Technical Computing Magazine - Issue 40

EndNote X5tra oomph makes more time for research

Stephanie Marshall,
Account Manager, Bibliographic Products

New EndNote X5 is smarter than ever, packed with intelligent features that streamline your work and make your life easier so you have more time to focus on your research.

For stressed-out students, weary writers and overloaded information specialists, research and writing without some form of reference managing software is simply unworkable, let alone unthinkable! As the most popular bibliographic solution, EndNote has become the indispensable right-hand man (or woman) for thousands of users around the World, automating and accelerating the process of finding and organising references, then creating citations and bibliographies in minutes rather than hours. So how do you take what's already a firm favourite referencing tool to the next level? By equipping users with several new and improved product features to help them save even more precious time managing, using, updating and sharing their reference collections.

In EndNote X5, the developers, Thomson Reuters, have added some key new functionality, including the ability to easily and automatically update existing references. EndNote can now search online for more complete reference data. When a match is found, EndNote highlights the differences in a side-by- side comparison of the new and existing reference. Users can decide whether to update the empty fields only, replace all the fields, or just copy and paste specific information. This offers an ideal time-saving solution for anyone who needs to update existing references with article identifiers such as PMCID and NIHMSID numbers for their grant submissions. It also offers users yet another approach to ensuring a reference is as complete as possible - they can use any or all of the following methods to create and build a record: Direct Export, copy and paste, locate Full Text, extract DOI bibliographic data in PDFs or use the new Reference Update feature.

The ‘Quick Edit’ tab now includes a new PDF viewer enabling users to review attached PDFs and edit a record in the same window. The PDF viewer makes it easy for users to navigate between multiple attachments as well as annotate the file with their own comments and add highlights to emphasise important information. Users can search the entire PDF including comments and use many familiar options common to PDF viewing.

EndNote X5 users can also now add file attachments and figures directly to their EndNote Web records, as well as transfer them between their desktop and web- based library. EndNote X5 users receive increased Web storage for up to 25,000 references and 1GB for their file attachments. If users wish to share these attachments with colleagues, then EndNote Web provides access to PDFs in a way that won't infringe copyright laws. Shared references feature automatic links (where available) to relevant full-text articles or other material on the Web rather than attaching the actual files. That means users with relevant subscriptions can legitimately download the original document themselves in accordance with the terms and conditions of the publisher.

With this latest version, Thomson has introduced quietly clever enhancements that will maximise how you use and share PDFs, make it easy to maintain current and complete references with minimal extra effort, and align your referencing capabilities with the latest publishing or submission requirements.

Why not download the free 30-day demoto try out EndNote X5 yourself and see how the latest version could help you work smarter with your references?

Download the EndNote X5 demo, or visit the EndNote home page