Feb
15
“Being a Student Just Got Easier: New App Makes Compiling a Bibliography as Simple as a Scan Fast Company: Sometimes a technology comes along that is so great it seems almost unjust to former generations. Aviation. The personal computer. The polio vaccine. One gets the same feeling today when considering a new app out for iPhone and Android.Quick Cite, a 99-cent app, automates the task of putting together a bibliography—that arduous list of books, articles, and other sources consulted that goes at the end of a master’s thesis of PhD dissertation. The first thought you have is, “How much time scholars will henceforth save!” The next thought you have is, “Anyone who got a PhD before the year 2011 was a poor sucker.” The app works by using the smartphone’s camera to scan the barcode on the back of a book. Then it emails you a citation formatted to fit one of four common bibliographic styles: APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE. The app was one of seven developed over seven sleepless days by seven undergraduates at the University of Waterloo.”
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