Is an EndNote Class worth it??

[PakiMDDreamer]

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I am rising junior college student working on a review article under a Neurologist and I am wondering if attending an EndNote class is worth it. My PI has said he could easily deal with sources himself (I don't even have EndNote on my office computer) as he is only supervising me with the paper, I am doing nearly all of it so he is volunteering up the EndNote/references responsibility. However, I just wanted to know if taking an EndNote class is worth it for resume/future research opportunities...do I need to take a 3 hour class or is it easy enough to understand?

 

[Petypet]

I haven't heard of this but end note is very easy to use. It would be better if someone taught you as you went, but either way knowing endnote saves a ton of time and effort.

 

[PakiMDDreamer]

I haven't heard of this but end note is very easy to use. It would be better if someone taught you as you went, but either way knowing endnote saves a ton of time and effort.

oh, the library on the med school campus offers classes! There's a 3 hr hands on workshop and like a 1 hour quicker version.

 

[Petypet]

Thats awesome if its free, I would totally go and I already know end note.

 

[IslandStyle808]

Take it dude. I was in the same situation before as yourself and wish I had a class to teach me about referencing software. The only difference was that I was using bookends. I had to learn everything on the fly, with the PI's help of course.

 

[NeuroLAX]

I would take the class. If you want to get a little familiar with it before going to the class, I would go on YouTube and watch a couple of the tutorials EndNote has on there... just to get your feet wet. It is fairly straight forward to use, but being proficient will definitely be a huge benefit. I remember writing my first manuscript and doing the citations myself manually without any manager software and it was such a pain. Glad I invested the time in learning how to use EndNote.

 

[Murdoch]

I also agree that you should try to learn more about EndNote. Shuffling around citations and references while revising a manuscript (which you will do often if you want it published) was far more efficient for me to do with it. I once worked with a PhD who did not use EndNote or any similar software, and just manually rearranged references and citations on a word document.

Take the class or play around with EndNote yourself. You will save a lot of time and stress later when you write your paper.