Writing and Publishing for the Health Sciences  Tags: nih_public_access_policy citation_management publishing writing copyright endnote refworks medline_abbrevaitions  

What is the difference between a final peer-reviewed manuscript and final published article?

Final peer-reviewed manuscript: The Investigator's final manuscript of a peer-reviewed paper accepted for journal publication, including all modifications from the peer review process.

Final published article: The journal’s authoritative copy of the paper, including all modifications from the publishing peer review process, copyediting and stylistic edits, and formatting changes.

Citation managament tools:  Import citation information from a variety of sources (including library databases, such as PubMed or Ovid) -- Provide personal collections and organization of references -- Generate references and in-text citations in a variety of citation styles.

If you find articles in a database of interest for your research, you may use programs such as RefWorks or EndNote to pull the citations into your personal account and create a collection of references, annotate them, then cite it in your document - the software will automatically put in correctly formatted citations and a bibliography. 

The Matas Library provides help for RefWorks and EndNote Web versions.  There are many other tools available.

Standards for publications, websites, and other communication vehicles of Tulane University