https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/1a8199d7b768471d9af0e7be75d9009e

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Re: Citation generator

OwenGeo — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:15:56 GMT

In-text citations generated for those same stories look like this...

(Tait, 2019)

(Davison, 2023)

(Knoop, 2020)

Re: Citation generator

LisaBenvenuti1 — Wed, 12 Jul 2023 21:20:20 GMT

Thank you @ShanaCrosson2.

This seems to work exactly like I wanted it to. I was only hoping for a button on the StoryMap app itself so tech challenged faculty would not have to install extensions. I'll pass this along to them.

Re: Citation generator

ShanaCrosson2 — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 15:15:09 GMT

@LisaBenvenuti1 We discussed putting an option for something in a StoryMap that would turn on button for citation generation. This would be author controlled. I agree with you -- for certain StoryMaps, the citation generator would be very convenient for faculty and for students, much more so than a Chrome extension. (I'm sure Safari has something, but I haven't looked.) Some folks will really struggle with an extention vs a button on a StoryMap. Maybe @OwenGeo will keep this under consideration!