EndNote is a software program that helps users manage citations and bibliographies. It allows users to import references from databases and organize them in an EndNote library. References can then be inserted into Word documents as in-text citations or a bibliography using EndNote's Cite While You Write features. Help is available from the university's IT department or the systems librarian for installing, downloading, or using EndNote.

1. The Tao of EndNote is Scholarly Joy. Research Simplified Using EndNote Denise O’Shea, Systems Librarian, Fairleigh Dickinson University

3. Installing Endnote on your computer

5. Using Endnote for the first time

7. Create a new EndNote Library Name it as you like Libraries have .enl

8. The name for the new EndNote library (Creativity.enl) contains no citations. We will add them from the database searching. Select citation style by clicking “ Select Another Style” and click your choice of styles. The example we’ll use is APA creativity.enl

9. To select preferences for EndNote functions and display, click Edit and select Preferences while in EndNote Arial Unicode MS is recommended by the online tutorial. Find EndNote Tutorials at: http://endnote.com/training/

10. Importing References from Database Search Results

14. Proquest research library Topics covered include arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international studies, law, military, multicultural studies, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.

15. 1) Search 3) Export 2) Mark

18. But, where are the references from my last search go? Downloaded references from Proquest database Click “ Show All References ” under References on the EndNote toolbar. Notice “Sort References.” Try sorting by Reference Type and you will have one list of all citations arranged by Book s, Journal s, URL , Reference type .

19. Research Notes in the EndNote record can hold up to 10 pages of full text or of your own notes.

21. Entering References Manually Start EndNote and open your library Click: References  New Reference Click: Reference Type menu and select the type of information you are entering. New Reference Window: Enter info where you want it. You don’t have to use every category. More than one author? give each a separate line in the Author Field . Remember that the Research Notes Field can store up to 10 pages of your notes, or full text articles, quotations, etc. Add an Image in the Image Field .. one image per reference, however.

25. I’m suspicious of something that used to be so hard . . . And now is so easy! The next topic is how to use Endnote and Word together, insert citations into your document and make bibliographies.

27. EndNote and Word Use the Cite While You Write commands in Word and EndNote to insert references from your EndNote Library into a Word document Use the Style Manager and the Format Bibliography command to select appropriate reference styles Edit citations in Word documents, to include notes or page numbers, or exclude author names or publication year Create independent bibliographies and annotated bibliographies for your assignments.

30. Select (Ctrl Click) the citations you want and Print. Output style (APA)

31. Select in EndNote and Print: This is the printed bibliography of my selected references on social computing.

33. From EndNote: 1. Select citation style 2. Select citations to copy to Word bibliography 3. Select “File” 4. Select “Export” 5. Select folder and name for the bibliography with .rtf extension .

35. .rtf extension on filename A bit of editing is needed.

37. In EndNote Select references Select Annotated Style Select Edit Select Copy Formatted

39. Word 2007 EndNote X1 Menu

41. EndNote is software that will help you manage references collected during research. Citation formats (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) are included within the EndNote program. A literature search(Williams & Williams, 2006) is an information gathering process to find information for your research paper (an in-depth process for the dissertation literature search). EndNote and the literature search go hand in hand. In text citation –needs a bit of editing Williams, V., & Williams, B. (2006). Way of the Wiki: The Zen of Social Computing. Reference List -- bibliography 5. You will be returned to the Word document - the selected citation will be inserted, and a bibliography entry created.

42. Editing the format of Bibliography Click on Format Bibliography on the EndNote toolbar in Word

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