Monday, February 16, 2009

What we will cover

What is EndNote? An overview and demonstration of its main features.

Creating records for journal articles, books and book chapters.

Downloading records from databases.

Attaching PDF documents to EndNote references.

Putting references into Word documents (Cite While You Write).

Using EndNote groups.

Backups and file compressing.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Sample topics

Web of Knowledge

Does self esteem affect academic performance?

The effects of lunar phases on our behaviour

Do fish recognise their kin?

How concerned should we be about global dimming?

Scopus

Does self esteem affect academic performance?

The effects of lunar phases on our behaviour

Do fish recognise their kin?

How concerned should we be about global dimming?

Ebsco Databases

Does self esteem affect academic performance? (ERIC)

The effects of lunar phases on our behaviour (Academic Search Elite)

Do fish recognise their kin? (Academic Search Elite)

How concerned should we be about global dimming? (Academic Search Elite)


CSA Databases

Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts Suggested search to cut and paste - infant* and babbl*

ERIC Suggested search to cut and paste - (self esteem or self confidence or self concept) and academic achievement and higher education

Sociological Abstracts Suggested search to cut and paste - gender and verbal communication

ARTbibliographies Modern Suggested search to cut and paste - McCahon


Ovid Databases

Biological Abstracts Suggested search to cut and paste - kin recognition and fish

PsycINFO Suggested search to cut and paste - infant* and babbl*

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences Suggested search to cut and paste - cultural capital and globalization

ERIC Suggested search to cut and paste - (self esteem or self confidence or self concept) and academic achievement and higher education