This is a 60 minute seminar about using EndNote.

• give an overview of major features of this software
• show how to download and import references from the OCLC FirstSearch version of ERIC
• show how to create an annotated bibliography: four methods

• Review of Lehigh's EndNote FAQ
• What EndNote can do
• The EndNote library
• Opening references in a library
• Searching a library
• Entering references into a library manually
• Using EndNote when writing a paper
• How to import references from FirstSearch ERIC  into a library
• Creating an annotated bibliography--Here is an example

 

After the class, try the last two steps in the outline above, i.e., importing references and creating
an annotated bibliography. You will see how to do this via a demo in the class. What follows are steps
for you to follow to do the same thing on your own.

As you probably know, EndNote cannot be downloaded off-campus from Lehigh's network.
However, once you have your own copy of EndNote loaded at home, you can try the following.

Download import filter for FirstSearch; save it with a name that will distinguish it from
the import filter that came with the software. Save it in c:/program files/EndNote/Filters.

Note: OCLC changed its interface. Endnote's customer service indicated that updated
OCLC filters are at the website indicated. To play it safe,  don't use the import filter that
came with the software; rather, download the filter, as just indicated.

Go to the InfoDome for Education, where you can access ERIC Database (FirstSearch)

Search ERIC.

NOTE: You have two options for accessing and searching ERIC:

(1.) do your ERIC searching at school, then email the results to your home email account.

When you do your search, mark the items you want for your EndNote library

Email them to yourself, making sure to select the appropriate options.

Save the email search results  as "ericsearchresults"  in c:/ program files/endnote
(You may want to remove whatever email header information appears before
the search results  in the email, before you you actually save the results.)

Create a new library called "erictest" and save it in the c:/program files/endnote

Drag down the menu file, select import

Import the data into the "erictest" library.

Make sure that the number of entries that came into the library matches
the number in the file "ericsearchresults"!

From the "erictest" library, create an annotated bibliography using one of the
four methods we discussed in class. See help documentation on the FAQ
for further information on doing this.