Finding and managing information for your doctorate (including Endnote): part 2 David Heading and Laura Jeffrey
Part 2 overview Using citations and references Finding related material Styles of referencing in Endnote Break Managing references - Endnote groups Keeping up to date with new research
References and citations Demonstration of connections in academic debate both backwards (references) and forwards (citations) May be a positive or negative connection to other literature Give you a quality controlled list of material to consult if you establish the context in which it has been cited
Paper A – a journal article that you are interested in Article B that is referred to by Paper A Article C that is referred to by Paper A Article D that is referred to by Paper A Book 2 that is referred to by Paper A Book 1 that is referred to by Paper A Article E that refers to Paper A Book 3 that refers to Paper A Article G that refers to Paper A Article H that refers to Paper A Article F that refers to Paper A Citations References
Related material Making connections between similar resources Criteria vary significantly depending on the database or catalogue you are using Sometimes the process is human, other times automated
Finding Information - Hands-on Pick a key article and look for it in a database Trace academic debate using citations and references Find related material in – Databases – Catalogues
Keeping up to date Automates the process of searching to save you time Saved searches – For you to re-run at convenient time Alert services – Brings material to you by – Acquisitions, citations, articles matching search terms or tables of contents (ToCs)
Saved searches Require you to register (for free) with database Stores searches and numbers of results Login to re run searches at any time
Alert Services Books – Durham University Library Catalogue: new books that match search terms Durham University Library Catalogue Articles – Citations: Web of Science and Google ScholarWeb of Science Google Scholar – Keywords: Google Scholar and ZETOCZETOC – Table of Contents: ZETOC
Summary Features enable you to make connections between related research material Endnote styles are important for controlling the look of in text citations and references Groups help you manage your library Keeping up to date with new research can be automated and so save you time
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