We just wanted to say a huge welcome to new research students who are starting at the OU. Good luck with your studies and we hope you have a great time!
If you’re not already familiar with them, learning reference management software such as Mendeley or EndNote as a research student can be really useful. Often students say they wish they had learned these tools earlier in order to save time during their research.
So, we thought we’d take the opportunity to let you know about some training on reference management tools we are running, as part of the OU’s Doctoral Training programme. We have a number of introductory sessions on Mendeley and EndNote Basic:
- Tuesday 11th October, 2-3.30pm – Introduction to EndNote Basic – Wilson C, Cedar Room
- Tuesday 18th October, 2-3.30pm – Introduction to Mendeley – Wilson C, Cedar Room
- Tuesday 1st November, 2-3.30pm – Introduction to EndNote Basic – Wilson C, Cedar Room
- Tuesday 8th November, 2-3.30pm – Introduction to Mendeley – Wilson C, Birch and Chestnut Rooms
These sessions aim to get you up and running with Mendeley or EndNote Basic and cover getting set up, importing references, managing references, adding citations and bibliographies to Microsoft Word documents.
To book yourself a place, please email library-training@open.ac.uk.
Additionally, you might want to take a look at some of the online help that is offered in relation to these tools, such as the Mendeley Help Guides, the EndNote Online Quick Reference Guide and the Using EndNote Basic/Online YouTube playlist.