Research Guides: Neuroscience: Start Here

Bibliographic Management Tools

Free tool for bibliographies/reference lists and collecting your papers in one place. It has two components:

Install Mendeley Desktop on your personal computer(s), and use it to:

extract citation information (metadata) from pdf files that are on your desktop
organize your files, citations
set up a Watch Folder to automatically import files
view, annotate pdfs
connect to groups, share papers
insert footnotes and bibliographies with the included plug-in for Word and OpenOffice

connect to your collection from other computers
connect to groups, share papers
add citations from your web browser

Tutorials on the Mendeley site, and from the University of Sheffield.

Mendeley Apps for iPhone/iPod/iPad, and some "Mendeley-lite" Apps for Android.

Free for individual private use, with 2 GB of storage and 1 private group of up to 3 users. Extend your storage options by synchronizing with a cloud storage service (here is an example using Dropbox). UO students, faculty, and staff have access to OneDrive, which provides 1TB of cloud storage. Use premium plans for more storage, or for larger teams.

Need more help? Contact one of our Mendeley experts:

Or Check out the Mendeley How-To Guide:

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Zotero is a free, open-source citation management tool available as a desktop application that works with browser extensions for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Zotero offers 300 MB of free web storage space (additional space can be purchased).

Getting started with Zotero:

Go to www.zotero.org and click on "Register" to create a free account.
Download the Zotero desktop application onto your personal computer and the browser extension from www.zotero.org/download
Add citations to your library:
- Click on the browser extension
- OR add PDFs directly to the desktop application (right-click and select "Retrieve metadata for PDF")
Use the citation plug-in for Microsoft Word to generate in-text citations and bibliographies based on the citations in your Zotero library. (Go to Tools --> Add-ons to enable or disable Word plug-in).

If you previously used the browser-integrated version of Zotero in Firefox, this is no longer supported. See this page for more information.

You can find documentation and trouble-shooting tips for Zotero at www.zotero.org/support/ (in process of being updated for Zotero 5.0).

Need more help? Contact one of our Zotero experts:

Or Check out the Zotero How-To Guide:

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EndNote Online (also known as EndNote Basic) accounts are available free to UO faculty, students, and staff. Sign up for an account at this page (You must be on a UO computer or using the UO's VPN to create an account. Once the account is created, you do not have to use the VPN or a UO computer)

The EndNote software is available for purchase. It is similar to the online version but with many more bells and whistles. UO faculty, students, and staff should purchase EndNote through The Duck Store to receive a discounted rate ($100). Call The Duck Store (541-346-4331) for availability.

These programs organize and group references in any way that works for you and then allow you to work with your citations in word processing software.

Need more help? Contact one of our EndNote experts:

How to Use This Guide

This guide covers the area of Neuroscience and incorporates content from the fields of biology and psychology and it broken up into sections based on resource type: Database, Reference, Books, Articles, and Websites. There is also a section for feedback.

Databases - Best Bets

Web of Science
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Provides access to both the Science Citation Index (SCI) Expanded, Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts & Humanities Index. The database can be searched by words in article titles and abstracts, by author, by journal, and to look for cited references.
PubMed
Major index to articles covering all aspects of medicine
Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection
Covers topics such as emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational and experimental methods.
APA PsycNet
Searches PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and PsycTESTS simultaneously.

Books from the Catalog

Neurosciences by C. Giovanni Galizia (Editor); Pierre-Marie Lledo (Editor)
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 3642107699
Publication Date: 2013-07-08
Neurosciences - a comprehensive approach This textbook covers neuroscience from cellular and molecular mechanisms to behavior and cognitive processing. We also address evolution of the nervous system, computational neuroscience, the history of neuroscience as a discipline and neurophilosophy - to name but a few. The book provides the newest state-of-the-art knowledge about neuroscience from across the animal kingdom, with particular emphasis on model species commonly used in neuroscience labs across the world: mouse, zebra fish, fruit fly, honeybee, and nematode worm. We aim at university students of neuroscience, psychology, biological sciences, and medical sciences, but also computer scientists, philosophers, or anybody interested in understanding how brains work.
Principles of Neural Science by Eric R. Kandel; James H. Schwartz; Thomas M. Jessell; Steven A. Siegelbaum; A. J. Hudspeth
Call Number: QP355.2 .P76 2013
ISBN: 9780071390118
Publication Date: 2012-10-18
Now updated: the definitive neuroscience resource--from Eric R. Kandel, MD (winner of the Nobel Prize in 2000); James H. Schwartz, MD, PhD; Thomas M. Jessell, PhD; Steven A. Siegelbaum, PhD; and A. J. Hudspeth, PhD A Doody''s Core Title for 2015! 900 full-color illustrations Deciphering the link between the human brain and behavior has always been one of the most intriguing--and often challenging--aspects of scientific endeavor. The sequencing of the human genome, and advances in molecular biology, have illuminated the pathogenesis of many neurological diseases and have propelled our knowledge of how the brain controls behavior. /ul>
Comparative Vertebrate Neuroanatomy by Ann B. Butler; William Hodos
Call Number: QM451 .B895 1996
ISBN: 0471888893
Publication Date: 1996-03-14
Evolution and organization of the central nervous system; the spinal cord and hindbrain; the midbrain; the forebrain; evolution of the brain in vertebrates.