An increased number of researchers worldwide use reference managers in сreating studies. Such platforms simplify the process of searching for information, formatting citations and references in accordance with the required standards. Previously, the Scientific Publications company analysed the features of the Mendeley reference manager, hereafter the characteristics of another service, EndNote, are considered.
Main areas of operation
The characteristics of a reference manager largely depend on its specifics. Firstly, this product belongs to Clarivate, so it is quite natural that it focuses mostly on the Web of Science database. The journals that are indexed in it do not prescribe universal requirements for the design of the reference list. The advantage of EndNote is a large number of reference design styles (more than 6000 thousand).
Secondly, the requirements for the design of references may change frequently, so the service is occasionally updated for effective work with them. The EndNote20 version is now available, the first version was introduced in 1988.
The capabilities of the platform provide for the possibility of using three large modules that effectively manage the reference list:
- Find – search and save. This module includes the functions of adding materials from the Web of Science and Google Scholar databases, creating links manually, searching for journals in accordance with the purposes of the study, field, etc.
- Store&Share – shared access to a collection of publications. The platform provides the ability to configure shared access, the distribution of roles in a group – for viewing and editing. Moreover, the studies that are duplicated can be deleted to optimise the collection.
- Create – a compilation of links and references in accordance with the necessary requirements, formatting of the library, web plug-in setup, etc.
An important advantage of the EndNote reference manager is that its methods are constantly being upgraded. For that reason, the service does not make technical errors when compiling a list of references.
The use of EndNote: basic functions
The main functions of platform modules are considered in detail below:
- My References is a tab in which the full list of studies saved by the user is located.
- Collect – addition of materials to the collection. The uniqueness of this function lies in the fact that the service has access to the collections of many popular libraries to search for the necessary documents. The users can also add materials manually by filling in the necessary information about the study.
- Organise – optimisation of the collection. Users have the ability to group saved materials, move them to different folders, and sort.
- Format – formatting sources according to the required standard. Functions are often used to compile a report on scientific activities. The users add their own publications to the collection, select the desired design, and download a list of studies according to the specified parameters.
- Match – selection of journals according to the field of scientific interests and the necessary parameters.
- Options – profile setup (password change, contact details, etc.).
- Downloads – installation of plug-ins and add-ons.
How else EndNote can be used?
In addition to the standard online version, the following add-ons on the Downloads tab can be installed:
- Cite While You Write. A plug-in for working offline, which can be downloaded to a PC and synchronised with Word. On the Links tab, the function of formatting literature using the reference manager can be found.
- Capture Reference. Allows getting links to scientific publications from sites where subject sources were found.
- EndNote Click. A web plug-in that provides a quick introduction to the PDF format of the article. The study page can be viewed on a specific Internet resource, while a button for downloading it from EndNote Click is displayed next to it. Previously, the service was called Kopernio.
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