Lecture Summary:
- It is important to distinguish our own ideas from those of others and acknowledge our sources.
- A reference list is an alphabetical list of the books and other references which you have used in your work located at the end of your dissertation.
- EndNote is useful because it displays a variety of recognised STYLES of referencing.
- It handles a variety of types of references and
- It can be intergrated with Microsoft Word.
In this tutorial we learnt how to use EndNote which is a flatfile database system that can be used as a reference manager and/or bibliography maker. Below is a screen capture showing the exercise carried out in the tutorial.
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To access EndNote, the following steps need to be taken:-
- launch internet explorer
The following screen should appear after entering the above URL.
www.ImageShack.usAfter having found your articles that you want to reference, you need to select and check those articles by placing a tick on the left handside of the journal title in the small box. Below is a screen that shows that
www.ImageShack.us" />After having selected and checked your articles, now you need to click on MY RESEARCH button at the top hand side of the screen. This is shown in the screen shot below.
www.ImageShack.usNow you should be able to see a list of all the references you have selected. Next step is to select "Export citation". Below is a screen shot showing where to click.
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www.ImageShack.us" />After that, you will be required to click on the 1st option on the next new page which will ask you if you would like to directly export your citations to endnote. Follow the print screen below to proceed further.
www.ImageShack.usNext, a dialouge box will come up and ask you where you would like to save your library to. Select a library of your choice and save it.
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