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NOAA Site License for ISI Bibliographic Management Tools NOAA has a site license for EndNote, ProCite, and Reference Manager from ISI Researchsoft. All NOAA researchers and library staff are entitled to install all three software products and any updates on their desktop at no charge. The contract also covers technical support and training classes at no additional charge. EndNote training,  Reference Manager  Note:Procite is no longer supported. The manuals are also electronically available as part of your product installation files."              Reference to EndNote software and use are also reviewed in chapter six of  "Guide to Writing Empirical Papers,Theses, and Dissertations'" by G. David Garson held in the NOAA Miami Regional Library.        CSA Illumina - Online Tutorials - used for the following library E-Resource databases: ASFA, Bio One Abstracts and MGA. Advanced Search Command Search Quick Reference Card JSTOR    JSTOR - How to Search JSTOR - How to Browse Google Scholar and JSTOR          Lexis-Nexis -  Available to all NOAA staff at Nexis.com or Lexis.com upon registration. Lexis Legal Research for NOAA - Learn how to quickly pull up case law, legislation, regulations or agency decisions. Learn where specific environmental sources of interest such as CFR Environment titles, NOAA decisions, environmental law journals and treatises, etc. are located on the interface and how to use them. Review of search techniques.  (1 hour)   Thompson Training Courses - used for Web of Science found on the library E-Resources.        Thomson Scientific offers free, web-based training classes and is provided using the online conferencing tool WebEx. To attend a live class all you need is a computer with Internet access and a phone."         Thompson Pre-recording Training Sessions   Thompson's Researcher ID       Copyright  Law of the United States of America NOAA Miami Regional Library - Copyright page     Librarianship News & Articles "In Search of Peer Reviewers"  by William F. Perrin (Jan. 4, 2008)  Science, v. 319 no. 5859 "Rewarding Reviewers" by Matthew A. Metz (Mar. 7, 08)  Science, v. 319 no. 5868     "Citation Counts for Research Evaluation: Standards of Good Practice for Analyzing Bibliometric Data and Presenting and Interpreting Results" by Lutz Bornmann1,*, Rüdiger Mutz, Christoph Neuhaus, Hans-Dieter Daniel.  Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics.   Vol. 8: 93–102, 2008 "Validating Research Performance Metrics Against Peer Rankings" by Stevan Harnad.(printed May 23, 08) Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics. Vol. 8: 103–107, 2008 "Escape from the Impact Factor" by Philip Campbell. Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics. (printed June, 08)  Vol. 8: 5–7, 2008 "Study: Reform Copyright Law to Save Digital Works" by William Jackson. Goverment computer News. Monday July 21,  2008.