Niles Endnote 8.0 for Students Only (Mac) review:5 stars (Endnote 8.0 For the Macintosh (Mac OS 10.3.7)) - Thomson ResearchSoft's (www.endnote.com) Endnote 8 for the Apple Macintosh Computer is without question an excellent piece of software for academic searching and downloading bibliographies from the Library of Congress and many online college card catalogs. Bibliographies can be downloaded via the internet and formatted automatically to a large number of selected academic bibliographic styles.

It is possible to export references directly from ISI Web of Science, Highwire Press, Ovid, OCLC, ProQuest, and more. Endnote bibliographic information can also be entered by typing directly into template record by simply filling out the proper fields that are displayed for a given type of reference. There are 37 reference types with up to 52 fields for entering pertinent reference and image information. Images of charts, figures, and equations can be cataloged and entered into the bibliographic data base for later retrieval when this information is added as a citation to an academic paper.

When you have physically retrieved the books and periodicals from a library there is also a field for entering notes and abstract information for each bibliographic entry. When you have finished entering information into the bibliographic data base you can simply print the information and cut with scissors each individual bibliographic entry and arrange according to the outline of your academic paper.

Physically writing the paper thus becomes more organized and citations are easily inserted directly from Endnote into your word processor. Microsoft Word for Mac (2004) is the best word processor to use with Endnote 8 since it allows direct insertion of citations into the paper while you type. Although other word processors can be used if the writing is converted to RTF (Rich Text Format) prior to citation insertion.

The 586 page Endnote manual that comes with the installation CD is well written and allows the novice to begin learning how to use Endnote 8 with a number of good examples. Endnote 8 worked extremely well with my Macintosh iMac G5 (Mac OS 10.3.7) computer and appears to have been completely rewritten so that it is intuitive and easy to use with Mac OS 10.3. If academic research writing is sine qua non for you, then Endnote 8 for the Mac will save you time and headaches. It is also highly recommended for all Senior high school students that will attend college.
Niles Endnote 8.0 for Students Only (Mac) Features:
Computer software (programs)
Education (Educational)
Reference
Writing (Literature
Secondary Education (High School)
CD
Search bibliographic databases on the Internet
Organize references and images in a database
Construct paper with built-in manuscript templates
Create bibliographies and figure lists instantly
Ideal for researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians

Niles Endnote 8.0 for Students Only (Mac) is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 94.99USD.