myresearch (humanities) module 1 – endnote essentials sharon rankin sean swanick
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MyResearch (Humanities)Module 1 – EndNote Essentials
Sharon RankinSean Swanick
Sharon Rankin, Liaison Librarian
(Music Library)
Sean Swanick, Liaison Librarian
(Islamic Studies Library)
Helena Reddington, Graduate Education Assistant
(Doctoral Candidate, Religious Studies)
Endnote assistant & MyResearch seminar coordinator
April Colosimo, Liaison Librarian
(Schulich Library of Science and Engineering)
MyResearch (Humanities): Teaching Team 2014
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/my-research
MyResearch (Humanities)- syllabus
Building your own library in EndNote Create references for your assignments and research projects Import references from research databases
Organize your library Automatically add full-text or reformat your references Review of other useful features
MS Word Inserting references into your paper as you write Creating a formatted bibliography
Survey – your comments about the course today
Session Outline – EndNote Essentials
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/sites/mcgill.ca.library/files/program_comparison_chart_sept2012.pdf
Which program is right for you?
manage all your references, notes and full-text articles in one place
EndNote – current version
Software that allows you to:
Create a personal “Library” that contains the references that are important to you
Automatically transfer references into your “Library” from library catalogues and databases as you research your topic
Do online searches in your favourite databases and export the relevant references to your “Library”
Why use EndNote?
Software that allows you to: Manually enter references
Add up to ten pages of research notes for each reference
Remove duplicates!
Organize your references into different folders (groups)
EndNote will find the full-text of your references for you!
Create a bibliography, formatted to the style you need
Insert references into your paper as you write
Why use EndNote?
Content
Two interfaces
WorldCat Classic Catalogue
Library catalogue
How much money was spent last year by the Library to license/purchase ejournals & eresources (databases, collections)?
2 million7 million13 million
Library Collections expenditures in 2013-2014
Academic Search Premier
Web of Science
Scopus – coverage – vendor’s facts & figures
Google Scholar - Wikipedia entry
EndNote – screen layout
Getting Started:
Finding and loading the software Creating a “Library”
Entering references
Using EXPORT from Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar & Library Catalogues Creating a new reference – manually – for a journal & for a web page
Importing a Journal Terms List
Abbreviations matched to full names of journals
A Guide to Using EndNote Handout
Working with your Library Finding full-text PDFs Importing PDF articles Creating groups Editing Compressing a Library for email Transferring references to EndNote Online
Using “Cite while you write” with MS Word Creating a bibliography Inserting citations as your write (CWYW) Changing citation style Editing citations Converting citations to plain text (*important!)
EndNote Essentials Handout
Information on the Library website http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation/software
EndNote training – Thomson Reuters – online tutorials & handouts
http://endnote.com/training
Email a McGill Library EndNote specialist at:[email protected]
EndNote Help
Module 2: Graduate Research Tool Kit
Starting your research: Refine your research interest from a general topic to a specific
question. Learn how to effectively search for information using known sources
and less obvious ones. Discover how to obtain information not available at McGill.
What’s next in Module 2?
Survey
bit.ly/MyResearchMcGill
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