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1 Turning on the Citations Helper

In Sakai 2.4, the Citations Helper is disabled by default. There are two Sakai properties that can be used to control whether or not the Citations Helper is enabled and how visible it is throughout your Sakai instance:

  • citationsEnabledByDefault@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.ConfigurationService=
    • true: enables the Citations Helper across your entire Sakai instance by default. This means all users, with the proper permissions, will be able to add, revise and remove Citation Lists within the Resources of all sites. Each site's Resources tool will, however, have the option to disable Citation Lists for that particular site. TODO: link to help on how to do that...
    • false: disables the Citations Helper across your entire Sakai instance by default. This is the "out-of-the-box" setting for this property. It is still possible to enable the Citations Helper on a site by site basis - please see the following allowSiteBySiteOverride property.
  • allowSiteBySiteOverride@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.ConfigurationService=
    • true: allows individual sites to turn on the ability to work with Citation Lists within their Resources Tool. TODO: link to help on how to do that... This functionality is really only useful if citationsEnabledByDefault is set to false.
    • false: has no effect. This is the "out-of-the-box" setting for this property.

2 Turning on Citations Helper Features

2.1 Create Custom Citations

The ability to create custom citations by entering form data comes with the Citations Helper. If the Citations Helper is enabled within a site, users will always have at least the ability to create custom citations.

Note: OpenURL Resolver

If you use an OpenURL resolver at your institution, you can configure the Citations Helper to use it by setting one Sakai property:

  • googleSearchEnabled@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.ConfigurationService=<base URL of OpenURL resolver>
    • The default value for this property is: 
      http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway
      This is a freely available OpenURL resolver offered by WorldCat that resolves OpenURL services for a given citation based on the user's IP address.

2.2 Import Citations from Google Scholar

The ability to import citations from Google Scholar is controlled by the following Sakai property:

  • googleSearchEnabled@org.sakaiproject.citation.api.ConfigurationService=
    • true: enables the ability to import citations from Google Scholar.
    • false: disabled the ability to import citations from Google Scholar. This is the "out-of-the-box" setting for this property.

If you are interested in enabling import from Google Scholar, there is a simple registration process that you need to go through in addition to setting the above property to true. Google Scholar presents a link within its search results labeled, "Import to <your Sakai instance name here>." Your Sakai instance name needs to be registered along with a unique id to identify your Sakai instance (usually this is your Sakai instance's base URL - i.e. coursemanagement.school.edu).

For Sakai 2.4, this process is not yet automated. Please contact Gaurav to register your Sakai instance for use with Google Scholar.

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