Thing 14

Just like the author of the "Thing" I too did all the referencing and bibliography construction for my dissertation last year without the aid of technology, despite being offered the use of Endnote by my university.



Reference Book Collection by Jordanhill 
 School D&T Dept on Flickr
(available for use under the Creative
 Commons Licence).



I agree with my friend Katie's comment in her recent blogpost  that  being "organised and methodical" was the key to successful referencing and that "the approach you take to referencing is very much a personal decision".

I didn't have enough  time to try out all three suggested products so decided to try Thing 14b - Mendeley, as from the introductory video it seemed quite straightforward to install and use. Once the software had been installed I did have a go at importing several files but found that I spent more time and effort correcting the citation entries, than it would have taken me to do construct the references manually. Therefore I am still not convinced if I will continue to use this software.

I am afraid that the same can also be said for my working environment as the FE students that I work only require a very basic knowledge of referencing and so programs such as Menderley could be considered as overkil for theml.
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