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Bibliography Management Software

EndNote - EndNote is a bibliography management software package. Visit the EndNote web site for information about features, testimonials and answers to Frequently Asked Questions. UCF students may download EndNote from the library web site at no charge. This campus wide license is compliments of a University Special Budget request made by Library Administration, on behalf of students.

EndNote User Manuals

Free EndNote tutorials:

Visit EndNote's Frequently Asked Questions page for all kinds of help and troubleshooting advice. I have found these to be a valuable source of information.

I like to make neat labels for my files of articles. I wish EndNote made this easy. Since it doesn't, I've created a no-frills tutorial on how I use EndNote to make my labels.

Special characters can be a challenge for those of us not accustomed to typing them. Visit Penn State's Accents, Symbols, and Foreign Scripts for help. They offer several different methods, so you can choose the one right for you.

Other Tutorials and Helpful Hints

Mr. J.T. Shim, a doctoral student at UCF, has been busy figuring out how to use EndNote in specific ways. Thanks to JT for contributing the following tips and tricks and for granting permission for me to post these:

  • A tutorial [pdf] to efficiently download journal citations into EndNote. He uses a very specific example that can easily be modified for other journals or other search strategies.
  • Sometimes you need to get control of the case in your article titles. JT found out how to do that. Note the path for this file in JT's screenshot [pdf].
  • Care to have your citations displayed in different size or font than the rest of your text? Take a look at the Tools menu....Cite While You Write...Format Bibliography. You can make your changes there. See screenshot [pdf].

Research Articles and Bibliographies

Keeping an Annotated Bibliography- Prepared for the 1999, Computer Science Education doctoral student consortium, Dr. Marian Petre offers suggestions on what fields an annotated bibliography should contain, along with reasons for developing the discipline to keep one's own bibliography as a part of the doctoral student process.

Things New PhD's Should Start Doing - Advice from a Georgia Tech doctoral student in Computer Science. Not surprisingly, there is a distinct CS slant to this advice, but much of it is worthwhile for all of us.

Resources from UCF

Institutional Review Board - Students conducting research must go through the IRB process. This page has links to much of the information you'll need to make it through. Be sure to look at the UCF-IRB Principal Investigator's Manual. The form is on page 24.

PERC sessions at UCF's library - Be sure to take advantage of the library's Personalized Electronic Research Consultation (PERC) services if you haven't before. One-on-one expert help from a reference librarian is available at no charge. Let a pro help you find the resources you need. You'll learn how it's done and become a more proficient researcher in the process.

Thesis & Dissertation Page - from UCF Graduate Studies, this page points you in the right direction to get your dissertation done right and on time.

The University Writing Center - UCF's own UWC provides a wide array of resources for graduate students who need to write papers. Don't miss their helpful handouts on doing citations, writing arguments and critical essays, using quotations and a wide variety of additional topics.

  • The UWC's Graduate Gateway offers links to tips on writing dissertations, preparing conference proposals and grant proposals.
  • Free writing consultations - Did you know a UWC consultant can meet with you to help with your next paper? Get some constructive criticism before you hand it in! You can schedule a consultation online.

 
   

 

This web page was created by Rebecca L. Fiedler, a doctoral student at the University of Central Florida. It is in no way affiliated with the university.