EndNote Basic Guide

EndNote is a reference management software package, used to manage

bibliographies and references. It is produced by Clarivate Analytics.

www.endnote.com

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How to add references from EBSCO databases Perform a search on one of the EBSCO databases

From the list of results, select the references you want to import into EndNote by

clicking on the blue folder icon to the right of each reference.

Click on the folder icon at the top of the screen. This will bring you to a

screen listing the references you have selected

Click on the Select / deselect all checkbox to select your articles

Click on the Export button on the right hand side of the screen

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At the next screen the‘Direct Export in RIS Format’ should be selected. Click on

Save on the left hand side of the screen

Sign into EndNote:

Under the ‘Collect’ option – click on ‘Import References’

Choose file - Locate your file in the download folder

Import option – Refman RIS

To: New group

When you click the ‘Import’ button, you will be asked to name the new group

Your references will be imported into EndNote.

A ‘delivery.ris’ file will be

downloaded to the left hand

corner of the screen

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How to add references from PubMed

In PubMed https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ perform a search and select the

references you want to import by clicking on the checkbox on the right hand side of

each record.

Next, select citation manager from the Send to pull down menu and click the create

file button. A maximum of 500 references can be exported at one time.

A ‘citations.nbib’ file will be downloaded to the left hand corner of the screen

Sign into EndNote:

Under the ‘Collect’ option – click on ‘Import References’

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Choose file - Locate your file in the download folder

Import option – Pubmed (NLM)

To: New group

When you click the ‘Import’ button, you will be asked to name the new group

Your references will be imported into EndNote.

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How to add references from Google Scholar

To save multiple references from Google Scholar, you need to register for a Google Scholar

account.

From the Google Scholar homepage (https://scholar.google.com) click on ‘Sign in’ on

the top right hand corner of the screen and then ‘create account’

Perform a search from within your Google scholar account

Select the references you want to export by clicking on the star icon at the bottom of

each result

When you have selected all the results, click on the ‘My Library’ icon on the top right hand

corner of the screen, select all of your results and click the export button

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Choose the ‘EndNote’ option from the drop down menu. The records will be saved

automatically on your PC as ‘citations.enw’

Sign into EndNote:

Under the ‘Collect’ option – click on ‘Import References’

Choose file - Locate your file in the download folder

Import option – EndNote Import

To: New group

When you click the ‘Import’ button, you will be asked to name the new group

Your references will be imported into EndNote.

NOTE: If you do not have a Google Scholar account, you can still move references into

EndNote but they have to be moved individually:

From the Google Scholar homepage (https://scholar.google.com) click on the settings

icon at the top of the screen

At the bottom of the Scholar

Settings page, in Bibliography

Manager select EndNote (drop-

down menu) in Show links to

import citations into

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Click on Save

Search results will now display an Import into EndNote link

When you click on the ‘Import into EndNote’ link, The record will be saved

automatically on your PC as ‘citations.enw’

Sign into your EndNote account and follow the steps above for importing a group of

references from Google Scholar.

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How to add references from Cochrane Library:

Log onto the Cochrane library www.thecochranelibrary.com and perform a search

Select the references you want to export by clicking on the checkbox on the left hand

side of each record and then ‘Export selected citation(s) OR click on ‘Select all’.

An ‘Export selected citation(s)’ box will open on screen

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Click on the ‘RIS (EndNote) option and download your citations

The records will be saved automatically on your PC as ‘citation-export.ris’

Sign into EndNote:

Under the ‘Collect’ option – click on ‘Import References’

Choose file - Locate your file in the download folder

Import option – Refman RIS

To: New group

When you click the ‘Import’ button, you will be asked to name the new group

Your references will be imported into EndNote.

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How to create a bibliography:

In EndNote, click on the Format tab and choose ‘Bibliography’

Choose what group / folder you want to create a bibliography for

Choose the ‘Bibliographic style’

Choose the ‘File format’

The bibliography can be saved / emailed or printed. You can also copy and paste the

bibliography into a Word document.

Cite While You Write Plug-In

You can also link your EndNote account to your Word documents by downloading the ‘Cite

While You Write Plug-In’ – find it under the ‘Format’ option

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Once installed, an EndNote tab will appear on your Microsoft Word

To insert a citation into your Word document, click on the ‘Insert citation’ icon on the left

hand side of the EndNote tab to locate your reference. Make sure that your cursor is in the

correct position before you insert the citation

There is an extensive ‘Help’ section within EndNote

EndNote online user guide

https://clarivate.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=34785308

To access Help – click on the

photo icon on the top right

hand corner of the screen