EndNote is an online search tool You can search online bibliographic resources and retrieve references directly into your EndNote library. You can also export references to EndNote from your favorite online resource

1. EndNote Essentials
Prepared by: Abdelmonim Awad Osman
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3. Important Files to Back Up
The library file (filename.enl) is where all of
your references are stored. Note that exporting
data from your library is not a backup.
An export file is just a text document, whereas
an EndNote library is a database. Make sure
you back up both the file with the extension .
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4. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
You can save an EndNote library (the
filename.enl file, its associated .DATA folder,
and all of its contents) to a single compressed
file called Sample_Library_X6.enlx in order to
back up your library or send a copy to a
colleague. Later, you can restore the
compressed library with EndNote.
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5. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
Creating a Compressed Library File
1. Open the library in EndNote.
2. From the File menu, select Compressed Library
(.enlx) to display a Compressed Library dialog.
3. Use the radio buttons to determine these options:
 Specify whether you want to Create a compressed
library or to Create & Email the library.
 Specify whether you want to save file attachments
with the library or not.
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6. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
Creating a Compressed Library File
 Specify whether you want to save all references to the
compressed library, only the selected (highlighted)
references, or only the references in a specific group
or group set.
 Click Next to display a file dialog.
4. Save the compressed library (default name is
Sample_Library_X6.enlx) to a folder on your
hard drive. You can rename the file name but you
cannot use the following characters.
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7. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
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8. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
Creating a Compressed Library File
5. If you selected the Create & Email option,
EndNote will launch your default email system,
create a new email, and attach the compressed
library file to the email.
Enter additional information to the email, such as
a recipient, subject, and message. Click the Send
button.
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9. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
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10. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
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11. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
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13. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
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14. Saving and Restoring Compressed Libraries
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15. Restoring a Compressed Library File
1. Use EndNote (version X or later) to open the
filename.enlx file, which will extract the .ENL
file and the .DATA folder to the same folder
where the. enlx file is located.
2. Use EndNote to open the filename.enl file as you
normally would to use the library.
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16. Restoring a Compressed Library File
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17. Restoring a Compressed Library File
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18. Restoring a Compressed Library File
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19. Restoring a Compressed Library File
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20. Restoring a Compressed Library File
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21. Restoring a Compressed Library File
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22. Restoring a Compressed Library File
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23. Custom Reference Types
All of the reference types, except for Generic,
can be modified using the Reference Types
preference.
Whenever you make a change to a reference
type, you should also edit your styles to make
sure that they correctly format the new or
modified reference types.
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24. Custom Reference Types
If you plan to share your libraries with other
users, you may want to limit the use of new
and modified reference types.
The Reference Types table applies to all libraries
opened on a computer from your user account.
If your library is opened from a different computer
or a different user account, your references will
follow the layout of the Reference Types
preference for that computer and user, unless you
also transfer a copy of your reference type table
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25. Custom Reference Types
If you modify a reference type for records in your
EndNote library, you should make sure that the
reference type is also created or modified on other
computers that will access the library.
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26. Custom Reference Types
The current reference types table applies to all
libraries opened under the current user
account.
To back up custom reference types:
1. From the Edit menu, select Preferences.
2. Click the Reference Types option in the list of
preferences.
3. Under Reference Type Table, click Export to
display a file dialog.
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27. Custom Reference Types
4. Name the file, select a folder where you will be
able to find it later, and click Save. EndNote will
append an .xml suffix to the file name.
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32. Custom Reference Types
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33. Custom Reference Types
To restore the reference type table:
1. From the Edit menu, select Preferences.
2. Click the Reference Types option in the list of
preferences.
3. Under Reference Type Table, click Import.
4. In the file dialog, locate, highlight, and Open the
.xml file that was previously exported.
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34. Modified Styles, Filters, and Connection Files
Modified styles are important to backup so
that you do not have to recreate the
bibliographic format if something happens to
your customized style.
Similarly, custom filters and connection files
should be backed up so that you do not have to
redo the work to get your references to import
as you want them.
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35. Modified Styles, Filters, and Connection Files
When you display a list of styles, filters, or
connection files, the list is compiled from both
the default installation folders as well as your
personal folders.
The default Styles, Connections, and Filters
folders are installed in the EndNote program
folder:
Program FilesEndNote X6Styles
Program FilesEndNote X6Filters
Program FilesEndNote X6Connections
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36. Modified Styles, Filters, and Connection Files
If you have not modified these files, it is not
important to make backups of them because
you can always reinstall them with the
EndNote Installer.
Once you make a change to one of these files,
or create a new file, it is saved to your personal
Styles, Filters, or Connections folder. These
folders are typically found in
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37. Modified Styles, Filters, and Connection Files
Windows XP:
Documents and Settings[Username]My
DocumentsEndNote
Windows Vista:
Users[Username] DocumentsEndNote
Windows 7:
Users[Username] DocumentsEndNote
You can change the location of your personal
folders with Folder preferences.
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38. Word Processing Documents
The papers you have written that include
EndNote citations should be kept with your
EndNote backup files.
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39. Top 10 Things to Remember about EndNote
1. EndNote does not replace the style manual. It
will make it easier to follow the manual, but you
will still need the manual.
2. Garbage in, garbage out. So check your import
results, especially when working with sources
such as Google Scholar that may have
inconsistent data.
3. Use one EndNote library for all of your writing.
It will make your life easier in the long run.
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40. Top 10 Things to Remember about EndNote
4. Use the Edit Citation command to make changes
to citations in documents. Trying to make
changes on the screen risks corrupting the
EndNote citations.
5. 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, then insert
the EndNote citation into that footnote.
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41. Top 10 Things to Remember about EndNote
6. EndNote provides five ways of importing
references:
Online search
Direct export
Importing text files
Importing PDF files
Through the Capture button in EndNote Web, which
can import one record at a time into either an EndNote
or an EndNote Web library
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42. Top 10 Things to Remember about EndNote
7. Online search uses the Z39.50 ( Z39.50 is a NISO
protocol that describes the search and retrieval of
information from online databases. It is primarily used
for data retrieval from bibliographic databases.)
Internet protocol, a standard protocol that was
developed just for searching and retrieving
bibliographic data. It has limitations.
It does not work through proxy servers
It does not use the same port your browser uses.
It is not the same protocol your browser uses.
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43. Top 10 Things to Remember about EndNote
8. EndNote can be customized.
9. For collaboration, use the EndNote Web feature
set in EndNote to store references online where
your entire project team can access them.
10. Back up your EndNote Libraries.
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45. Resources
 EndNote Help
QUT Library EndNote
http://www.library.qut.edu.au/services/endnote/index
.jsp
EndNote Manual
In Windows: Start > Programs > EndNote > Getting Started
Guide
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46. Resources
EndNote site support
http://endnote.com/support/search-knowledgebase
EndNote Tutorial Library
http://endnote.com/if/endnote-video-training
EndNote Online User Manual
http://endnote.com/if/online-user-manual
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47. Resources
EndNote X6 - Thomson Reuters EndNote
X6 Help User Guide
C:Program FilesEndNote X6EndNoteX6WinHelp.pdf
UWS University of the West of SCOTLAND
http://www.uws.ac.uk/workarea/downloadasset.aspx?id=2147
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