Duke Medical Center Library & Archives News Tag: endnote
Library Winter Classes Are Here: Learn, Research, & Grow!
Posted On: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 - 12:47 by Brandi Tuttle
Are you looking to sharpen your research, writing, or clinical skills? We offer a variety of free online classes to help you get ahead. Taking a library class can significantly improve your research skills, helping you master advanced database searching and use tools that streamline your workflow. You'll also enhance your writing by efficiently managing citations and references, allowing you to focus more on your content. For those in clinical fields, these classes offer valuable insights into staying up-to-date with evidence-based resources, ultimately helping you locate the best clinical literature. Plus, our expert librarians are available to offer tailored support and guidance during each session.
Here’s a glimpse of the upcoming classes you can sign up for by topic…
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Tags: pubmed, endnote, copyright, scopus, systematic reviews
Citation Management Tools - Alternatives to EndNote
Posted On: Wednesday, October 23, 2024 - 13:21 by Steph Hendren
Many are familiar with EndNote as a helpful citation management tool that assists with collecting, saving, and citing papers. But sometimes EndNote can feel somewhat cumbersome to use. If you are on the market for a new citation manager, you might want to try out these other options.
Zotero is a freely available tool that offers desktop and Web versions and works well with both Windows and Mac. It is easy to use and makes collaborative projects relatively simple via Google Docs. If you run out of free storage, additional inexpensive storage space is available for purchase.
The Medical Center Library…
MORECategories: Explore Tools
Tags: endnote, zotero, refworks, citation management
Register for an Upcoming Library Class
Posted On: Monday, August 26, 2024 - 10:36 by Brandi Tuttle
Ready to boost your research skills? The Medical Library offers a variety of online classes tailored to healthcare professionals, researchers, and students.
Sessions include:
- Searching Databases with Confidence: Master PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science, or Scopus
- Conducting Systematic Reviews: Learn more about conducting systematic reviews or how to assess and extract data
- Reference Management Made Easy: Get started with EndNote or Zotero.
- Selecting Journals for Publication
- Tools for Researchers: Building Your Profile, Measuring your Impact
- Understanding Copyright
- Data Management: Sharing, Requirements, & Repositories
Visit our class…
MORECategories: Classes
Tags: pubmed, zotero, endnote, cinahl, scopus, systematic reviews
Introduction to EndNote
Posted On: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 - 15:51 by Beverly Murphy
Learn how to create an EndNote Library, set up preferences, add citations/PDFs, and more. Tue. Aug. 20; 12-1p; ONLINE ONLY. This class is FREE but registration is required.
Prerequisite: Prior to the session, please download EndNote for Windows or Mac through Duke's Office of Information Technology.
Categories: Classes
Tags: endnote, citation management
Spring Classes!
Posted On: Thursday, April 25, 2024 - 14:57 by Brandi Tuttle
Ready to learn some new skills or approaches to your research? Check out our class schedule! We offer a variety of online classes related to database searching, systematic reviews, writing abstracts, publishing, citation management, research impact, and more. To find class details, dates, and registration information Click here.
Let us help you work smarter, not harder!
Questions? Ask a Librarian!
*Image credit: Online Learning by sripfoto from NounProject.com
Categories: Classes, Databases
Tags: publishing, pubmed, scopus, cinahl, endnote, zotero, abstracts, searching
EndNote 21
Posted On: Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 09:24 by Samantha Kaplan, Ph.D.
EndNote, the popular citation management software, recently released their latest software version called EndNote 21. To obtain the software (or to update any older versions you may have of EndNote), go to the Duke OIT website and log in with your NetID and password in order to download it.
New features include customizable color-coded tagging and tabs for multi-tasking, an extension to support EndNote's Cite While You Write in Google Docs, and a more robust EndNote Web.
Want to learn more? Sign up for a class, check out our…
MORECategories: Resource Updates
Tags: endnote
EndNote 20 Integrates Retraction Watch
Posted On: Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 13:49 by Samantha Kaplan, Ph.D.
There's never been a better time to update to EndNote 20! The latest version has been integrated with the Retraction Watch database. This means users will be alerted if any of the publications in their library are retracted! Update to EndNote 20 today and make sure you aren't citing retracted research.
Learn more about the latest update to EndNote on their Website. If you’re not currently an EndNote user, you can download it from Duke's Office of Information Technology. If you’re new to EndNote, sign up to take one of the…
MORECategories: Resource Updates
Tags: endnote
Preparing Citations from Endnote (APA, AMA, Chicago Styles)
Posted On: Monday, April 24, 2017 - 15:28 by Matthew Johnson
Ever get nervous about formatting citations? Here’s an overview of a few common issues when citing journal articles in often-used styles (APA, AMA, and Chicago)
In most cases, you can easily export citation information from databases like PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, etc. into a reference management system like EndNote. However, you have to be careful about how that data is entered to ensure that your final citations are correct.
APA Style
When citing a journal article, use the following basic format:
Author, A. A., Author, B. B., & Author, C. C. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical…
MORECategories: Explore Tools
Tags: citation management, endnote, reference management, citations, APA
Reference Management Tools Save Time!
Posted On: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 22:47 by Jamie Conklin
"I wish I'd known about this sooner!" is what people often say when they encounter EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley, or any other reference management tool.
Discover the wonders of easily storing, organizing, and citing your references by:
• Using this handy chart to decide which reference management tool best fits your needs
• Getting started with EndNote step-by-step
• Getting started with Zotero step-by-step
If you already use EndNote, read our…
MORECategories: Resource Updates
Five EndNote Advanced Features
Posted On: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 - 10:24 by Jamie Conklin
Whether you're new to EndNote or a long-time fan, improve your EndNote experience with these five advanced features.
1. Customize how EndNote looks
Some of our favorite Preferences include:
- Within "Display Fonts," make that font size bigger!
- Within "PDF Handling," have EndNote rename PDF files as Author + Year + Title.
- Within "Display Fields," hide the fields you don't use (e.g. read/unread status) and display those you do (e.g. Research Notes). Also, uncheck the box to "Display all authors in the Author field."
- Experiment with the library layout on a PC or on a…
Categories: Resource Updates
Tags: endnote, citation management
Are You Still Doing Your References By Hand?
Posted On: Friday, April 29, 2016 - 12:09 by Leila Ledbetter
Stop typing out those references! Quit looking up where the commas are supposed to go in APA or AMA or whatever style you need to use. Avoid making piles of articles on your desktop. You should be using a reference management tool!
Reference management software can help you collect and organize your references (journal articles, books, Websites, videos, etc.), and then generate citations and bibliographies for your papers, scholarly articles, and any other publications.
There are a lot of different reference management programs that can help you gather PDFs and format your reference lists. EndNote, RefWorks,…
MORECategories: Resource Updates
Zotero
Posted On: Monday, July 22, 2013 - 08:19 by Adrianne Leonardelli
Zotero (zoh-TAIR-oh) is a free citation management tool that conveniently “lives in” your Web browser, where you do the majority of your work and research. Most commonly, Zotero works as an add-on for the Firefox browser. However, there is a Zotero standalone version that is compatible with Safari and Chrome.
Zotero is easy to use and has many of the same, as well as some unique, features as EndNote and RefWorks. With Zotero, you can:
- Organize & manage references into searchable collections
- Insert citations as you write using the Zotero word-processing plug-in
- Create formatted bibliographies in many different styles
- Attach PDFs, notes and images to references
- Easily add citations directly from databases and…
Categories: Explore Tools, Resource Updates
Tags: zotero, citation management, endnote, refworks