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1 MyResearch (Humanities) Module 1 – EndNote Essentials Julie Jones Sharon Rankin Natalie Colaiacovo

2 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

3  http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/my- research http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/my- research MyResearch (Humanities)- syllabus

4  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

5  manage all your references, notes and full-text articles in one place Why use EndNote?

6  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?

7  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?

8 EndNote Layout

9  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

10  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

11 Enter this reference into your EndNote Library EndNote Exercise 1

12 Scopus – coverage – vendor’s facts & figures

13 Google Scholar - Wikipedia entry

14  Content  Two interfaces  WorldCat  Classic Catalogue Library catalogue

15  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

16 Online Search within EndNote

17  http://www.mcgill.ca/library/sites/mcgill.ca.library/files/program_comparison_chart_sept2012.pdf Which program is right for you?

18 Information on the Library website http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation/software http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation/software Email a McGill Library EndNote specialist at: citations.library@mcgill.ca citations.library@mcgill.ca EndNote Help

19 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?

20 Survey bit.ly/MyResearchMcGill Feedback


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