Blog entry module 3
Question # 2 REFERENCE MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
The chosen reference organizer that I used was EndNote web. Eccles library informed me of this free site without needing to purchase the software. After using this web tool I realized that it would be easier to purchase the software so that I can save my organized references to my personal files. EndNote web was fairly easy to use after I read the tutorial and because I was importing from PubMed it seemed very compatible with that index. The features of the software that I used for this assignment were import, create new folder and manage my folders. I look forward to using the bibliography, and format paper for future research paper assignments. Because I haven’t been in school for quite some time these features seem like they will make the research paper organization and citation requirements much easier, more efficient and less room for error then the old hard copy way that I last used. (Yes, I am aging myself and admitting to being a product from the past) Definitely by organizing the references I will be able to retrieve this information more efficiently. For example when I used the National Guide Clearing house web site I immediately was able to recognize that some of the same references came up because of the alphabetized Author list that I had just compiled on EndNote.