This document provides instructions for using bibliographic management software EndNote. It describes how EndNote allows users to organize references into a personal library, insert citations into word documents, and generate bibliographies in different styles. Step-by-step instructions are given for tasks like importing references from databases, attaching PDF files, and formatting citations and bibliographies.

1. Prepared by:
Razni Shauna bte Abdul Razak (P65509)
March 2014

2. 
Bibliographic management software, designed to
allow researchers to record, organize, and use
references found when searching literature for
information

3. Create a database (library) of references for a
specific topic
 Download references from library catalogs or
other electronic databases
 Link references into word processed documents
 Generate bibliographies in specific styles,
especially for publication
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4. 1. Desktop > EN shortcut
2. Microsoft Word

6. 1.
Creating new references manually
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1.
For those publications / web pages / technical reports that
cannot be downloaded directly into EndNote
Importing references directly from databases
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Instructions for importing may differ between databases

7. 1.
References
> New Reference
2.
Choose Reference
Type and add
information into
relevant fields
3.
To save:
File > Close
Reference

8. Preview
formatted
references

9. Delete references
Edit references

10. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Login into Library Portal
Choose databases by clicking the related link
Perform search
Mark the needed citations
Select Export to EndNote

11. 1. Conduct search
2. Click on check box to select for
related articles (can be more than 1)
3. Click on Export Citations

12. 4. Choose
content format
5. Select RIS
format
6. Click Export
7. Click OK
8. References will be
available in the Imported
References

13. 1. Conduct
search
4. Click
Continue
5. Then
choose Open
2. Click on check box to select
for related articles (can be more
than 1)
3. Click Export / Save.
Choose EndNote
6. The selected
records should now
appear in Imported
References

14. 1. Conduct
search
2. Click on check box to select for related articles
(can be more than 1)
4. Select RIS
5. Select Citation + Abstract
6. Click Export Citation(s)
7. References will be available in the
Imported References
3. Click Export

15. 1. Go to scholar.google.com.my
2. Click on Settings
3. At the Bibliography manager:
 Click on Show links to import
citations into
 Select EndNote
 Click Save
4. Conduct Search in Google Scholar
5. Each record displayed will have an Import
into EndNote link
6. Click on Import
into EndNote on the
selected article and
the reference will
be available in the
EndNote Library

16. To attach PDF within references in your
EndNote Library
1. Highlight Reference
2. Click References menu
◦ Select File Attachments
◦ Select Attach File
3. Select a file
4. Click Open
5. PDF attached to
the reference

18. 1.
Adding Group Set
◦ A Group Set contains Groups
1. Groups > Create Group Set
2. Enter New Group Set name

19. 2.
Adding Group
◦ A Group contains references
1. Groups > Create Group
2. Enter New Group name

20. 3.
Adding reference(s) to Group
1. Highlight reference(s)
2. Drag and drop into desired Group

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Key feature of EndNote
Allows you to access EndNote from within Microsoft
Word
To insert citations into your Word documents, anytime
during your writing process
Automatically builds a bibliography from the citations you
insert
Citation
A reference that appears in the text of your document
Example: (Hume 1996)
Bibliograph
y
A list of references (at the end of the paper) that provide complete
publication or access information on all cited works
Example: Hume, R. 1966. Prediction of lean body mass fom height and weight. J Clin Path
19:389

22. 1. EndNote > Highlight reference(s)
2. Word document
> Position the cursor where
the citation is to be inserted
> Select Insert Citation
> Click on Insert Selected
Citation(s)
3. Citation(s) will appear both
in-text and at the end to create
bibliography

23. 1. Word document
2. Click on Tools
> Edit & Manage Citation(s)
> Select Format Bibliography
3. Click on With Output Style
> Select preferred style
4. Preferred style will appear both in-text
and at bibliography

24. EndNote Manual
http://www.lib.uts.edu.au/information/endnote/help.html
The official EndNote web site
http://www.endnote.com
EndNote Technical Support
http://www.endnote.com/support/ensupport.asp
EndNote Users’ Mailing List http://www.endnote.com/support/eninterest.asp