This weeks lecture discussed the topic of end notes, and started off with answering such questions as,
- what is an endnote?
-How does an endnote work?
-Why use an endnote?
-Examples of endnotes
The lecturer went on to discuss why referencing is so important in distinguishing our ideas from everyone elses, what citing and quoting referencing means, and what a bibliography is and when it should be used.
An endnote was described as a database that can be used as a reference manager, a bibliography maker, and can be used in two ways, which were as a standalone program or integrated into Microsoft word.
The lecture then went into detail about what sort of database an endnote is, how it appears on our computer screen and how to download the software off the ECU library.
We were then showed exactly how to use an endnote in vista and also how to open an endnote library, how to save a new endnote library, and how to enter refrences manually.
What i have learnt from this lecture is the importance of using an endnote, exactly how to use an endnote, what endnotes are, and how having an endnote can keep track of a growing number of references, displays a variety of recognised styles of referencing, handles a variety of types of references, and can be integrated with Microsoft word.
The Tutorial
For week sevens tutorial, we were asked to compile an endnote library, and as the tutorial progressed the once tricky task become simple, and the Importance of an endnote also become apparent. Using an endnote will take a little bit more practice for me, but once i can completely get the hang of it, I will use it whenever I need to reference, as it makes the task of referencing so much easier, a lot more accurate, and much more beneficial as I have the urge to undergo more research when i know the referencing is already being done for me.
Workshop Task
1.
a) David, L.(2003 August).Pentagon Report: China's Space Warfare Tactics Aimed at U.S. Supremacy. Retrieved April 8, 2008, from http://www.space.com/news/china_dod_030801.html
b)Department of Education, Science and Training 2003, The national report on higher education in Australia (2001), Department of Education, Science and Training, Canberra. retrieved 13 October, 2004, from http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/otherpub/national_report/default.htm
c)Bernstein, M. (2002). 10 tips on writing the living Web. A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 149. Retrieved May 2, 2006, from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/writeliving
d)Smyth, A. M., Parker, A. L., & Pease, D. L. (2002). A study of enjoyment of peas. Journal of Abnormal Eating, 8(3). Retrieved February 20, 2003, from PsycARTICLES database.
e)Frook, B. D. (1999, July 23). New inventions in the cyberworld of toylandia [Msg 25]. Message posted to http://groups.earthlink.com/forum/messages/00025.html
-2. Creating an Endnote
My results:
I was very unsure about how to create an endote, and every time i attempted to try to create one i would get stuck, and accidentally close down my document, which as frustrating as it seemed at the time, was very good because i because more and more familiar with the steps I had to go through in creating an endnote, and it became second nature to me.
I found this exercise quite straight for and simple when there is a step by step guide with diagrams of directions, which were easy to follow, but i started encountering problems when the instructions weren't explained clearly enough and there were no images or diagrams to direct me.
When i got into this situation i asked for help, but even then i didn't completely understand until someone showed me exactly how to do it, which made this process seem much simpler and i could understand completely how to make an endnote.
I think endnotes are an excellent way to not only reference and store information, but going through the process of creating an endnote can help to learn more about Microsoft word.
In the future when i have to reference and use citations in certain assignments or research on the Internet, i will definitely use an end note library.
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