EndNote – an Introduction

Anne Costigan

University of Bradford Library

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Journal databases

• Examples– Web of Science– Medline– ASSIA– Proquest– Engineering Village

• All supply references – print, save etc

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What do you do with a reference?

• Find full text – Is there anything to quote or discuss in your piece

of work? If there is:

• Cite the references in your thesis/journal article/book and list them with full details, usually at the end

• The list of references is sometimes called a bibliography

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When do you add a citation and reference?

• When you have quoted someone

• When you refer to someone’s work

• When you use a table, image, data etc from someone else’s work

• If in doubt, cite!

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What is EndNote?

• Reference management system– Collects references– Allows you to store full text or access it where

available– Adds references to your document with

citations– Controls format or style of references

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Advantages of EndNote

• Don’t lose references

• Add references easily to your documents

• References should always be correct!

• Change format easily

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Some EndNote definitions

• Citations– What appears in the text

• (Wright, 1993) or Wright (1993)• (15) or 15

• Bibliography– List of references– May appear at the end of a document or independently

• Output style– System for layout of citations and bibliography

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EndNote and EndNote Web

• EndNote X7 on the desktop– Installed on all campus PCs– Can buy and install on your own PC (£72!)– All features of EndNote present

• EndNote on the Web– Can access from anywhere– Doesn’t have all the features of EndNote– Sometimes known as EndNote Online

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EndNote X7 or EndNote Online?

• Which is most suitable for you?

• EndNote X7 has most features– Must pay to install on your own machine

• EndNote Online is free– Access from anywhere– Can synchronise with EndNote X7– Library is in the Cloud

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Getting references into Endnote • Download direct

– Web of Knowledge, Medline, PsycInfo• Download from data bases and import to EndNote • Connect to databases

– Library catalogue• Type references in

– Web sites• Import PDFs and automatically find references

– X7 only– Recently published items only

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EndNote and Word

• EndNote allows you to – Build your bibliography– Cite references in the text– Using any format (Output Style) you choose!

• 3000+ Output Styles• Easy to change Output Styles

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EndNote on the Web and your home PC/laptop

• Download installers– At the bottom of every page in EndNote Web– Installs

• EndNote Web tab in Word• EndNote Web toolbar in Internet Explorer or

Firefox NB Does not work with Google Chrome!

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Help

• Ask for assistance– Your subject librarian– Enquiry desks

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You too will end up like this…

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Further assistance

• Program help

• Library Web page at:– http://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/library-resources/endnote/

• EndNote support page at:– http://endnote.com/training

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Exporting references from databases to EndNote

• ScienceDirect to Endnote– http://screencast.com/t/J5mVCfZGQC

• ASSIA to Endnote• http://screencast.com/t/YE0Wk99O• Cochrane to Endnote• http://screencast.com/t/voZGZCNm• Library catalogue• http://screencast.com/t/lTejfbmeF