EndNote at Boulder Labs

EndNote Overview

EndNote is a bibliographic database manager.

• Build a library of references• Cite references in Word, OpenOffice Writer, or

Pages and generate bibliographies easily*

* 5000+ output styles are available at endnote.com

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EndNote Basics

• Each library is comprised of a file (.enl) and a folder (.data)

• Adding references to your library:– Direct Export

• Adding more output styles to EndNote

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EndNote Features You Should Know About

• Import PDFs• Find Full Text• Use Groups to organize your references• Use EndNote Web for collaboration• Journals term list: full journal names or journal

abbreviations

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Import PDFs

• Import a PDF or a folder of PDFs• Commonly retrieved fields:

– Title or Article Title– Journal or Series Title– Author– Volume– Issue– Page– Year

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Find Full Text

• Retrieves publicly available full text articles• Recognizes your subscriptions to paid full text

articles

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Use Groups to organize your references

• Custom Groups• Smart Groups• Composite Groups• Group Sets

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EndNote Web

• Access your EndNote Web account from anywhere in the world at www.myendnoteweb.com

• Transfer references between EndNote and EndNote Web

• Share references with other EndNote Web users• Cite references from a shared group• Manage your publication lists at ResearcherID

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Full journal names or journal abbreviations

www.endnote.com/faqs (read Styles FAQ #5)

• Journals term list• Output style

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What’s new in EndNote X4?

• Import PDFs• Create Groups from Groups• Attached PDFs are indexed and searchable• Quick Edit panel• Ability to copy/paste text in Find Duplicates• New auto groups for open, formatted documents• In-text citation hyperlinking to bibliography

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How Many?• Create an unlimited number of libraries• No limit to the number of libraries that can be open at

one time• Unlimited number of references• Each record can contain up to 52 fields (e.g., Author,

Title, etc.), 8 of which are custom fields.• 45 predefined reference types and 3 additional,

unused references types• Maximum of 500 Custom Groups and Smart Groups

(combined) in a single library

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Requirements for EndNote• Windows

– Windows XP with Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, or Windows 7

– 256 MB of RAM– 180 MB of free disk space

• Macintosh– OS 10.5 or later– 256 MB of RAM– 180 MB of free disk space

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Word Processor Compatibility• Windows

– Microsoft Word 2003, 2007, or 2010 (32-bit)– OpenOffice.org Writer 3– Any word processor capable of producing rich text format (RTF)

documents

• Macintosh– Microsoft Word 2004, 2008 (SP1)– Apple iWork ‘09 Pages– Any word processor capable of producing rich text format (RTF)

documents

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EndNote learning and support resources

• EndNote Getting Started Guide• Video tutorials at endnote.com/training• EndNote Discussion Forum (in EndNote go to

Help>EndNote User Forums)• Technical Support is free. Mon-Fri, 6 am to 5 pm

Pacific time. Phone: 800-336-4474 or email: Contact Us area of our website

• FAQs: endnote.com/faqs

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EndNote at Boulder Labs