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  Try an online tutorial, download a guide or ask Reference Librarians in your subject Library for help or for info about attending an Introduction to EndNote session.

EndNote is a useful tool for building your own database or Library of references to books, journal articles et cetera. It helps you organise your research and stay in control of your information.

EndNote can link to word processing software  so you can insert references (citations) from your Library into papers that you're writing. You choose the Referencing style you want and EndNote automatically formats  your in text citations and Reference list according to the style you've chosen.

What is EndNote?

Endnote is software that helps with doing references for assignments and papers. It's free to all UWA students and staff.

What does it do?

The Scholarships section on the UniAccess website has been updated - check it out
http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/disability/scholarships
There are lots of great opportunities there for students with a disability to get some extra support during their studies. We are fast approaching the cut off dates for a few of them so you may have to get in fast! The Dr Louisa Alessandri Memorial Fund Scholarship is a good one to apply for - applications are due on the 26th October.

Link to Online Survey 2007

Help us and be in the running to win one of two 8GB iPod Nanos worth $349 each - or books to the same value!

The Library is always looking for ways to improve our services so it is important that we know what our readers think about what we offer. You can help us to improve our services by participating in an electronic survey that will take about 10 minutes to complete.

It's hard to believe that exams are creeping up on us again already. Everyone has their own personal survival mechanisms for studying for exams and surviving exam stress. Share some of your strategies here. Perhaps you have perfected the 10 minute break between study sessions. What is your favourite way to reinspire yourself to hit the books again?

If you've been reading comments in the forum on procrastination, but don't really believe that you procrastinate, there's a neat little test that you can take on this American uni website just on procrastination: http://dennislearningcenter.osu.edu/dontdelay/

check it out and see how you rate.

We've had quite a few comments on our forum topic of procrastinating -it seems to strike a common chord with many. Check them out at through the link on the right hand side menu. Even the West Australian this morning was reporting a study of Curtin students about procrastination. About how cutting the time short to achieve a task can get the adrenaline pumping and be positive, but if you don't leave yourself enough time - then it's counter-productive, as you just get really stressed. It's working out that balance between enough time and running short that's tricky...

Well here we are at the end of week 4 with only 2 weeks until the official end of winter and only 3 weeks until the mid-Semester study break. 

If your resolutions from Semester 1 have fallen by the wayside or if you need a weekly boost to your studying you might want to sign-up for the Get Smart e-newsletter (at: http://www.studentservices.uwa.edu.au/ss/learning/portal).  The newsletter includes study tips, reminders about workshops and (this week) some opportunities to earn some extra $$ with our team.

Everywhere you turn, unis and TAFE colleges are having open days or expos of some description.  UWA's expo is next Sunday (19th August) [note the subtle plug!].

I may be strange, but I always enjoy Expo at UWA.  I think the uni has a really good vibe to it on that day.  Everyone seems pretty relaxed, and proud to show people what actually goes on here.  Sort of "UWA meets the Royal Show" but with less sheep.