CREATING & MAINTAINING END NOTE LIBRARIES
Lecture.
Today's lecture was mainly introducing the class to Endnote.
Endnote is a reference guide, that helps you to format your references easily in the correct APA format.
Endnote can be used in two ways:
- As a stand alone program. Keep a list of all you references.
- Or you can integrate End Note with Microsft Word. You can use the program to correctly format you end-text references or bibliography.
Helen showed us how to download End Note onto our home computers, and how to create our own End Note library.
Helen also advised us of a few principles to go by when first using End Note.
These principles were:
- Don't expect to understand End Note the first time
- Begin using it as a standalone application, as a way of keeping a list of you references
- Eliminate clutter and simplify the display
- Back the End Note library up. This is very important to have several copies of everything you save. (for example, on your thumb drive)
Tutorial.
This class was en extension of learning how to use End Note. Our tasks included making our first End Note library and using this with Microsoft word to add in-text references, quotes and end-text references.
Task 1.
Our first task was to review the online referencing guide that we accessed through blackboard. We were then asked to record 5 references that were of electronic material, such as:
- A web page
- Online Journal
- Image found on the Internet
- Email with information
This is a screen capture of the online referencing guide. Its the same as the hard copy.First I searched Google for a site that I knew would be authentic and have all the details needed to reference it. I went to http://www.vestwest.com.au/ The reference for this is:
Vetwest. (2007). Retrieved April 11, 2008, from http://www.vetwest.com.au/
The second search I did was for a picture. I again used Google to search for a picture of a dog. I chose this one.
The reference for this image is:Cute Dogs. (n.d). Retrieved April 11, 2008 from
http://www.photopumpkin.com/photo-blog/category/dogs.
I also referenced two journal articles that i located from Pro Quest, from the ECU Library home page. The two references for the two articles are:
Jones, G. (2007). Marketing. [Electronic Version]. BBC Worldwide Ltd. 12
Walsh, M. V. (1999). Illegal Whaling for Humpbacks by the Soviet Union in the Antarctic.
[Electronic Version]. Journal of Environment & Development. 8(3), 307
The last reference I did was for another web page. I went to Yahoo and typed in tattoos to find a website about tattoos. I found one called Tattoo Johnny.
The reference for this website is:
Tattoo Johnny. (n.d). Retrieved April 11, 2008 from http://www.tattoojohnny.com/
Task 2.
We than had to complete the 'End note v11 Exercises for Vista'
This included having to open a new End Note library and referencing the documents assigned on the exercises. We had to copy and paste the references. This included in-text references and end-text referencing. I really .enjoyed using End Note, it saves a lot of time and in one of the exercises there was a short cut to referencing. On a online journal you can link the citation to Microsoft Word and End Note retrieves all the information needed for a reference for you.
I found this task really helpful and I know using End Note will save me a lot of time.
These two screen captures is the final document once I copied and pasted all the requirements in the exercises.Reading.
There was so specific reading in this weeks tasks, but there was additional End Note help. That could not be accessed.
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