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Finding and managing information for your doctorate (including Endnote): part 2

Finding and managing information for your doctorate (including Endnote): part 2. David Heading and Christine Purcell. Part 2 overview. Using citations and references Finding related material Styles of referencing in Endnote Break Managing references - Endnote groups

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Finding and managing information for your doctorate (including Endnote): part 2

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  1. Finding and managing information for your doctorate (including Endnote): part 2 David Heading and Christine Purcell

  2. 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

  3. 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 ifyou establish the context in which it has been cited

  4. Article E that refers to Paper A Article F 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 Citations Paper A – a journal article that you are interested in References Article B that is referred to by Paper A Book 1 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Referencing style in your department • Look at Durham e-Theses to find online examples of recently passed theses in your subject area. • The bibliography will give you an indication of the sort of referencing style that you could use. Durham e-Theses http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/

  8. 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 email • Acquisitions, citations, articles matching search terms or tables of contents (ToCs) www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/keepuptodate/

  9. Alert Services • Books • Durham University Library Catalogue: new books that match search terms • Articles • Citations: Web of Science and Google Scholar • Keywords: Google Scholar and ZETOC • Table of Contents: ZETOC

  10. 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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