EndNote in Minutes (X5)

Lissa Lord

llord@ku.edu

January 2012

The No-NonsenseVersion 1

http://www.lib.ku.edu/presentations/Lissa/EndNoteClass/EndNoteKwik.ppt

Begin research with

EndNote

• Use EndNote for bibliographies and citations

• EndNote organizes citations from journals,

books, government sources, websites,

databases and whatever you need to cite.

• EndNote software is free for graduate students,

faculty and staff at KU 2

http://www.lib.ku.edu library homepage

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Download EndNote:

technology.ku.edu/software/endnote

Windows or Macintosh

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Open

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1. Download

2. Extract

3. Install

Select EndNoteX5 as Reference Manager OR not if you want use

Word’s Citation Management tools

Select both files and Move to Desktop

Double click and unzip happens

automatically AND double click to Install.

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Trouble with the EndNote installation?

The IT helpdesk helped me out, big time!

IT Customer Service Center

itcsc@ku.edu

864-8080

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1 After EndNote installs, restart your computer

2 Click EndNote Program to launch EndNote

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Using Endnote for the first time

Create

Your

EndNote

Library

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Library Name is EducationalLeadership.enl

Note: Select Citation Style

Note: The style you select can be

changed at any time

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Importing References from Database

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Open EndNote library

From the KU Libraries Homepage

Click Articles and Databases

Select an individual database

Note: if you would like a refresher on literature searches, send me

an email and we’ll make an appointment. Lissa llord@ku.edu

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Dissertations & theses @ University of Kansas

Contains citations and abstracts of

dissertations and theses submitted by the

University of Kansas and published in UMI's

Dissertations Abstracts database, and full text

of KU dissertations published after 1996 and

KU theses published after 2005.

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What to Remember:

1. Open EndNote and Your EndNote Library

2. Search for articles in a database

3. Mark articles of interest to you

4. Export the citations to EndNote Library

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Search & Mark & Export

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OK

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These citations can

be used as your initial bibliography

be inserted into a Word document

be saved as part of your growing research

library

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Wilson OmniFile

A multidisciplinary database with

full-text articles

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Mark

Search Export

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Open with ResearchSoft. . . OK

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WilsonWeb

is the filter

you need to

download

Wilson

citations into

EndNote

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Three references from Wilson

A total of 36 references in all

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All References

• Click on All References in the left hand

column of the EndNote Library screen and

the recently imported references and the

earlier references will be put into one list

on your screen

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Use Google Scholar

with

EndNote

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Try Google Scholar. Use through the library databases to expand your results. So, go ahead and click on G for Google Scholar.

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One citation at a

time into EndNote

Many choices in

the drop down

menu

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Using EndNote

with Word

Cite While You Write

(CWYW)

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1. Open Word

2. Open EndNote

3. See the EndNote toolbar form Word

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Inserting an EndNote reference citation

into a Word document (example APA style)

1. Select a reference from within EndNote and now in Word

put the cursor where you want the in-text reference

2. Select “Insert Citation” from the EndNote toolbar in Word

3. The in-text reference will be automatically placed AND . . .

take a look at the Reference List at the end of your

document

PS

A screen may come up asking you to search for the citation. Simply type in a

word or author connected with the citation you want inserted. I don’t know

why this happens sometimes.

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X5

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Edit from Word to EndNote or from EndNote

to Word.

It is worth the effort of a sharp but short

learning curve.

This system is flexible and adaptable AND

you’re going to love it !

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All done now.

Questions? Please, ask the Librarian

Lissa Lord

llord@ku.edu