Every time when I write a research paper or a report about a project, the most tedious part is "works cited" and sometimes there are high standards about the format of these citations so some online tools like "KnightCite" may not work. Also, sometimes after I found a great resource from a database, I forgot which database it was and couldn't do the citation correctly. This Monday Chanitra introduced me a useful tool that I can use to manage citations for bibliographies--EndNote.
First of all, we need to get the software. As a student of IUB, I can download it freely from IUware: http://iuware.iu.edu/list.aspx?id=54 And EndNote X3 is the latest version. Then we add the articles to EndNote, and it will generate the "work cited" for you which is very convenient. Also, after downloading EndNote, there will be an add-in for Microsoft Word that manages citations in Word. And EndNote will save the articles you add every time, so you won't be stressed out about losing articles or the databases it came from.
There is also an online EndNote that is more convenient to use, and Chanitra will introduce it to me next time we meet.
And my roommate and I are thinking about starting a new student group for international students in Kelley, so we did some research about how to start a student group. We found that there's a place on campus that helps this--Office of Student Organizations & Leadership Development: http://sao.indiana.edu/list_student_orgs.html It is a great place to start consulting.
At last, it is the midterm week so I hope you all get what you want from your classes!
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Hi Lynn! Just a quick note to let you know about Mendeley, a free reference management service which can also manage your references and format your bibliography in any style you would like.
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I think it is a great reference management tool but it doesn't support IUCAT databases, so it might be incovenient for IU students.
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