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06-08-2023 09:16 AM
LisaBenvenuti1
Regular Contributor

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

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tt5vw1
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It would be great to have the option to choose from the common citation styles (APA, MLA, Chicago).

ShanaCrosson2

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.

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OwenGeo

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

OwenGeo

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

(Tait, 2019)

(Davison, 2023)

(Knoop, 2020)

LisaBenvenuti1

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. 

ShanaCrosson2

@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!