The document discusses various tools for managing references and citations, including EndNote, EndNote Web, Zotero, Mendeley, and RefWorks. It provides an overview of the key features of each tool, such as the ability to store citations from different sources, organize them into libraries or folders, and generate bibliographies in different styles. The document also discusses tools for taking notes, mind mapping, and staying up to date with alerts and RSS feeds to help researchers manage information. Virginia Tech librarians are available for assistance and training on these bibliographic management and research tools.

1. Rebecca K. Miller Allison Scripa University Libraries Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

2. Libraries traditionally offer their communities research materials and information Currently, these materials come in a wide variety of formats, and are distributed through many channels Virginia Tech and other ACC Libraries offer guidance in navigating, understanding, and organizing this new information landscape

3. Bibliographic management Social brainstorming & mind mapping Updates & alerts These tools, and consultation with Virginia Tech or other ACC librarians, are FREE for affiliated faculty, staff, and students.

4. Allows researchers to create databases/libraries of references, with various levels of functionality with formatting and organizing the references Examples include: EndNote & EndNote Web Zotero Mendeley RefWorks (won’t be discussed)

5. One of the most powerful citation managers Available FREE to Virginia Tech students and faculty members . Check your institutional subscription. Functionalities include: Unlimited number of citations 48 reference types (more available for download) Direct database searching Linking to PDFs, other types of literature Creating notes and tags (keywords) Filters for importing citations Create “new” styles “ Cite while you write” (CWYW) Reformat entire papers in various styles

6. Create a library Search for related literature Create references Cite While You Write Not GREAT for sharing

7. Many helpful EndNote resources are available Technical Support & Services: http://www.endnote.com/support/ EndNote Online Tutorials: http://www.endnote.com/training/ UNC-HSL Tutorial: http://www.hsl.unc.edu/Services/Tutorials/ENDNOTE/intro.htm Cornell University Tutorial: http://www.mannlib.cornell.edu/workshops-instruction/tutorials/endnote-tutorial Through your library: http://www.lib.vt.edu/endnote/

8. Provided by ISI Web of Knowledge, so available FREE to ALL students, faculty, and staff at subscribing institutions Available via the database, OR simply http://www.myendnoteweb.com Will require login, which you can setup through ISI Functionalities: Will hold up to 10,000 citations Totally web-based 47 different reference types Can link to PDFs Direct searching of databases Filters available for importing references

10. Free, web-based reference management option (currently only for Firefox) Citation library lives at bottom of your browser at all times, but is also accessible online, through any computer One-click citation capture from within databases, WorldCat, Amazon, YouTube. Anything captured is fully searchable.

11. Create full bibliographies in various styles by simply selecting the entries you want added, tag items, and add them to folders or share-able libraries

12. Like Zotero, Mendeley is a free reference manager. Must download a Mendeley Desktop, can use Web Importer to sync libraries Can tag, search, and import citations that you may have in other bibliographic managers Offers an automatic “Zotero Sync” for updating Mendeley whenever your Zotero is updated

14. Adapted from: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/PUBL/endnote.html#Compare

16. Collect and Organize Notes Access Notes from Desktop Online Smart Phone or PDA (Limited Access on other phones with Internet) Collaborate with Sharing Functions

17. Typed Notes Web Clippings Photos & Images Screen Clipping Voice Notes Handwritten Notes Documents

18. Tags Notebooks Full-Text Searching (Even handwriting and images!) Saved Searches

19. Class Organization & Collaboration Research Maintenance & Annotation Capture Ideas & Inspirations

20. Free Visualization Tool Map Ideas, Concepts, Resources, Outlines, etc. Desktop Application, Online Sharing

21. Outlining Papers & Presentations Organizational Schemes for Brainstorming & Inspiration Collaborate Online or with Alternative Export Formats

22. And, a few more ideas for helping you manage your research…

23. Just as we saw with ISI, most databases offer: Personal accounts Alert/update services Saving searches Saving specific resources/items discovered Collaboration options (groups, shared libraries)

24. TOCs from new issues of journals you use New articles related to research topics New books New patents News From JAMA & Archives: http://pubs.ama-assn.org/misc/rssfeed.dtl#howdoiget

25. To access RSS feeds, an RSS reader is necessary RSS feeds can be sent to email, but that can get cluttery Reader options include: RSS Reader Feed Reader Sharp Reader NewsFire (Mac) Google Reader

26. Your librarian!

27. Rebecca K. Miller, [email_address] College Librarian for Science, Life Sciences, and Engineering Allison Scripa, [email_address] College Librarian for Science Relevant updates delivered via: Facebook.com/Virginia Tech Libraries Facebook.com/VT SciTech Lib Team