You can connect to PubMed from EndNote itself by clicking on Tools->connect->connect. Most of the literature search is done using PubMed. This file can be shared with your colleagues. The library file will have the extension ′.enl′. Remember the folder in which you have created the library. Though many libraries can be created, it is advisable to use only one library and store all the references there because only one bibliography can be created from one EndNote library at a time. On opening EndNote, one sees a welcome screen with options to ′create a new library′ or ′open an existing library′. Installation is straightforward by double clicking on the downloaded file.ĮndNote references are stored in database files called libraries. Large departments can consider obtaining a license, which costs about $300.

A trial version of EndNote for the Windows platform valid for 30 days is available from their website. I shall discuss the basic functions available with EndNote, which can help in searching online bibliographic databases and organizing your work efficiently. These include freeware like ′Biblioexpress′ and others like ′EndNote′ and ′Reference Manager′. However, there are many software products designed to do just this. This can be laborious and time consuming. For example, if a new reference is inserted in the text, all the following references have to be renumbered.

Some common problems that students encounter while doing a literature search on the internet are saving the results, exchanging them withĬolleagues, formatting the bibliography and numbering references in the text. Though most free sites like PubMed offer only abstracts, there are a few paid sites like ′mdconsult′ that offer full text access to articles. Postgraduates are increasingly using the internet for retrieving medical literature for their thesis, thereby saving time and effort.

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