Ref man talk 2012

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A step-by-step description of how to use ISI's Reference Manager for Windows

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The old days…1991’s DOS version!

…and now for Windows XP and up

Online ordering – or via ICTS

The basics: working with a database

Importing directly from online sources eg: PubMed

Choosing authors: self-completing choices

Approve hits

Select some or all hits

Copy to existing db

Edit as you need- eg: link to PDF

Alternative import: via the web

Choose output format

Save to text to get rid of HTML

Note: abstract included

Saving it locally

Importing it to RefMan: choose db

Choose “import” on file menu

Choose appropriate import filter

Choose text file

Import!

View new / old db

Import thousands at a time

So how do you use it when writing a paper?

Choosing output styles for bibliography and citations

LEARN how to do this as you can specify your own styles!

…and in the ms:

Custom toolbar in Word

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