EndNote Tutorial

University of the West Indies Mona

Medical Branch Library

Prepared by Faith McKoy-Johnson

Librarian

© UWI Mona Library, 2012

Create an EndNote Library

Open the EndNote programme

Select the “Create a new EndNote library” option and click OK

Create an EndNote Library

The “New Reference Library” box will appear

Name the library and select a folder and save your new EndNote Library

Adding References

You can now enter references manually to your new library or import them electronically from databases such as PubMed

Manually Adding References to EndNote

Click on Reference >>New Reference

The default Reference Type is Journal Article but this can be changed by choosing from the drop down menu

Enter the reference according to the fields provided.

For the author field type one author per line. Brown, John

• There must be a space or period between initials. Periods are optional with initials.

John Brown There should be no commas where the name is

entered in “first last” format

Importing Citations from PubMed

Select citations you wish to import from your PubMed search results

Click Send to>>File and select Medline from the Format option

Click Create file, name the file and save it in the appropriate folder.

Importing Citations from PubMed

Click File>>Import>>Choose file and then select the text file you just saved

Select PubMed (NLM) from Import Option and then click Import.

Your PubMed citations will then be imported into your EndNote library.

Exporting References from EBSCOhost

From your search results click Add to folder for each citation you would like to export.

Click Folder view in the right hand column.

Click EXPORT

Select Direct Export in RIS Format and then SAVE.

Exporting References from EBSCOhost

Double click on the new file, select EndNote and click OK.

Open the file of your EndNote library.

Your EBSCOhost citations are now in your library.

Creating a Bibliography

Click Edit>>Open styles>>Open style manager and select the output styles you want in your list.

Close the window then click Edit>>Output styles and select one for your bibliography

Click File>>Print preview to see how your bibliography looks.

Generating a Bibliography From EndNote Library

Click File>>Export

Name the bibliography and select RTF from the “Save as type” option

From the “Output style” option select the citation style

Save in the appropriate folder

Adding Citations to a Word Document

In your Word document place your cursor where you want to place a citation

Click Insert citationIn the window displayed enter a word or group of

words within the relevant citation and click Search.

Select the reference that you would like to cite in your paper.

Click Tools>>Cite while you write>>Insert selected citation(s)

For further information contact...

Medical Branch Library

Telephone: 927-1073

Email: faith.mckoyjohnson02@uwimona.edu.jm

Twitter: @uwimonamedlib