Daily Archives: January 7, 2008

"Ejournals A to Z" search page changes

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The Library’s list of electronic journals – the Ejournals A to Z list – search page is changing to a more user-friendly format that allows users to enter the desired journal title and then select from a brief menu of “radio buttons” to choose parameters for the search. This should eliminate or shorten the lists of titles often retrieved using the prior search page format, which will still be available by clicking on the “Titles” tab.
As before, you can search for variants of a title word by truncating it (i.e., leaving off the last letter or few letters) and substituting an asterisk for the missing letter(s). For example, typing “Anesthesi*” will retrieve titles beginning with “Anesthesia” or “Anesthesiology.” However, abbreviations (e.g., “J. Anest.”) will not work at this time.
The Library invites your comments on the change to the opening search page. You are invited to use either the Contact Us form on the Library Web site or to contact Jeff Perkins either by email or by phone at 214-748-2004.

EndNote helps create bibliographies, organize references

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Millions of researchers, students, and scholarly writers save time by using EndNote software to:

  • Download bibliographic information from online database searches automatically
  • Organize references, images, and PDFs
  • Create and modify bibliographies in recommended publication formats without retyping

EndNote is available at no charge to UT Southwestern affiliates. Licenses were purchased by the Graduate School Student Computing Committee.
For more information about EndNote, including instruction sheets and other resources, see the Library’s EndNote and Reference Manager UT Southwestern Resources Web page.
The software can be downloaded from the Information Resources’ (IR) EndNote Download Page. In addition to a copy on a campus computer, a second copy of EndNote may be downloaded on either a laptop or home computer at no charge.
The Library offers a monthly “EndNote Basics” class. To register, go to the Library’s Class Registration page. For assistance or advanced instruction, contact Therona Ramos by phone at 214-648-5073 or by email.
Important reminders for EndNote users:

  • Keep your EndNote version current. If the version in which you created EndNote libraries is more than three versions older than the current version, conversion issues may arise. The latest version is EndNote X1.
  • Remove previous versions before installing the latest version. The license key is built into the installation. Be sure to save a backup copy of your “library” files (.eml) and the associated “EndNote library name.Data” folder.