Hello fellow students
I have a special video for you today. It’s all about creating an academic database. I’ve used this method for years and it got me through graduate school and now allows me to write up and source an article in a fraction of the time.
I’ve been thinking about putting a post like this together even before I had the blog but I recently read a post at the cal newport blog on research wiki’s and thought it might be useful to show students a more simplified version of the same concept.
Endnote and how to use it
The program I use is endnote. If you’ve read the VTA Method you know I’m a real pusher for endnote as it allows any student to database any kind of academic material for easy referencing and implementation. What endnote does is get all the demographic information about a source and then databases it for you. It also automatically creates custom bibliographies which can be customized into any format you choose.
Drawbacks of Endnote
The only real drawback with endnote is that it does require an initial time investment to load the articles into the database. But I highly suggest you take the time to actually set up the database as the time you lose in setting it up drawfs the massive amount of time and stress you save at 3 in the morning the day before a paper is due.
How your Online Tutor can Help You
For VTA Method students your online tutor will submit the majority of their content through endnote when you ask them to research a paper for you. This is the second advantage of endnote, once you create a database you can email it to others. This gives your online tutor the ability to create custom paper research material or edit sources you have put together for yourself.
Check out the video that I threw together and send me back some feedback. If you have any questions please leave it in the comments and I’ll get back to you.
As always, check out my online tutoring program while you’re here!
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