Jul 22, 2009
Endnote workshop
In a second library workshop we covered some endnote tips.
The endnote download
A named library needs to be set up first in a folder on the desktop. Endnote is then opened up each time from the library file which is like a project file used in other software.
The style is browsed/selected from the drop down in the top left hand corner of the interface.
A database search can be conducted directly from within endnote. Chose the online search icon at the top of the interface and then chose the rmit library catalogues. This feature the ‘RMIT Library Catalogue Connection File’ needs to be downloaded from the web to the desktop then added to the Connections folder inside the Endnote X2 folder on the desktop.
Toggle between the preview and search buttons at the bottom of the interface window.
Notes:
Adding the latest Harvard 6v9 style used by RMIT University to endnote. This download is dropped into the Styles folder inside the Endnote X2 folder.
The preferable citation support is the more comprehensive RMIT Business version available as pdf download.
UQ Endnote tutorial support page.
Endnote website.
Notes on use:
Endnote is touchy and has very set protocols in regards to use.
- Only put in one reference per source ie a book, then edit in additions per citation in the body of the text ie adding page nos
_ this includes removing the author in a citation etc
- Use book sections when referencing from that section and this is a separate reference type
- multiple editors need to be tabbed down onto separate lines
- organistations as authors need a comma at the end
- the abcd aspect in this style is about…”Table 3 Reference Type : Several items with the same author and year.
Quote : If you are referring to more than one work written by the same author in the same year, the letters a,b,c etc are added to the date to indicate which one you mean. – Business College Harvard Referencing Guide on p.10
- with editors the ‘in’ includes the editors and title of the book in the citation
- online video as a audiovisual material reference
- working with creative commons licenses for material included in a text online