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A NEW brown bag workshop series designed for you to learn tips and tricks about information skills in 30 minutes that are pertinent to your research, career, and life in general.
Feel free to contact Vickie Albrecht, Biological Sciences Librarian if you have any questions, comments, or suggestions about Know B.S. series.
Mondays in October and November from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Room 304 Biological Sciences Building, Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba.
There will be no sessions on October 9 (University closed for Thanksgiving) and November 13 (University closed in lieu of Remembrance Day).
Anyone can attend the sessions. Be sure to bring your lunch.
Sessions are free to attend.
You can attend one or more of the sessions.
No, just show up on the date.
On Monday, November 27 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 304 Biological Sciences, come out and learn about your open access publishing options. Three ways to make your research open will be mentioned as many research grants like NSERC require this.
On Monday, November 20 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 304 Biological Sciences, come out and learn tips on how you can manage your data practically. You will also learn about ways to create a data management plan. Check back here after the session for additional resources.
On Monday, November 6 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 304 Biological Sciences, come out and learn two tips on how you can stay up-to-date with research. You will learn the benefits of saving and alerting your searches. Check back here after the session for additional resources.
On Monday, October 30 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 304 Biological Sciences, come out and learn about keeping a professional social media presence. Three tips will be presented to keep yourself professional on a multitude of platforms.
On Monday, October 23 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 304 Biological Sciences, come out and learn how to find and use images in your work. Learn what you should look for when selecting an image to use in your work, where to get free images, and how to cite an image.
Most images will have a creative commons license attached to them. Not sure what they mean then click on the below link to find out about creative commons licenses.
On Monday, October 16 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 304 Biological Sciences, come out and learn strategies and tools to help with tracking citations. You will learn two ways to find a source with only a partial citation information. Two strategies on how to find out information a journal citation style. Plus a quick overview of tools that can help you create citations quickly.
DOI - acronym that stands for digital object identifier. You will often see a DOI mentioned in citations. If you have a DOI, that is the only piece of information you will need to find the journal article.
You may be wondering how to look up a journal abbreviation. One of the best ways is using an online lookup tool called CASSI. You can search CASSI with a journal title or with a journal abbreviation.
Citation Management Tools: EndNote, Zotero & Mendeley Comparison of Basic Features and Functions
As of September 10, 2016
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Tool/Criteria |
EndNote/EndNote Online |
Zotero |
Mendeley |
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Cost |
Education discount @ UM Bookstore. Available from $99.99/box edition. |
Free basic account (fee to upgrade) |
Free basic account (fee to upgrade) |
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Storage |
EndNote desktop: Unlimited references and file attachment storage for 2 years on Endnote Online. EndNote Online only: 50,000 in reference storage and 2GB file attachment storage. |
Free account = 300 MB of Web storage $20/year for 2 GB $60/year for 6 GB, $120/year for unlimited Free option if setting up with free cloud computing services. |
Free account = 2 GB of Web storage ($55/year for 5 GB, $110/year for 10 GB, $165/year for unlimited) |
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Mobile Apps for iPad, iPhone, Android, smart phones |
Yes, iPad App that allows PDF annotation. Can access EndNote Online on devices via browser. |
Yes, created by 3rd parties. See http://www.zotero.org/ support/mobile for info |
Yes, official iPad/iPhone and Android; 3rd party Android apps also available |
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Citation/bibliography Compatibility with word processing programs |
Yes – for MS Word, OpenOffice (Windows), Apple Pages; LaTex through BibTeX |
Yes – for MS Word, OpenOffice; LaTex through BibTeX |
Yes – for MS Word, LibreOffice; LaTex through BibTeX |
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Types of items that can be saved/ attached - |
Book/article citations, PDFs, webpages (URLs only) |
Book/article citations, PDFs, webpages (URLs + snapshots), video, images |
Book/article citations, PDFs, webpages (URLs + snapshots), video, images |
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Tools to help capture online items |
Yes, in EndNote Online – download the Capture button |
Yes, with Chrome, Safari, Firefox extensions – icons shown in browser bar |
Yes – download the Web Importer bookmarklet |
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Accessible from more than one computer |
Yes, EndNote can now sync across EndNote Online and all computers where you have installed EndNote desktop x7. |
Yes – Web-based and can download Zotero Standalone on multiple computers |
Yes – Web-based and can download Mendeley Desktop on multiple computers |
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Share your library with others |
Yes, can share your library with up to 14 other EndNote users in X7 or 100 users in X8. |
Yes |
Yes |
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Pros |
Many research databases offer Export options specifically for EndNote. |
-User-friendly. -Can auto-detect item types to save in Firefox or Standalone. -Unlimited # of private or public groups. |
-User-friendly. -Free searchable online library of papers & citations. -Good tools for adding annotations to PDFs. |
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Cons |
-Not as user-friendly, but improving. -Not able to save webpage snapshots. |
-Very limited storage space w/free account. |
-Only 1 private group (3 members) w/free acct. -Still mainly popular in scientific communities. |
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Good choice if you want to: |
-Manage a massive number of references. -Collaborative work and communication. |
-Work in multiple groups and freely share resources. -Easily save webpages + snapshots. |
-Communicate online with colleagues. -Work in a small group w/ good collaboration tools. |
On Monday, October 2 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. in 304 Biological Sciences, come out and learn tips and tricks to Google efficiently. Two Google searching tricks that everyone should know will be presented. You will also learn how to quickly search for government information online.
