The scite trial will start today and run through Wednesday, May 11^th. You can use scite search and report features without creating an account and logging in. However, to create a custom dashboard, create a notification, save a search, or utilize the reference check features, an account will be needed. NOTE: Access to scite is by IP authentication. Thus, if you’re off-campus, be sure to download VPN from the IS website. After using scite, feel free to provide feedback on how you used scite along with what you liked and disliked at https://forms.gle/iYAvaMzid96yWitH9.

Two live demos are currently scheduled for

• Tuesday, March 1^st at 9:00 a.m.
• Friday, March 4^th at 3:00 p.m.

If you’d like to attend the live demo, please email me (Denice Lewis) at lewisjd@wfu.edu. However, if you’re unable to attend a live demo, the videos below quickly review different features within scite.

• What is scite?
• Anatomy of a smart citation
• scite reports
• scite browser extension

The list below expands upon different features/tools within scite.  Click on the name of the feature/tool for a quick video or click on the link(s) beneath the name to read additional details about the feature/tool.

1. scite browser extension:  Verify information online or explore the supporting and contrasting information on a topic using the scite browser extension
   • Install and overview
   • scite Extension Now Inserts Smart Citation Badges on Many Popular Academic Literature Databases and Publishers Sites
2. Citation statement search:  Tie content to context.  See the sentence(s) where the keywords or phrases are cited.
   • How does citation statement work?
3. Custom dashboard:  View trends on a specific topic/field and identify.  Further analyze research using smart citations.  Which articles have the most supporting/contrasting citations?
   • How to better understand a research topic of interest and stay on top of new developments with Saved Searches and Dashboards
4. Reference check:  Analyze the references cited within an article or PDF file.  Are there any retractions for a citation?  What are the citation metrics for the references?  Check the references that you’re citing within a paper or article.
   • scite Reference Check: an easy way to check the reliability of your references
5. Researcher profiles:  Look at smart citations from the perspective of a single individual. e.g. papers published, how they cite and hove they have been cited
   • Introducing researcher profiles
6. scite visualizations:  Thinking citation map with colored lines indicating supporting, contrasting, and mentioning citations
   • Introducing scite Visualizations: A new way to look at a field of research
7. scite plug-in for Zotero:  See supporting, disputing, or mentioning citations for resources you’ve added to Zotero.
   • Introducing the scite Plug-in for Zotero

Happy smart citation searching and analysis!