Below is a recent excerpt from the Duke Univ. Library services for students, this one about the Web version of EndNote, a history project involving visualization, and use of podcasts. I highly recommend consulting this service, called Library Hacks.
Library Hacks
Take EndNote on the road with EndNote Web
November 26, 2007
Posted by Emily in : Cool tools, Research Help, Tips for students , add a comment
Interested in accessing your EndNote library even when you're not in front of your personal computer? Take your research on the road by setting up an EndNote Web account, and enjoy the freedom to consult or add citations to your EndNote library from any computer with an internet connection.
EndNote Web is designed to complement the more robust desktop version of the citation management tool, but it's possible to use it even if you've never used EndNote (by the way, EndNote may be downloaded for free by Duke students, staff and faculty).
Simply set up an Endnote Web account, and then add up to 10,000 citations to your Web library. Format bibliographies and in-text citations in over 2300 publishing styles (MLA, APA, etc.), or use the Cite While You Write plug-in and Microsoft Word to format papers and insert references instantly. You may also share citations with others who use the web application and search PubMed, Web of Science and hundreds of libraries for relevant resources, all within the EndNote Web interface.
And if you choose to use the two programs together (as they were intended), it's easy to transfer citations between EndNote and EndNote Web.
Give it a try, and let us know what you think about EndNote's latest innovation for researchers
Holocaust Survivors Tell Their Stories
November 9, 2007
Posted by Jennifer in : Cool tools, Database Tip , add a comment
The Shoah Foundation Visual History Archive is a remarkable database that contains full-length digital videos of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. This resource that Duke Libraries just recently purchased contains over 50,000 video testimonies.
To get to this database, just click on the database tab on the Duke Library homepage and type "Shoah" in the search box. Once at the site, you will be asked to create a free username and password in order to log-in.
Once you are logged in, you can search for interviews by keyword, a specific person, or by an experience group.
What will you find inside, you may ask?
- Extraordinary primary source material to use in your research.
- Full-length video interviews taken in 56 countries, in 32 languages!
- At the end of many interviews, personal photographs, documents, and artifacts from the interviewee's family are displayed.
Podcasts: Audio Primary Sources
November 8, 2007
Posted by Phoebe in : Cool tools, Foreign languages , add a comment
As we at iPod - I mean, Duke - University know, podcasts have proliferated in the past 5 years. They aren't just for fun, however - major radio news sources and government agencies are making podcasts available that can be used in research or academic presentations. Radio podcasts can provide in-depth interviews with politicians, medical researchers, legal scholars, and much more. Here's an NPR podcast in Spanish on youth culture:
Have a look at our podcasts page to see links to sources for academic and primary source content via podcast.
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