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EndNote
Your tool for downloading, compiling and using bibliographic records
Your tool for managing PDF files of scanned documents
Fully integrated with Microsoft Word
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last updated 19 September 2007 | St. Olaf College Libraries
EndNote Highlights:
1. EndNote is a bibliographic and file management
tool for academics
- EndNote libraries are organized by author, date, title or any
other tag you desire
- Various work forms are provided for material types and are easily
edited
- Libraries are searchable by keyword
- Libraries can hold links to your journal articles saved in PDF
format (e.g. JSTOR articles you’ve saved on your computer)
- Many databases have imbedded software so that search results can
be downloaded in EndNote-compatible format.
Sample Library Screen:

2. EndNote is designed for use with Microsoft
Word and Word Perfect
- Packages may be brought up simultaneously to facilitate in-text
citations and compilation of bibliographies for papers or to compile
stand-alone bibliographies.
- Changing citation formats (e.g. from APA to MLA) is possible with
the click of a key.
- EndNote provides manuscript templates for major journals and style
sheets.
- EndNote works with Word to allow imbedding figures, photos, film
clips, etc. along with captions into your text.
Using EndNote
A. Set up your
own EndNote library on your machine
1. On
a Mac with OS X, double click on the hard drive and then double click
on the Applications folder. Double click the EndNote X folder. Then
double click the EndNote X icon.
You may also install EndNote on your personal machine by following
these instructions
from the IIT department.
Create your own personal library
with the introductory screen or by clicking on File -> New.
Name your library and save it on the server (H: drive, etc.) or wherever
you maintain your own materials. It will now be available to
you on any public machine on campus.
Bring the Toolbar
into view: Tools -> Customize
Toolbar -> A display of icons will appear. Simply drag and drop
them onto your library.
Choose the
style manual or type: Go to
the pull down menu on the tool bar and look at the list provided. If the one you want is
not listed, highlight "select another style." This might take
a minute as it's loading many, many styles. One by one, choose
those styles you will most commonly use (probably MLA [Modern Languages
Association], Annotated MLA, APA published [American Psychological
Association], PS220Turabian for Analyzing Politics, or for the
Bio 125 assignment, the journal Cell. You
then may choose your current style from those choices in the Current
Style box on the toolbar by highlighting it.

From now on, you should launch EndNote as described above but
you will only need to open your library.
B. Compile your own Library of References
You may build
a library of citations using EndNote in three ways: 1) by typing
them in yourself; 2) by saving a search from an online database to
your computer, and then importing the records into your EndNote library;
or 3) by using EndNote's searching and downloading capabilities
directly in databases.
1. Manual Entries
For items
you already have in hand (that is, if you have a paper copy of a journal
article), you need to enter the reference yourself. For example,
if you found an article in the Journal of Organic Chemistry:
- Click on the,
"New Reference" icon
on the toolbar or use the References dropdown menu and choose "New
Reference"

2. Importing References Saved
from Non-EndNote Searches
When you search
an online journal index or database directly from the Libraries home
page or from a Research Guide prepared for your class (with hot links
to databases), you can often save the results of your search and then
import them into your EndNote Library. For explicit instructions for each index/database, look on the
Electronic Research
Tools page and consult instructions linked under the index name. Note: Some databases are not set up for downloading
references so links are not given. Citations from those
databases must be entered manually as in number 1.
- From the St.
Olaf and Carleton Library catalog, Bridge:
- Do a search
on Bridge in the normal way.
- Mark the
records you wish to save and click the "Save Marked Records" box
at the bottom of the page as you browse each
page OR click on "Save all on page." If you have only one
relevant record, mark it by simply clicking the "save records"
button.
- Then click
on View/Export Saved button
- In the box,
make sure you click on EndNote on the left, and send the material
to Local Disk on the right

- Click Submit
and click on okay.
- Save to
the desktop (temporarily) or to your EndNote materials folder
on the H: drive/Sven (you decide when to delete). We recommend you change the name of the file to reflect your topic
or resource uses and date searched but you must use the correct
file extension (as noted in the directions from the Indexes/Abstracts
page; usually .txt . Reduce
your screen or exit Bridge.
