EndNote FAQ
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Questions & Answers about EndNote
- What is EndNote?
- How do I get EndNote?
- How do I use EndNote?
- What is an EndNote Library?
- How do I transfer groups of citations from a database search?
- What is the difference between Import and Connect?
- Can I transfer references from the WU Library Catalog to EndNote?
- How do I import search results from WU Library databases?
- How do I use EndNote with my word processer to create a bibliography?
- What bibliographic styles can I use to format my paper?
- Does EndNote work with non-Roman languages?
- Can I share my EndNote files with others over the web?
- How do I transfer an existing reference list to EndNote?
- Who can I contact for help?
What is EndNote?
EndNote is a commercially
available software program, available for Windows and Macintosh,
used to manage bibliographic citations. Time-saving features
allow you to transfer groups of references retrieved from online
bibliographic databases into your EndNote database and create
bibliographies in a variety of formats using Microsoft Word or
WordPerfect.
How do I get
EndNote?
The EndNote program is available for sale from the Campus Bookstore and
other places where software is sold. You can download a full-featured
trial version of EndNote for free to try for 30 days.
How do I use
EndNote?
The Becker Medical Library offers periodic classes
on using EndNote.
What is an EndNote
Library?
A Library is a collection of references. When you open the
EndNote program, you are asked to select a reference library. You
can create multiple libraries, which may contain references for
different papers or subjects.
How do I transfer
groups of citations from a database search?
What is the difference between Import and Connect?
You can add citations from a bibliographic database to your
EndNote library through the Import feature and the Connect
feature.
When Importing search results, you download records from a database, save them to a file and use an Import filter to transfer the downloaded records into your EndNote library (see EndNote Import Filters for more information).
EndNote's Connect feature allows you to search an online
database using EndNote's search interface. Not all databases
support this feature (see EndNote
Connection Files for more information).
Can I transfer
references from the WU Library Catalog to EndNote?
An EndNote connection file is available which allows you to
search the WU Library Catalog through the EndNote program and
transfer records from directly to EndNote. Searching the Catalog
through EndNote is not as flexible as searching using the
standard Catalog interface. For more information, see the connection files page.
How do I import search
results from WU Library databases?
You first save the results of a search in a format EndNote can
understand, and then use the Import command to transfer the
citations to an EndNote library. See the import filters page for specific
directions on using import filters with WU Library
databases.
How do I use
EndNote with my word processer to create a
bibliography?
If you use later versions of Microsoft Word for Windows or
Macintosh or WordPerfect for Windows, EndNote installs commands
in your word processor to integrate the two programs. EndNote is
also compatible with AmiPro, AppleWorks (Mac), FrameMaker (Mac),
WriteNow, Nisus, MacWrite, RTF, and HTML.
To use EndNote to cite references in a paper and then create a
bibliography for the paper, you insert the necessary citations
from your EndNote database into the text of your word processing
document. When you have completed the paper, you select a
bibliographic style (e.g. Chicago, APA, JAMA) and tell EndNote to
"format" a bibliography for the paper. EndNote scans the paper,
finds the citations you pasted, modifies the in-text citations
and adds a formatted bibliography to the end of your paper.
What bibliographic styles
can I use to format my paper?
EndNote comes with hundreds of
bibliographic styles (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago) for formatting
your citations. To find and preview available styles, you can
browse the Style
Finder by the name of a journal or style guide
publication.
Does EndNote work
with non-Roman languages?
EndNote supports only ANSI, Latin 1, Symbol character sets, and
any characters in the basic Windows fonts. EndNote does not
support Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Hebrew, or other non-Latin
characters.
EndNote is not compatible with any Asian or Hebrew version of
Microsoft Word for Windows, or any version of Word or Windows
that stores two-byte characters.
Can I share my EndNote
files with others over the Web?
ISI Researchsoft used to have a program called Reference
Web Poster. However, since they made web publishing part of another product, Reference Manager, they no longer sell or support Reference Web Poster.
How do I transfer an
existing reference list to EndNote?
If you have a list of references in word processor format,
EndNote suggests several options for transferring them to an
EndNote library: (1) create a custom tagged format to Import into
EndNote (for more information, under the EndNote Help menu, see
Contents--Importing Reference Data--Creating Text files EndNote
can Import--Section on Creating a Custom Tagged Format); or (2)
copy/paste each part of each reference into its corresponding
field in an EndNote record template.
A better option may be to search your references in a database
and import them to EndNote.
Who can I contact for help?
General questions about EndNote can be directed to EndNote Technical
Support. There's also an EndNote list you can join, see The
EndNote-Interest Mailing List for instructions. There's also
an archive
of messages from this mailing list, hosted by Adept Scientific,
that you can search.
WU users can contact Carol Antoniewicz
with questions about connecting to the WU Library Catalog and WU
Library databases.
Most of the information on the page is adapted from EndNote Help Page, created and maintained at the Yale University Library.