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MyResearch (Humanities) Module 1 – EndNote Essentials Sharon Rankin Sean Swanick
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Sharon Rankin, Liaison Librarian (Music Library) Sean Swanick, Liaison Librarian (Islamic Studies Library) Helena Reddington, Graduate Education Assistant (Doctoral Candidate, Religious Studies) Endnote assistant & MyResearch seminar coordinator April Colosimo, Liaison Librarian (Schulich Library of Science and Engineering) MyResearch (Humanities): Teaching Team 2014
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http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/my- research http://www.mcgill.ca/library/find/subjects/humanities/my- research MyResearch (Humanities)- syllabus
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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 Creating a formatted bibliography Survey – your comments about the course today Session Outline – EndNote Essentials
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http://www.mcgill.ca/library/sites/mcgill.ca.library/files/program_comparison_chart_sept2012.pdf Which program is right for you?
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manage all your references, notes and full-text articles in one place EndNote – current version
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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 Do online searches in your favourite databases and export the relevant references to your “Library” Why use EndNote?
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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?
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Content Two interfaces WorldCat Classic Catalogue Library catalogue
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How much money was spent last year by the Library to license/purchase ejournals & eresources (databases, collections)? 2 million 7 million 13 million Library Collections expenditures in 2013-2014
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Academic Search Premier
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Web of Science
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Scopus – coverage – vendor’s facts & figures
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Google Scholar - Wikipedia entry
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EndNote – screen layout
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Getting Started: Finding and loading the software Creating a “Library” Entering references Using EXPORT from Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar & Library Catalogues Creating a new reference – manually – for a journal & for a web page Importing a Journal Terms List Abbreviations matched to full names of journals A Guide to Using EndNote Handout
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Working with your Library Finding full-text PDFs Importing PDF articles Creating groups Editing Compressing a Library for email Transferring references to EndNote Online Using “Cite while you write” with MS Word Creating a bibliography Inserting citations as your write (CWYW) Changing citation style Editing citations Converting citations to plain text (*important!) EndNote Essentials Handout
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Information on the Library website http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation/software http://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation/software EndNote training – Thomson Reuters – online tutorials & handouts http://endnote.com/training Email a McGill Library EndNote specialist at: citations.library@mcgill.ca citations.library@mcgill.ca EndNote Help
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Module 2: Graduate 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?
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Survey bit.ly/MyResearchMcGill Feedback
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