- On the EndNote
toolbar, click on the Import button (the curving arrow).

- Click on
choose file and highlight the one you saved on the desktop or
H: drive/Sven. Click "open."
- Click on
Import Option menu, and then Bridge (or "other filters" if it's
not there; scroll
down to Bridge, highlight it and return).
- In the Duplicates
box, leave at Import All if you want to examine everything or
discard duplicates if you trust it to do the discarding.
- In the Text
Translation box, leave it at No Translation.

- Click the
import button.
- EndNote
now shows you just the new references, so you can review them
before adding them to the rest of your library. If you wish
to delete any, simply highlight it, click the References button
above, and highlight Delete.
- When you
are ready, click on References, and then Show All References to
see the full library.
- Before leaving
the public lab, make sure you delete all imported files from the
desktop.
- From online
databases available from the Libraries Electronic
Research Tools page or from the online version of your class
Research Guide
which have filters available on EndNote
- First look at the name of your index/database on the Libraries
Indexes page. Those indexes from which material can be downloaded
automatically have Endnote Instuctions listed below the title.
- Follow the instructions given to run and save search. We recommend you change the name of the file to reflect your topic
or resource uses and date searched but you must use the correct
file extension (as noted in the directions from the Indexes/Abstracts
page; usually .txt .
- In EndNote, Click the import button (look for an arrow pointing
down on the toolbar or choose import from the File menu).
Click on "Choose File." Choose the appropriate file from
the desktop or H: drive/Sven, and click "open."
- Under Import option, see if the database you searched is listed
on the drop-down menu. If so, highlight it. If not,
choose "other filters." Under Other Filters, highlight the
correct filter [e.g. Physical Educ Ind (CSA) or BioSci(CSA)] and
click "choose."
- Under Duplicates, leave it at "Import all" unless you really
want the computer to decide which are actually duplicates. You'll
have an option to delete records later if you wish.
- Under Text Translations, leave at "No Translation."
- Click "Import."
- The new items will appear on your screen. Check several
records by double-clicking on each reference to make sure
they are what you want and the data is there. Delete if
you wish by going to references -> delete. If importing
from CSA databases, you may wish to erase (or move to a different
field) the journal title abbreviations which will appear after
the journal title if they came along. You may also need
to change journal title words to the
appropriate case.
- When you are ready to accept the list into your full library,
go to References and highlight "Show all."
- Your new references are now incorporated into your library.
3. Downloading Records Using
the Connect Function: Direct Searches in Databases
When you search an
online journal index or database using the EndNote "connect" function,
you can automatically download the records you choose onto your own
computer in an EndNote compatible format without having to save searches
or use filters. However, most of these databases listed under
this option have restricted access. You can search WorldCat,
Article First, the Library of Congress and most university library catalogs
for free. Please note that the search engine on WorldCat
as accessed through the Libraries Home Page is much more powerful than
the EndNote searching mechanism. It may be preferrable to search
WorldCat using the system in #2 -- your choice.
- Go to the
connect icon
.
Highlight the database you wish to search, and click connect.

Search using
the box provided. Remember, in World Cat, the search function
is much enhanced by searching from the link on the Libraries page.

- Once the
search downloads, look at each individual record. Remember,
you can double-click on the highlighted reference to call up the
work form with all the data. Edit the form if you want to
change or delete material. Delete the whole reference by
going to references -> delete.

- When your
references are as you want them, highlight the ones you wish to
move to your main library or Click on "Copy all References
to" box and choose the library you wish. They will
be moved for you. Note: if you click control A (on
a PC) to highlight all the references, it may not "unhighlight"
by clicking elsewhere. You need to use shift/click to unhighlight
one or two. Then, if you click on the unhighlighted to highlight,
the rest of them will no longer be highlighted.
C. Linking EndNote Library Entries to Scanned Items in PDF Files:
Many of you will have collections of journal articles or other scanned
materials stored on your computer. You can link these to listings
in your EndNote library for easy cataloging and access. Note:make
sure you have the scanned items stored in the most logical manner
before you make the links. When you name your documents, we
suggest you use the author's name, year of publication and a pdf extension
(e.g. Jones(2004).pdf). Label the second article by Jones if
in the same year as:Jones(2004b).pdf."
