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 Friday, June 20, 2008

Software Recommendation: EndNote

By Diana Hsieh @ 1:27 AM

Sometime early in graduate school, Paul recommended that I buy EndNote, a program for managing citations in writing. Since I've found it an invaluable time-saver, particularly for large projects like my prospectus and dissertation, I'm passing on the recommendation to other academics and writers.

The program allows you to maintain a database of citations, easily insert them into your papers, and then format them in whatever format you want, e.g. Chicago 15th A. In addition to standard formats, you can customize existing formats or create your own. It handles parenthetical citations, footnotes/endnotes, and bibliographies. In addition, it allows you to make notes on sources, include keywords and abstracts, etc. So for my dissertation, EndNote has served as a master database of sources. So I know that I've skimmed, read, and/or taken notes on a source; I know what sources I need to review or read as I write each chapter; I know whether a source will likely be helpful. For me, EndNote is software that I cannot write without.

The program is available for Mac and Windows. EndNote "X1" is a bit pricey: $110 for students and $220 for non-student educators from the Academic Superstore. However, I've found that it's well-worth the price. With every paper I write, the program has saved me enormous amounts of time in preparing citations and bibliographies.

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Friday, June 20, 2008 at 0:46:45 mst
Comment ID: #1
Name: Promethean
E-mail: Clay.Hellman(at)gmail.com

I don't know how comparable they are, but I've been playing around with the Firefox Extension called Zotero. It integrates with the browser, allows you to export all of your data in multiple formats, and it's free.

Friday, June 20, 2008 at 0:48:37 mst
Comment ID: #2
Name: Promethean
E-mail: Clay.Hellman(at)gmail.com

http://www.zotero.org/

Friday, June 20, 2008 at 6:02:59 mst
Comment ID: #3
Name: Dan

There is a trial version available (of the new Endnote X2) on the endnote site. I'm trying it out right now.

Friday, June 20, 2008 at 7:15:47 mst
Comment ID: #4
Name: Justin
E-mail: jvogt(at)gatech.edu

At my school (Georgia Tech), you can download it for free off their software distribution site. I encourage everyone to check out their university's free software before you spend so much money!

Friday, June 20, 2008 at 8:52:38 mst
Comment ID: #5
Name: John O

For Mac OS X users, I'd recommend Papers, an iTunes-like application for finding, acquiring, and organizing PDFs of journal articles. It has a built-in functionality that allows export to EndNote and Microsoft Word. For my academic work, it's my most valuable application (next to Keynote).

http://mekentosj.com/papers/

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