Transcript MyResearch Module 1 * EndNote Essentials

MyResearch (Humanities)
Module 1 – EndNote Essentials
Julie Jones
Sharon Rankin
Natalie Colaiacovo
MyResearch (Humanities): Teaching Team 2013
Sharon Rankin, Liaison Librarian
(Music)
Julie Jones, Liaison Librarian
(Urban Planning, Human Geography, Continuing Education)
Natalie Colaiacovco, Graduate Student
(School of Information Studies, MLIS candidate)
MyResearch (Humanities)- syllabus
 http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/myresearch
Session Outline – EndNote Essentials
 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
What’s next in Module 2 and Online Survey
Why use EndNote?
 manage all your references, notes and full-text articles in one place
Why use EndNote?
 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
 Search databases using the EndNote and pull the records into your
“Library”.
 Do online searches in your favourite databases and push/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
EndNote Layout
EndNote Essentials Handout
 Finding and loading the software
 Create your “Library”
 Entering references
 Typing
 Using EXPORT from Google Scholar/Library Catalogue/your databases
 Using Import Filters
 Finding and adding full-text PDFs
 Creating groups
 Removing duplicate references
 Using Cite While You Write (CWYW) with Word
EndNote for Mac users - Tips
 Use Firefox for searching databases (Safari and IE do not work)
 Some of the preference are different – for example Preferences
are under EndNote
 After you have selected a record for export, the pop-up window
will appear.
 Click on the Choose button
 Open the “Choose Helper Application”
 Select the EndNote program and click Open
EndNote Exercise 1
Enter this reference into your EndNote Library
Scopus – coverage – vendor’s facts & figures
Google Scholar - Wikipedia entry
Library catalogue
 Content
 Two interfaces
 WorldCat
 Classic Catalogue
EndNote Exercise 2
 Choose a database:
Scopus, Google Scholar, WorldCat or Classic Catalogue
Perform this search:
“human rights” AND children
Export references to your EndNote Library:
Select 5 references and export them
Online Search within EndNote
Which program is right for you?

http://www.mcgill.ca/library/sites/mcgill.ca.library/files/program_comparison_chart_sept2012.pdf
EndNote Help
Information on the Library website
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation/software
Email a McGill Library EndNote specialist at:
[email protected]
What’s next in Module 2?
Module 2: 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.
Feedback
Survey
bit.ly/MyResearchMcGill