- Double click the EndNote record for that article, move down to
the "Link to PDF" field and place your cursor there.
- Now find the PDF you wish to link.
- Now Drag and Drop the pdf into the field.
- Done!
- Users with large libraries copy their pdf's to CD's and just note
the CD number and file name in one of the worksheet fields
D. Compiling Annotated Bibliographies with
EndNote For some courses, you will
be asked to compile an annotated bibliography; that is, a list of
materials relevant to your topic which have paragraph-long evaluative
summaries included. To compile this bibliography:
- Enter the reference to your article or book into your EndNote
Library as described above (either manually or by downloading from
a database).
- In the notes field, write an evaluative paragraph according to
the guidelines handed out separately in class. If there are
other items in the notes field, move them to a different field or
erase them.
- To create your annotated bibliography as a Word document:
- In EndNote, make sure you have selected the appropriate style
(For MLA, use "Annotated MLA"; see "A" above if you've forgotten
how to do this).
- Open a new Word document and choose the appropriate settings
for font and size.
- In EndNote, select the references you want for your annotated
bibliography by clicking on the first reference, then holding
down the Apple key and clicking on the others you want.
It is best to take all the references you need at once -- otherwise
you will have to manually alphabetize your bibliography later.
- Go to the Edit drop down menu and choose "Copy formatted."
- Reduce the size of the EndNote screen so that you can see both
Word and EndNote.
- Go to Word. In the Edit drop down menu, choose "Paste."
E. Writing papers with Word and EndNote
Microsoft Word and EndNote are designed to work hand-in-hand.
For students and scholars, this is probably the greatest collaboration
since Watson and Crick (or maybe internet shopping and credit cards).
These instructions work with Mac OS X.
- Open Word on your machine in normal view. Open your EndNote
library simultaneously, keeping it in the smaller view. Make
sure the correct citation style is chosen in EndNote.

- Type your text as you would normally. However, when you
are ready to cite someone, point your cursor to the place you want
your first citation to appear. You now have several choices
of how to insert:
- In EndNote, highlight the reference you wish to cite.
In Word, go to the EndNote toolbar, click on Insert Selected Citation(s)
icon.
Note that first a numbered reference will appear -- not in proper
format. The software will crank away for a bit (sometimes
awhile depending on how busy the network is) the first time you
insert a citation, but suddenly, the in-text reference will be
correct and the bibliography reference will appear at the end
of the paper. Save your Word file and continue. OR
- To insert several references together, hold the Apple key down
while highlighting all the references you wish to place together.
EndNote will insert them as one multiple citation and sort them
according the rules of your chosen Style.
- Sometimes, you need to add the page number in the citation
or you don't need the full data. To modify individual citations
within Word, highlight the one you wish to edit. On the EndNote
toolbar, click the "Edit citation" button to open the Edit box.
- Excluding the author's name: If the author and reference
already are fully identified in the context of the sentence and
page numbers are not needed, no additional in-text citation is
necessary (MLA 5.4.1). Check the "Exclude Author" box.
In this way, the reference will not appear in as an in-text citation,
but will be included in the full works-cited list.
- Excluding the year of publication: If you have chosen
a style other than MLA, the year may be included in the in-text
citation. If you have referred to the year in the text,
you may not need it in the citation.
- Adding prefixes and suffixes: In some cases, it is appropriate
to add words such as "qtd. in" or "for example" or "see" before
the author's name within the citation. Use the Prefix box
to include these words using your citation style for capitalization
and punctuation (MLA 5.4.7). Suffixes are less commonly
used.
- Adding page numbers: When you are citing a specific page
or section in your source, include the appropriate page numbers
in the Page box (MLA 5.4.2).
If you need to change the format once you have already entered references
or need to change the title of the bibliography, etc., go to the EndNote
toolbar in your word document. The "numbered list" is the "format
bibliograpy" icon. On
the first screen you may switch styles; under "layout" you may retitle
your bibliography.
