Rearranging References
A few months ago I said I was going to use Endnote for my book references and Paperpile for everything else. This is still the case, and I won’t be giving up on either software. However, I have made the decision to do a few extra things.
The main thing I have done is move all my book references into Paperpile. I won’t be using Paperpile to cite while writing the book, so why did I do it? Primarily for a backup of my resources. I have almost lost them once before and I don’t want to do that again.
I have had to change a few things around which will intern stuff up the actual reference — primarily for my PROV (Public Records Office of Victoria) which has a specific way of referencing archival material that I use. This is the main reason why I haven’t left Endnote completely. However, by importing the resources into my main reference manager — I also have the added advantage of being able to search throughout my entire collection.
I just enrolled in an undergraduate course. From next year I will be studying for an Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. As part of the course, I need Endnote as a reference manager. The problem is that I can only sync one Endnote Library to my account. Also because the university has particular reference standards, I will be installing the Harvard Based RMIT style into my Endnote. This means that all my…
