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Importing your publication list into Citeline
If you use BibTex to manage your bibliography, you can import it directly. From the front page of Citeline, click the browse button and navigate to the BibTeX file you wish to import. Select the file, and click “Make your Exhibit.” For more information on how to get a BibTeX file, see Where do I get a BibTeX file? in the Citeline FAQ.
If you use EndNote, Refworks, or many other bibliographic programs, they can generate a BibTex file for you---so you too should see Where do I get a BibTeX file? in the Citeline FAQ.
Customizing your output file
- Changing document style: Select a background style from one of several preset options using the dropdown menu at the top center of the screen. Styles only effect the layout and background, not the actual data or its display.
- Editing title information: Click on any of the text fields in the title bar to edit what they say:
- Adding, removing, and shifting facets: The facets on the right side of the page allow users to limit the set of citations they are viewing to only the ones that fit certain criteria.
- To add another facet that readers can limit by, make the appropriate selection from the list labeled “Add Facet.” If the facet you’d like is not in that list, click “Show More Facets” (these are facets deemed less useful based on the amount of missing values or the number of unique values).
- To remove a facet from the ones shown, hover your mouse over the facet. A bar across the top will appear, with an X in the upper right. Click the X.
- To move a facet up or down in the list of facets, hover your mouse over the facet. Click the bar that appears (anywhere other than the X) and drag the facet up or down to put the list in a different order.
- Adding and removing views: The view choices at the top of the editing section allow users to see the data in your publication list in different ways.
- To add another view that readers can choose from, make the appropriate selection from the drop-down list labeled “Add view” at the top of the page.
- To remove a view from the ones shown, hover your mouse over the name of the view. An X will appear above and to the right of the view’s name. Click the X.
- To change the editing screen to see a different view, click the view name.
Customizing the List View
The list view is the default view that appears when you first import a set of references into Citeline; it displays a sorted list of the references.
- Sorting: Choose different sort options by clicking on the “sorted by” term. Setting the sort option here will change the default sort for the final product.
- Grouped as Sorted: This option is next to the sort function at the top of the publication list. When this option is checked, the list will be divided with subheadings based on the sort option. For example, when a list is sorted by publication type, it can be ungrouped, with no subheadings (see left below) or grouped, with subheadings (see right side below).
 Ungrouped View |  Grouped View |
Customizing the Timeline View
The timeline view allows users to visualize their publication list on a timeline, with various pieces of information depicted in different ways. Clicking on an article on the timeline brings up an information window giving the full citation of the publication. Note that all of the options listed below are only available as you edit the presentation. Once the file is saved and downloaded for publishing, only the timeline itself will be available to the user.
- Start: This is the main value that the timeline will be based off of. The most common choice for this field is “Year.”
- Color Key: Timeline will assign different colors to the publications on the timeline based on the different values of the facet chosen here. If no facet is chosen, all publications will be in standard black text. In the example below, articles are shown in orange, while books are shown in blue.
- Band settings: These settings can set the unit of time and the width on the screen of each unit for both the top and bottom sections of the timeline.
Creating the file
All changes are saved automatically as they are made. The file creation buttons are in the top right corner of the window. Use the preview button to see what your finished product will look like. Use the download button to save the page to your hard drive so that you can upload it to your or your department’s web space.
Account Functionality
Signing up for an account with Citeline allows you to save the configurations, settings, and layout changes that you’ve made to your exhibit. It also allows you to save multiple exhibits so that you can sign in later to modify them or download them again.
- Creating an account and signing in: There are two ways to create an account and sign in to Citeline. From the front page of Citeline, click the “Sign In” link.
- To create an account based on your email address, click the “with your email address” link and input your email address. If the address you enter does not have an account associated with it (that is, if you haven’t signed up for an account before), you will be asked if you want to sign up for one. Click yes, and citeline will send you an email with instructions on how to complete the sign-up process.
- If you have an OpenID, you don’t have to sign up for an account; Citeline will use your OpenID provider as credentials for your authentication. [NOTE to MIT users: MIT does not officially provide OpenID’s for Athena accounts.]
- My Exhibits page: Once you’ve signed in, you’ll be taken to the My Exhibits page, where you can see a list of all the exhibits you’ve created on your account (as well as the date it was created in brackets). Click one of the exhibits to open it for further editing or downloading. Or use the controls at the bottom of the page to create a new exhibit which will be saved in your account.
- You can return to the My Exhibits page from the editing screen at any point by clicking “My Exhibits” in the top left corner of the window. The exhibit you are working on will be saved and will appear in the list.
- Sign In and Claim Your Exhibit: If you have not signed in prior to creating an exhibit, you can use the “Sign In and Claim Your Exhibit” link at the top right of the page to sign in now to save the exhibit to your account.
Exporting
You can export either the web page (presentation) or the data that it presents. To download your exhibit (so you can host it on your own web site) just click "download" in the upper right corner of the edit screen. This page will use the data you uploaded to citeline, but you can continue to modify the presentation however you like.
You can also export the citation data from either the edit screen or the final product. To do this, hover the mouse over the area of the page where the citations are listed. A small orange scissors icon will appear in the upper right corner of that area. Click the icon, and select your output style preference. Only citations that fit the currently selected facets will be output with this function.
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