Pam, You might be interested in a handout that I created on creating large documents such as dissertations: http://balch.org/da There are lots of attached movies but the one for Endnote is at: http://balch.org/da/AutoAPADocument.wmv (Yes, I'm aware that I used Endnotes instead of Endnote.) Charlie -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Pam Brewer Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 8:46 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org; a.bruns@qut.edu.au Subject: Re: [Air-l] Citation Managers - Alternatives toEndnote/CiteULike/... ? Hello all-- This thread is very interesting to me. Has anyone simply used Word for these purposes? I realize that it doesn't have the capacity to edit citation styles, but it does allow searching, etc. I am currently working on my PhD and have debated whether to use EndNote or other bibliographic tools. Because I was unsure of the advantages (other than the ability to edit citation style) and had neither the time nor the money to try different software, I've been building my now very large bib in Word. Best, Pam Pamela Estes Brewer Lecturer -- Coordinator, Professional Writing Department of English and Philosophy Murray State University PhD Student in Technical Communication & Rhetoric, Texas Tech University 270-762-4719 fax 270-762-4545 pam.brewer@murraystate.edu On March 1, 2006, Murray State University will begin moving all its phone numbers in the 762 exchange to an 809 exchange. My new numbers will be 270-809-4719 (office), and 270-809-4545 (FAX). -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Axel Bruns Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:11 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Citation Managers - Alternatives to Endnote/CiteULike/... ? Dear AoIRers, I'm wondering if any of you can suggest useful alternatives to research citation manager tools such as Endnote or CiteULike. My approach to research is to store key quotations from a source alongside the bibliographic reference, but none of the standard tools I have come across seem to do this particularly effectively (e.g. in Endnote, the best available workaround appears to be to create an additional field for quotes in the bibliographic record, but this is clunky and doesn't work very well with multiple quotes stored against the same record). My preferred workflow would be a two-step process: 1. Create a primary bibliographic record for the source, e.g. [2] Graham Meikle. _Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet_. New York: Routledge, 2002. 2. Create (multiple) quotations as secondary records stored against the primary one, e.g. [2.1] "People who hope to draw attention to issues can use the Net in a host of ways, but few are effective without the eventual participation of the older media." (5) [2.2] "One way to measure the success of many of the projects . is to ask how effectively they can use the Net to force their cause onto the agenda of the mainstream media." (8) etc. Are there any tools (preferably open source, possibly Web-based) which do something along these lines ? Obviously I'm also keen on functionality to convert references automatically into a number of referencing styles (MLA, APA, etc.). Failing this, the best alternative I can see is to use a tool such as CiteULike for the primary references, and create an additional database which stores quotations against the CiteULike references, but this seems kludgy at best. Hopefully there's a better solution ? Any suggestions would be appreciated, and if there's any interest I'll post a summary of what I find... -- Dr Axel Bruns a.bruns@qut.edu.au - http://snurb.info/ Media & Communication Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia Creative Industries Faculty Z2-202, CIP - (07) 3864 5548 Queensland University of Technology CRICOS No.: 00213J _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The air-l@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/