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Citation Management Software Raises Library Profile

Scholarly publishing is an important part of an academic medical career. In an academic medical center, there is a focus on research and publishing activity. Librarians know that a faculty member’s research and publishing contributes to their evaluation, promotion and tenure. Non-faculty staff’s research, publishing and quality improvement projects ultimately add to improved patient care. Hospitals that obtain Magnet status are required to renew that status every four years. To renew Magnet status, it is imperative that nurses focus activities on education, research and publishing, because Magnet status is evaluated by research and publishing activities. Library classes, consults and other opportunities to support these scholarly activities offer an opportunity to increase the Library’s outreach and raise its profile. Librarians may fondly remember the days of index cards and sticky notes containing relevant citations, typing and re-typing in-text citations and creating bibliographies by hand; thankfully, those days are over. Citation management has become more sophisticated and easier because of citation management tools such as RefWorks, Mendeley, Purl, Zotero, EndNote and the references tool within Microsoft Word. Therefore, librarians at a large urban teaching hospital decided to learn EndNote, a citation-management software supported by their institution. This column introduces some EndNote related activities that can be supported by a library. The American Library Association (ALA) defines information literacy as: the set of abilities requiring individuals to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information (1). Hospital Librarians strive to raise the level of information literacy of its customers, teaching them to locate and evaluate information. They teach customers how to manage information and use it effectively knowing that managing search results can be challenging. Collecting, organizing and managing citations for manuscripts requires a software tool that is robust and easy to use. Librarians can create an outreach opportunity by providing the necessary tools and instruction to smooth the writing and submission process.