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DSC861A Emerging Technology

Primer on Using EndNote

March 10th, 2008 rev 4.0

Craig Budinich

Donovan Miles

Class of 2009

With advise from Dr Carl Abrams

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Presentation Outline

1. What is EndNote

2. “How to” Example Select Style Select a Connection and Start Search Add Citations From EndNote Into Word Document

3. EndNote Tips and Tricks

4. EndNote vs LaTeX/BibTeX

5. Pros And Cons Of LaTeX/BibTeX

6. Where Can I Get Endnote

7. References

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What is EndNote

Creates a bibliography in the correct style for publication

Maintenance of Database References Downloads references from other DatabasesAllows links to references in word-processed

documents

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Select “IEEE Computer Society” Style

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How To Set Up EndNotes For Pace DPS Dissertation

When first starting EndNote, “create” a new EndNote library_ I used “Dissertation.enl”

Make a copy of “IEEE” ens

1. by going into C;\Program Files\Endnotex1\Styles\

2. rename the copy to something like “PaceDPS.ens”

3. use this as the “PaceDPS” style format

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Select “PaceDPS” Style Format

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Start “Online Search”

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Select “Pace U” Connection

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“Keywords” Search Criteria

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How To Select Citations To Add To Dissertation From EndNote

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How To Insert Citations In A Word Processor From EndNote

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Citations From EndNote Ported Into Word

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Tips and Tricks

Backup your data frequently to multiple locations Sort Citations after search to get most recent information Insert citation [by number] from Endnote directly into Word

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EndNote vs LaTeX/BibTeX

“BibTeX is bibliographic software for use with the scientific document preparation system LaTeX. It is used to take data from a bibliographic database (called a .bib file) and stylistic information from a bibliography style file (called a .bst file) to produce a formatted bibliography called a .bbl file, which LaTeX then reads.”

“The procedure is analogous to Endnote taking data from an endnote library (a .enl file) and stylistic information from an endnote style file (a .ens file) to produce a formatted bibliography for Word.”

http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/eresources/endnote/bibtex/

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Pros And Cons Of LaTeX/BibTeXPros The logic, and power, of it makes it infinitely preferable to Word if you’re doing things more

complicated than a one page letter. It’s a mark-up language, so not What You See Is What You Get (like MS Word), but more What

You See Is What You Want. i.e. You compose in plain text, then view in another. Latex does automatic inclusion of citations (ie in line mentions) and references (ie the compiled list

at the end) with bibtex. Free [3] Produces professionally typeset and well structured documents [3,5]

Cons You need to compile your document a couple of times before you get a good output. This is to do

with Latex needing a couple of passes through to pick up all the cross-references, page boundaries etc (or something).

Although bibtex is powerful and comes with lots of tools (one, two) available, I can’t find a nice front end with which to manage my references. So although i’m going to use it (have to use it) to put references in Latex documents, I’m going to keep using endnote to manage my references. How hard can it be to get Endnote to export properly? Answer: harder than you think.

Steep learning curve [3] BibTex does not connect with electronic database [4]

– Ref: http://idiolect.org.uk/notes/?p=368

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Where Can I Get EndNotes(True as of March 03, 2008)

If you purchase directly from EndNotes, you will be asked to pay between $250 to $300 for the "non student" version. Go here to purchase http://www.endnote.com/

I however found this "online academic superstore" which allows you to purchase the same copy as above, but the student edition for $115. You will need to provide proof that you are a registered student. Search here for EndNotes http://www.academicsuperstore.com/

Dr Tappert: If you google "endnote academic" or "endnote student" you will find prices close to $100, e.g. http://www.amazon.com/s?search-alias=software&field-keywords=endnote%20student&lposid=u7-6292975-1,C,1651

I was on University of Pennsylvania's campus late last week and verified that the difference between the non student version and the student version is the cost.

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Annotated References

1. http://www.dartmouth.edu/~leo/refmanagement/ref_man3.shtml#proquest2. http://www.aresearchguide.com/7footnot.html3. http://nitens.org/taraborelli/latex4. http://web.media.mit.edu/~intille/teaching/advising/

refManagementAndWritingTips.htm5. Shah, N TIPS & TECHNIQUES LaTeX: A genuinely better way to prepare scientific documents,

Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto http://medbiograd.sa.utoronto.ca/pdfs/vol3num2/30.pdf