When I was working on my dissertation I used a strategy
similar to the
one Monica Barr used. Most of the references that I saved
were from
EBSCO Business Source Premier, ABI/Inform Global, Proquest,
Wilson
OmniFile, and the Journal of Financial Planning archives.
Being able to Export directly into Endnote was a
tremendously
time-saving move, and like her, I made my research notes
right into that
field. I had plenty of hard drive space so I saved every
article in PDF
format if available, or used Adobe Acrobat Professional to
convert HTML
files into PDF format. I then used the PDF linker to link
the file to
the EndNote record. I ended up with more than 1800
references, and used
the search tools to find the ones I was looking for as a I
wrote.
I have continued to update my library as I prepare courses
for students
and do research for professional articles of my own.
I estimate that using EndNote cut at least three or four
months off the
time that it took to do my literature review.
Just make sure that if you are using APA a5th style, that
you make a
very complete list of words that you do not want to change
case on in
your Preferences, change case area.
-----Original Message-----
From: listmaster isiresearchsoft.com
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On Behalf Of "Monica.Barr"gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2007 5:20 PM
To: Endnote-Interestedcksrhat.isinet.com
Subject: [SPAM] Re: using EndNote for literature review
I am very interested in any responses to this thread.
I use Endnote to manage both my references and my notes.
Almost all of
my references are journal articles or edited chapters, so
they are short
in comparison to a full book. I read the article on screen,
making notes
in a text file off to the side of my screen, copying across
text into
direct quotation marks if I see an interesting quote.
After I've finished reading, I paste these notes into the
Research Notes
field so they are searchable in the database. I keyword the
paper, and I
edit the custom fields I've created (Read/Not read,
Relevance,
Location).
When I go to write something, I search all fields of my
library for
keywords if I know I've read something about a point I'm
needing to
reference. Sometimes I get some noise using this method (my
database has
1500 records and climbing), but it seems to complement my
memory well
enough to operate as a functional tool for literature
review.
Hope that helps,
Monica
Monica Barratt
PhD Student
National Drug Research Institute
htt
p://db.ndri.curtin.edu.au/staff.asp?persid=650
http://www.linked
in.com/in/mbarratt
On 18/10/2007, John.Fullerton <John.Fullerton> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a class session scheduled where the students
need information
> about how to use EndNote for a literature review.
>
> From the list archives I have emails about uses of the
Research Notes
> field and an email about creating a separate library
for notes about
> resources in a references library (so, one library of
references and
> another library of notes about those references).
>
> I also noticed in ISI's EndNote X1 Basics tutorial that
they changed a
> custom field to My Projects and that seems like a
related strategy.
>
> If someone changes a custom field for all reference
types, does it
> change the field name from custom in the search window
(so that when
> searching an EndNote library the new field name will be
used instead
> of custom)?
>
> Does anyone have recommendations for using EndNote for
a literature
> review or strong recommendations for other methods of
managing a
> literature review?
>
> Have a nice day
> John Paul Fullerton
> j-fullertontamu.edu
>
>
>
>
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