MyResearch (Humanities)Module 1 – EndNote Essentials
Julie JonesSharon RankinNatalie Colaiacovo
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): Teaching Team 2013
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
What’s next in Module 2 and Online Survey
Session Outline – EndNote Essentials
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
Why use EndNote?
EndNote Layout
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 Essentials Handout
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 for Mac users - Tips
Enter this reference into your EndNote Library
EndNote Exercise 1
Scopus – coverage – vendor’s facts & figures
Google Scholar - Wikipedia entry
Content
Two interfaces
WorldCat Classic Catalogue
Library catalogue
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
EndNote Exercise 2
Online Search within EndNote
http://www.mcgill.ca/library/sites/mcgill.ca.library/files/program_comparison_chart_sept2012.pdf
Which program is right for you?
Information on the Library website http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation/software
Email a McGill Library EndNote specialist at:[email protected]
EndNote Help
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.
What’s next in Module 2?
Survey
bit.ly/MyResearchMcGill
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