Reference
Manager
SCIENTIFIC SKILLS 2012
To make our reference
management experience easier,
faster and more organized.
There are a bunch of software applications out there…
Reference manager software
EndNote vs Mendeley
EndNote
Mendeley
Widely used / popular
Open Source
Web of science support
Community based
Mark Carr knows how to use it
Drop PDF recognition
Access papers anywhere
PDF reader built-in
Many more
How do they look like… show example
File arrangement
EndNote
Mendeley
How to get them
EndNote (Old Version)
  2
PC cds
  2 Mac cds
  Go
Mendeley
to
www.mendeley.com
  Sign up
  Enter information
  Download
  Install
Mendeley Preferences
  Connection
with Mendeley Online
  Synchronization
  File
options (folders)
Organizer
  Watched Folders
Build my first library
  Add
entry manually
  Import citation from different formats (RIS,
BibText, XML, etc.)
  Import citation from PDF Document
  Use Mendeley web importer
Changing citation style
  Science
  Ecology
  Nature
  PLosOne
  Journal
of Marine Ecology Progress Series
Install MS word plugin
  In
MENDELEY
  Go to tools
  Install plug in
Fish and fish food
The kelp forest is a complex coastal marine
ecosystem. Is comprised by fish and fish food(Carr,
1994). However, there are also some fish competitors
(Estes & Palmisano, 2010).
Carr, M. H. (1994). Effects of Macroalgal Dynamics
on Recruitment of a Temperate Reef Fish. Ecology,
75(5), 1320–1333.
  Estes, J. A., & Palmisano, J. F. (2010). Nearshore
Communities Sea Otters : Their Role in Structuring.
Advancement Of Science, 185(4156), 1058–1060.
 
TIPS
  Use
or RSS (Really simple syndication)
  PlosOne
  PNAS
  Use
query based-search (i.e. nature)
Exercise
  Create
a library that matters to your
research question (i.e. Your advisor’s most
resent publications)
  Create a folder In Medeley
  Cite this papers in a paragraph in Word