Important reminders about EndNote

Important reminders about EndNote

EndNote is only as good as the information you add to it. Garbage in, garbage out. To help you maintain a good system of management and to ensure that you are using it correctly:

  • Use one EndNote library for all of your writing. It will make your life easier in the long run.
  • Use the Edit Citation command to make changes to citations in documents. Trying to make changeson the screen risks corrupting the EndNote citations.
  • If you are using footnote styles, your word processor controls the numbering and placement of the footnote and EndNote controls the formatting. So you will first need to insert the footnote using your word processor, and then insert the EndNote citation into that footnote.
  • Back up your EndNote Libraries

Creating footnotes and then inserting a citation from EndNote

This video shows the 2-step process for creating footnotes and then adding a citation/reference.

Note - this video uses Word 2007. You will also see that the Bibliography is automatically created at the end of the text

Additional assistance and instruction can be found on the following pages from Macquarie University:

Main page for PC: https://libguides.mq.edu.au/endnotex9pc/intro 

Main page for Mac: https://libguides.mq.edu.au/endnotex9mac

 

How to modify the output style for PC: https://libguides.mq.edu.au/endnotex9pc/modify_out_style

How to modify the output style for Mac: https://libguides.mq.edu.au/endnotex9mac/modify_output_style


Using Cite While You Write with EndNote and footnotes

This allows you to automatically insert citations and create a Reference List/Bibliography

You need to ensure that your WORD settings have the correct output method. 

  • In your Word document, make sure the cursor is in the correct place (i.e. where you want to insert the footnote reference mark).
  • Use EndNote to insert the citation in the Footnote.Repeat this procedure for each footnote.
  • Insert a Page Break before the bibliography at the end of the document. This will ensure your bibliography is printed on a separate page at the end of your document, while the footnotes will appear at the bottom of each page, correctly formatted.
  • To insert specific page numbers in footnotes:
    • To include specific page numbers for a reference in a footnote, highlight the citation and select the EndNote Edit Citation(s) command. You will now see a dialogue box. In the box labelled Pages type the page number(s). Click on the OK button. 
    • This will only work if the EndNote output style is configured to allow page numbers. If you can't see the page numbers, check that you are using the right Output style.
    • Note that the specific page numbers will not appear in the bibliography at the end of the document.
  • Why are the repeated citations abbreviated?
    • Most footnote styles require citations to be abbreviated if they have already been cited once. The EndNote footnote styles are normally configured to do this. If the reference is cited again in the following footnote, EndNote will normally insert ibid. 
    • If the reference is cited again, but not in the immediately following footnote, EndNote will often use a short form of citation. If the reference in the EndNote library includes a Short Title field, the output style may use this instead of the Title field. EndNote will not create the short title for you. You must decide on the form which the Short Title should take, and insert this data in the Short Title field.
    • If you wish to edit an output style to change the way in which it handles repeated citations in footnotes, open the output style for editing. Under the Footnotes heading, select the Repeated Citations section.