F. Saving and Exiting from EndNote
When you close your EndNote library it is saved automatically. The
good news is you don't have to worry about forgetting. The bad news
is if you really mess things up, you can't close without saving changes.
If you're going to experiment in a big way, it's best to copy the
original library, retitle the copy and test the new techniques there.
PRACTICE SETS
TOPIC: Sports and Writing
1. Entering
references manually. Enter the following based on the instructions
above. Use MLA format.
- Encyclopedia
article or an article in a book: From the second edition
of the Handbook of Sport Psychology (edited by Robert N.
Singer, Heather A. Hausenblas and Christopher M. Janelle; published
in 2001 by John Wiley and Sons of New York), an article called Youth
in sport: Psychological considerations, written by Robert
J. Brustad, Megan L. Babkes and Alan L. Smith, on pages 604-635.
Call number of the book is R.R. GV 706.4 .H37 2001.
- Book:
A book called Worldwide Trends in Youth Sport by Paul De Knop, published
by Human Kinetics in Champaign, Illinois in 1996.
- Journal
article: From the May 1991 issue (volume 91, number 5) of a
journal called The Elementary School Journal you've chosen an article
entitled, Burnout in youth sports" written by Robert J. Rotella,
Tom Hanson and Richard H. Coop. It's on pages 421-429.
- A Web page:
http://www.competitivedge.com/intro.html
Go to this web page and find the information you need (author, title,
date last updated, date you accessed, etc.)
If you chose MLA
format, your previews should look like these:
- Brustad, Robert
J., Megan L. Babkes, and Alan L. Smith. "Youth in Sport: Psychological
Considerations." Handbook of Sport Psychology. Eds. Robert
N. Singer, Heather A. Hausenblas and Christopher M. Janelle. 2nd
ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2001. 604-35.
- De Knop, Paul.
Worldwide Trends in Youth Sport. Champaign: Human Kinetics,
1996.
- Rotella, Robert
J., Tom Hanson, and Richard H. Coop. "Burnout in Youth Sports."
Elementary School Journal 91.5 (1991): 421-29.
- Goldberg, Alan.
Can Sports Psychology Help You Get Mentally Tough? Available:
http://www.competitivedge.com/intro.html. September 23 2002.
[or the date you accessed it]
2. Now, make
up a short paragraph in Word which cites at least two items in separate
sentences. It should end up looking something like this:
[Please consider FORMAT, not CONTENT!] Are
sports a good activity for upper elementary students? Parents
must consider not only the physical impact on growing bodies, but
also the psychological consequences. The first question
which may occur is whether a child is developmentally ready to play
sports (Brustad, Babkes and Smith). On the other end of the
spectrum is the issue of burnout for children playing team sports
(Rotella, Hanson and Coop).
Works Cited [You have to type this
in if you drag references over]
Brustad, Robert J., Megan L. Babkes,
and Alan L. Smith. "Youth in Sport: Psychological Considerations."
Handbook of Sport Psychology. Eds. Robert N. Singer,
Heather A. Hausenblas and Christopher M. Janelle. 2nd ed. New York:
John Wiley and Sons, 2001. 604-35.
Rotella, Robert J., Tom Hanson, and
Richard H. Coop. "Burnout in Youth Sports." Elementary School Journal
91.5 (1991): 421-29.
TOPIC: Women in Japan
1. Entering
references manually. Enter the following based on the instructions
above. Use MLA format.
- Encyclopedia
article or an article in a book: From the encyclopedia,
Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, published by Kodansha
(of Tokyo) in 1993, an article entitled "A Woman's Place" by Susan
J. Pharr and Jeannie P.C. Lo on pages 1704-1705 in volume 2.
Call number: R.R. DS 805 .J263 1993
- Book:
Gambling with Virtue : Japanese Women and the Search for Self
in a Changing Nation by Nancy Ross Rosenberger, published in Honolulu
by the University of Hawai'i Press in 2001 with 277 pages.
Call number: HQ1762 .R68 2001
- Journal
article: In the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Summer
1996 v27 n2 p309(21), an article called, "Rethinking the roles of
Japanese women," by Hsiao-Chuan Hsia and John H. Scanzoni.
