Tag Archives: PDF

Creating a “Watch Folder” in EndNote

Posted on May 11, 2015 by David

A “watch folder” is  a feature that will automatically import all PDF files saved in a chosen folder from your hard drive to your library when you open EndNote. To use this feature follow these steps: Select PDF Handling from … Continue reading →

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Subscribers to Nature Journals Can Now Use ReadCube to Annotate Research Articles

Posted on January 15, 2015 by David

    Subscribers to Nature.com journals can now use ReadCube to highlight and annotate research articles in their web browser. Nature Publishing Group (NPG) and Digital Science have announced the integration of ReadCube’s web reader tool with nature.com. The web … Continue reading →

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Using RefWorks to Manage Your PDF Collection

Posted on January 5, 2015 by David

RefWorks is a popular easy-to-use citation management application but has limited options for working with PDFs. At the moment it is not possible to directly import PDFs into a folder. However, in the edit view you can upload the PDF … Continue reading →

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PubMed Central Now Makes it Easier to Read PDFs of Journal Articles

Posted on December 17, 2012 by David

First of all, in case you’re not very familiar with it, PubMed Central (PMC) is the NIH repository for peer-reviewed primary research reports in the life sciences. It was   developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)/National Institutes of … Continue reading →

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Annotating PDFs with EndNote X5

Posted on January 12, 2012 by David

If you’re wondering whether or not to upgrade to EndNote version X5 you might want to consider this great new feature that’s been added to the application. X5 now includes a PDF window that not only allows you to view … Continue reading →

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Get PubMed PDFs Faster with PubGet’s PaperPlane tool.

Posted on November 14, 2011 by David

PubGet’s PaperPlane A previous post highlighted PubGet, a Web-based search engine for life sciences researchers for conducting searches of the medical literature and fast retrieval of full-text PDFs. However, if you don’t have the time or inclination to explore yet … Continue reading →

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Pubget: A Faster Way to Get PDFs

Posted on August 24, 2011 by David

If you’re familiar with searching PubMed you’ll be a little frustrated with the number of hoops you have to jump through before finally being able to read the entire article. Now along comes Pubget to make finding PDFs a lot … Continue reading →

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Create New Records from PDF files in EndNote Version X4

Posted on January 20, 2011 by David

The latest EndNote release, version X4, expands its support for the management of PDFs by allowing you to create new references directly from PDF files that you have downloaded onto your computer. You can simply use the “Import” function to … Continue reading →

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