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The EndNote Citation Manager from Thomson:
Introduction and
Web Resources
by Doug Calman
EndNote, like its close cousins ProCite and Reference Manager, is a citation
manager from Thomson ISI ResearchSoft currently at version 8.0.2* It is a
bibliographic database management program which enables you to:
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Connect directly to Z39.50-compliant Servers at Publisher websites, search
major bibliographic databases using EndNote’s own search engine, then download
selected references to EndNote “libraries” on your pc. Many academic libraries
also provide Z39.50 access to their online catalogs or WebPACS. EndNote uses
“connection files” for this; they are managed in the Connection Manager where
you can edit settings such as Server name or ip address, port number, username
and password. Visit your local Library System’s office for such settings, which
are customized for each institution. “Connection files” are specific to each
database vendor’s version of a database; new ones can be downloaded at the endnote.com website.
Search major bibliographic databases at library websites using their native
search engines (instead of EndNote’s own search engine), then email selected
references to yourself which can then be saved as plain text files and imported
into your EndNote libraries using “import filters.” Import filters are specific
to each database vendor’s version of a database; new ones can be downloaded from
the endnote.com website. EndNote uses a Filter Manager to store and keep track
of the import filters which you use.
Search major bibliographic databases at library websites, then “direct export”
desired references into EndNote libraries using a standard file format such as .RIS
For this to work, EndNote has to be installed on the same pc from which you are
using a web browser to search the library website.
Manually enter data from citations into EndNote libraries. An image file can
be inserted into an EndNote record, as well as URLs and links to files in other
locations. EndNote supports SFX links\ Open URL. Predefined data-entry forms
called “Reference Types” handle most document types.
Once you have used one of the above 4 methods of getting the data into your
EndNote libraries, what can you do with it?
Share it with other librarians for projects. You can create a subject
bibliography, format it in thousands of different output styles, and cut and paste
it into MS Word, for example. Output styles are stored in the Style Manager and
may be customized.
You can run searches against your own EndNote libraries while offline. You can
search subsets of references, and save search strategies to load and run again.
In a process called Cite While You Write, EndNote references can easily be
inserted into MS Word or WordPerfect footnotes or endnotes. In addition, many
predefined MS Word manuscript templates are supplied with EndNote with
formatting set up for a particular editorial style.
EndNote 8.0.2 is available on the web
with academic pricing of approximately $170 for faculty and $105 for students.
You may need to provide college/university identification to get the discounted
prices.
* Version 7.0 was very stable, version 8.0 as introduced was considered buggy,
but significant corrections have been made via patches up to version 8.0.2
Websites Comparing the Thomson Citation Managers
Thomson’s ISI ResearchSoft website:
http://thomsonisiresearchsoft.com/compare/
McGill University Health Sciences Library:
http://www.health.library.mcgill.ca/resource/bms.htm
Purdue University Library:
http://www.lib.purdue.edu/intranet_new/uit/inst/citation_managers/choose.html
Francesco Dell’Orso’s “Bibliography Formatting Software: An Evaluation Template”
at:
http://www.burioni.it/forum/ors-bfs/text/index.html
(11th edition, January 2005)
Citation Manager Discussion Groups\Listservs:
Bibliographic Software Board at:
http://www.researchsoftware.nl/kb/
EndNote.com Interest Mailing List at:
http://www.endnote.com/support/en-interest.asp
U.S. Websites with Tutorials (some are mini-movies with audio tracks):
NIH Library:
http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/ResourceTraining/TrainingDescription.htm?ID=27#Tutorial
Berkeley Bioscience Library:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/media/
UW Health Sciences Library:
http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/endnote/tutorial/
UNC at Chapel Hill Health Sciences Library:
http://www.hsl.unc.edu/services/tutorials/endnote/main.htm
University of California at Santa Cruz Library:
http://library.ucsc.edu/science/movietutorials.html
Northwestern University Galter Health Sciences Library:
http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/guides/endnote/index.cfm
WSU Owen Science and Engineering Library:
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/science/endnote.html
Colby College Libraries:
http://www.colby.edu/library/research/instruction/endnote/endnote.htm
Australian Websites with Tutorials (some are mini-movies with audio tracks):
Interactive EndNote Tutorial at the University of Melbourne:
http://buffy.lib.unimelb.edu.au/learn/interactive/base.html
The University of Sydney Library:
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/databases/endnote/endnote.html
Curtin University of Technology:
http://library.curtin.edu.au/viewit/
Australian Catholic University:
http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/endnote/entutorials.htm
Queensland University of Technology:
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/endnote/tutorials.jsp
Doug Calman is a science reference librarian with the WSU Owen Science &
Engineering Library.
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