- A web page:http://www.stolaf.edu/people/larsonph/Larson_page/Projects/Tamura_Toshiko.htm
Go to this web
page and find the information you need (author, title, date last updated,
date you accessed, etc.)
If you chose MLA
format, your previews should look like these:
- Pharr, Susan J., and Jeannie P.C.
Lo. "A Woman's Place." Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.
Vol. 2. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993. 1704-05.
- Rosenberger, Nancy Ross. Gambling
with Virtue: Japanese Women and the Search for Self in a Changing
Nation. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2001.
- Hsia, Hsiao-Chuan, and John H. Scanzoni.
"Rethinking the Roles of Japanese Women." Journal of Comparative
Family Studies 27.2 (1996): 309-29.
- Larson, Phyllis. Re-Reading Tamura
Toshiko: A Failed "New Woman"? [1995]. web page. Available:
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/larsonph/Larson_page/Projects/Tamura_Toshiko.htm.
September 23 2002.
2. Now, make
up a short paragraph in Word which cites at least two items in separate
sentences.
It should end
up looking something like this: [Please consider FORMAT, not
CONTENT!]
American interest in the roles and status
of Japanese women has ranged in depth from simple curiosity to exhaustive
scholarly study. Even as long ago as the 1893 Chicago World's
Fair, a 176 page pamphlet on Japanese women was prepared for the American
public (Japanese Woman's Commission for the World's Columbian Exposition).
And the American debate on whether Japanese women live to their full
potential has raged ever since. Views vary from the very traditional
(Hsia and Scanzoni) to the continually evolving (Pharr and Lo).
Works Cited [You have to type this
in if you drag references over]
Hsia, Hsiao-Chuan, and John H. Scanzoni.
"Rethinking the Roles of Japanese Women." Journal of Comparative
Family Studies 27.2 (1996): 309-29.
Japanese Woman's Commission for the
World's Columbian Exposition. Japanese Women. Chicago: A.C.
McClurg, 1893.
Pharr, Susan J., and Jeannie P.C. Lo.
"A Woman's Place." Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia.
Vol. 2. Tokyo: Kodansha, 1993. 1704-05.
TOPIC: Horror in Film
1. Entering
references manually. Enter the following based on the instructions
above. Use MLA format.
- Encyclopedia
article or an article in a book: From the encyclopedia,
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, published by St. James
Press (of Detroit) in 2000, an article entitled "Horror Films" by
Steven Schneider on pages 451-453 in volume 2. Call number:
R.R. E 169.1 .S764 2000
- Book:
Immortal Monster: The Mythological Evolution of the Fantastic
Beast in Modern Fiction and Film by Joseph Andriano, published in
Westport, CT by Greenwood Press in 1999 with 179 pages.
Call number: PS374.M544 A53 1999
- Journal
article: In the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media,
1994, v38 n2 pp. 243-246, an article called, Sex and violence
in slasher films: a reinterpretation, by Daniel Linz and Edward
Donnerstein.
A
web page: http://www.classic-horror.com
Go to this web
page and find the information you need (author, title, date last updated,
date you accessed, etc.)
If you chose MLA
format, your previews should look like these:
- Schneider, Stephen. "Horror Films."
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture. Vol. 2.
Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. 451-53.
- Andriano, Joseph. Immortal Monster: The Mythological Evolution of the
Fantastic Beast in Modern Fiction and Film. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1999.
- Linz, Daniel, and Edward Donnerstein.
"Sex and Violence in Slasher Films: A Reinterpretation." Journal
of Broadcasting and Electronic Media 38 (1994): 243-46.
- Yapp, Nate. Classic Horror:
Reviewing the History of Terror. 2003. Available: http://www.classic-horror.com. 2 November
2003.
2. Now,
make up a short paragraph in Word which cites at least two items in
separate sentences.
It should end
up looking something like this: [Please consider FORMAT, not
CONTENT!]
From the absurd to the stunningly real-life, horror films have long
demanded a place in the American psyche. And, as with many popular
genre, a literature has grown to analyze and celebrate the variety.
