Endnote 5.0

3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars | 5 ratings

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Kathleen Cobcroft
5.0 out of 5 stars Big, powerful and useful - after you've got the hang of it!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2001
EndNote is an extremely powerful tool for organising large numbers of references - great for researchers. Add references to the database manually, by "filtering" in your saved searches from databases or a friend's EndNote or Procite reference list, or by connecting directly to databases which support the Z39:50 standard. Select the bibliography style you need (hundreds available, or design your own) and add straight into your article or thesis - it places a citation in the text and formats a tidy bibliography at the end. It's easy to reformat the citations into other styles (as when you need to submit your article to numerous journals).
Veteran users will be pleased that version 5 has the same look and feel as the last version, with some nice new features. EN5 integrates into Word much better and allows you to see your ciations immediately without having to "format bibliography." The bibliography can be hand-edited to do quick fixes (although it is overwritten if you reformat) Best of all, EN now encodes the library data into your document, so you can do last minute edits on someone else's computer without ruining your citations.
The spell check facility within individual references is a bonus, although it is a little limited and will need to be taught many scientific or specialist words.
First time users should expect to spend a long time learning the ins and outs of this huge package (it took me a couple of weeks to use effectively) and even longer to become a "poweruser," but it's well worth the time if you have to organise lots of references. It comes with a great manual that fills in all the details you'll need, which installs on your computer in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
carole
2.0 out of 5 stars Be aware of price and lack of support
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2002
I bought Endnotes not realizing that as a student I could have gotten the product for 1/3 of what I paid for it. I had no way of knowing from the advertisement. It is a very expensive piece of software! It is also difficult to use without an inservice, so it has not been used much by me. I am waiting to meet with an instructor for instruction. This is disappointing. I can't give it a higher rating until I learn to use it.
mbluth1
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential software for academics
Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2002
Endnote is a fantastic program. The most impressive and useful feature not yet mentioned is the Z39.50 search feature. What this means is that you can click on "Connect" and go to the Library of Congress or other libraries or databases (OCLC FirstSearch, for example, although this one requires a password) and download the entries directly into Endnote. You then have all the references in your own Endnote library without even going to the library site. For example, if you need to search Psych Abstracts, you can use the "connect" feature to search for and download the references, including the abstracts, right into your Endnote library.
The tech support has been very responsive, too, and new filters and other support files are available as downloads at the main site ([URL]).
Yes, there are a few quirky features that still linger from the old versions. The interface isn't as modern as, say, Procite's, but Endnote still works well. It is well worth purchasing and will save you many hours of additional work if you are a graduate student or academic. I'd seriously consider it for undergrads, too, if only for the time and headaches saved in converting from format to format when you're writing papers. Does anyone really want to memorize the differences between CBE, MLA, APA (5th ed), Chicago A, Chicago B, and so on? I didn't think so, and with Endnote, you don't have to; the program will automatically format these references for you.
No, I don't own stock in the company; I'm just a convert to Endnote who, after purchasing two previous versions (3.0 and 5.0) has now ordered version 6.
Plato Fish
5.0 out of 5 stars As good as people say!
Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2001
This is truly one of the most useful pieces of software I've ever bought.
If you need to incorporate references into anything you write - buy Endnote.

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