New Software

Harriet K & Philip Pumerantz Library now has Nvivo, Endnote X6 and SPSS installed in computers in the library.  Endnote X6 and SPSS are present in all the computers (first, second and third floor) while Nvivo is installed in five computers on the second floor computer room and one computer on the third floor computer room.  Affiliated users can use the second and third floor computer rooms.  Affiliated users are currently enrolled students, staff and faculty of WesternU, alumni, clinical and adjunct faculty, and OPTI-West residents. 

EndNote X6 is bibliographic management software that will help you collect and organize citations. Nvivo is qualitative data analysis software, and SPSS is quantitative data analysis software.

The librarians can provide expert level training in EndNote X6, introductory training in Nvivo and have no training in SPSS. The librarians recommend WesternU users login to the WesternU YOUPortal, https://you.westernu.edu, and then navigate to Lynda.com for SPSS training.

For any questions, please contact the library at reference@westernu.edu. 

EndNote X6

EndNote X6 is now available to download!  

EndNote is a bibliographic management software that allows you to store all your references in one place and then insert your citations into a Word document.  The new feature of X6 are:

  

Synchronize your desktop and web EndNote accounts

Direct export from PubMed

Open attached PDFs in a separate window

More layout options for your citation library

Rate the value of your references

Mark whether you have or have not read the full reference document

Change the title case within a reference 

An instructional video on how to synchronize your libraries can be found here.  To download EndNote, select your computer type (PC or Mac) on the library’s EndNote page.

 

EndNote X5

EndNote has just released EndNote X5 for Windows machines. The Pumerantz Library provides downloads of EndNote for the WesternU Community at no charge. To download or upgrade to EndNote X5 please visit our download site. If you are a faculty member and updating a work computer please contact IT to upgrade to EndNote X5.

Please visit the EndNote X5 website for more information or view EndNote's what's new video, it lasts approximately 6 minutes.