From web sites providing reviews (Yapp) to scholarly analysis (Linz
and Donnerstein) ….
Works Cited (You have to type this in if you drag references over)
Linz, Daniel, and Edward Donnerstein. "Sex and Violence in Slasher
Films: A Reinterpretation." Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic
Media 38 (1994): 243-46.
Yapp, Nate. Classic Horror: Reviewing the History of Terror.
2003. Available: http://www.classic-horror.com. 2 November 2003.
TOPIC: Organic Chemistry
1. Entering
references manually. Enter the following based on the instructions above. Use Journal
of the American Chemical Society format.
- Encyclopedia
article or an article in a book: From the encyclopedia,
Encyclopedia of Computational Chemistry, published by J. Wiley (of
New York) in 1998 and edited by Paul von Rague Schleyer, an article
entitled ["Horror Films" by Steven Schneider on pages 451-453 in
volume 2]. Call number: SciLib Ref QD39.3.E46
E53 1998
- Book:
Environmental Organic Chemistry by Rene P. Schwarzenbach, Philip
M. Gschwend and D.M. Imboden, published in Hoboken, NJ by Wiley
in 2003 with 1313 pages. Call number: TD196.O73S39
2003
- Journal
article: In the Journal of Chemical Information and Computer
Science, 1998, v38, pp. 1250-1253, an article called,
ACD :abs:pgP dB 3.5 and ChemSketch 3.5, by Gary O. Spessard..
- A web page:
[http://www.]
Go to this web
page and find the information you need (author, title, date last updated,
date you accessed, etc.)
If you chose JACS
format, your previews should look like these:
Schyleyer, P.R. Encyclopedia
of computational chemistry; J. Wiley: New York, 1998.
Schwarzenbach, R.P.; Gschwend, P.M.; Imboden, D.M. Environmental Organic Chemistry; 2nd
ed.; Wiley: Hoboken, N.J., 2003.
Spessard, G.O. J. Chem. Infor.
Comput. Sci. 1998,
38, 1250-1253.
TOPIC: Phytoalexins
[Biology]
1. Entering
references manually. Enter the following based on the instructions above. Use American
Naturalist format.
- Encyclopedia
article or an article in a book: From the encyclopedia,
Encyclopedia of Fruit Trees and Edible Flowering Plants in Egypt
and the Subtropics, published by the American University Press of
Cairo in 2000 and edited by Alfred G. Bircher and Warda H.
Bircher, an article entitled ["Horror Films" by Steven Schneider
on pages 451-453 in volume 2]. Call number: SciLib SB359
.B57 2000
- Book:
Handbook of phytoalexin metabolism and action: Books in soils, plants,
and the environment. by , M. Daniel and R.P. Purkayastha, published in New York by
M. Dekker in 1995 with 615 pages. Call number:
QK898.P66 H35 1995
- Journal
article: In the Journal of Natural Products for 2003,
v66, pp. 1280-1283, an article called, Complex C-glycosyl
flavonoid phytoalexins from Cucumis sativus, by D.J. McNally, K.V.
Wurms, C. Labbe, S. Quideau and R.R. Belanger.
- A web page:
[http://www.]
Go to this web
page and find the information you need (author, title, date last updated,
date you accessed, etc.)
If you chose American
Naturalist format, your previews should look like these:
Bircher, A. G. and W. H. Bircher. 2000. Encyclopedia of
Fruit trees and edible flowering plants in Egypt and the subtropics.
Cairo: New York, American University in Cairo Press.
Daniel, M., and R. P. Purkayastha. 1995, Handbook of phytoalexin
metabolism and action: Books in soils, plants, and the environment.
New York, M. Dekker.
McNally, D. J., K. V. Wurms, C. Labbe, S. Quideau, and R. R. Belanger.
2003. Complex C-glycosyl flavonoid phytoalexins from Cucumis sativus.
Journal of Natural Products 66:1280-1283.
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Handout compiled
by Charles Priore & Kris MacPherson with extra assistance by Perrin
Bishop Wright and Toni Skalski. |