I would never ever store my PDFs in my EndNote library, for
exactly the
reasons you give. It just isn't that hard to come up with a
PDF storage
or naming system for PDFs, especially given the availability
of several
PDF indexing programs. (And I would never store a PDF or any
other
document on my desktop, that's poor PC hygiene).
Doug
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Jennifer.Reiswigexmf005-2.intermedia.net
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 1:32 PM
To: Endnote-Interestedcksrhat.isinet.com
Subject: Re: EndNote X pdf advantages
The part that's new in version X is that you can save the
PDFs directly
inside your library.
You don't need to come up with any kind of storage system or
naming
convention for PDFs saved on your hard drive (or wherever).
You can
download a PDF to the desktop, attach it to its citation and
instantly
copy it into the library, and get rid of the desktop file.
Is this an advantage? For some yes, for some no. Storing
PDFs inside
the library makes the library get large, and there is
potential risk of
losing everything if you don't back up your library
regularly. A well
laid out storage system for PDFs is potentially a good
investment of
time, since you might some day want to use PDFs with
something other
than EndNote. But that's me talking like a librarian, not
as a user
with lots of other things to worry about besides organizing
reference
information.
I'd be interested to know if others have other
experiences/opinions.
Jenny Reiswig
Biomedical Library
University of California, San Diego
jreiswigucsd.edu
>>> John.Fullerton 09/27/06 11:56AM >>>
Hi
Could someone describe the advantages of EndNote X in
managing pdf
files? (Any other recommendations for EndNote X are welcomed
as well. We
have a site license and so have access to both EndNote 9 and
X and I
wanted to know what I could say to customers about
upgrading.)
Have a nice day
John Paul Fullerton
j-fullertontamu.edu
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