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Create a Bibliography in EndNote Web

  1. Click on Bibliography at the left of the screen.
  2. Select desired folder or All references in my library from the drop-down menu.
  3. Select desired output style from the Select a bibliography output style: drop-down menu.
    OPTIONAL: If your desired output style is not a choice, click on Output Styles and add the style to your favorites.
  4. Select desired file format from the Select a file format: drop-down menu.
    RTF (rich text format) is the appropriate file format for Word documents.
  5. Click Create.
  6. Click on the appropriate button at the top of the screen to print, save or email your formatted bibliography.

EndNote Web Cite While You Write

Use the EndNote Web Cite While You Write Plug-in to insert references, and format citations and bibliographies automatically while you write your papers in Word.
Install EndNote Web Plug-in for Word and Internet Explorer for Windows

Inserting cited references in your Word document

  1. With your Word document open, place the cursor in the location where the citation should appear.
  2. Select EndNote Web and Find Citation(s) from the Tools menu.
    This tool searches your entire library (i.e., all reference fields for all references in all folders)
  3. Enter a search term in the Find Citations box to find the reference or references to insert.
  4. Click on Search.
  5. Select the desired reference. To insert multiple references in one citation, click each reference while holding the Ctrl key.
  6. Click Insert.

The citation appears at the cursor location, formatted according to the bibliographic style specified. The reference information is also automatically added to the bibliography at the end of your manuscript.

EndNote Cite While You Write

Use the EndNote Cite While You Write Plug-in to insert references, and format citations and bibliographies automatically while you write your papers in Word. The EndNote plug-in should be added when you install EndNote on your computer.
Note: If you do not see the EndNote toolbar or EndNote commands under the Tools menu in Word see the following directions.

For information on Writing Collaboratively with EndNote see Collaborative Writing Projects

Inserting cited references in your Word document

  1. With your Word document open, place the cursor in the location where the citation should appear.
  2. Select EndNote and Find Citation(s) from the Tools menu.
    This tool searches your entire library (i.e., all reference fields for all references in all folders)
  3. Enter a search term in the Find: box to find the reference or references to insert.
  4. Click on Search.
  5. Select the desired reference. To insert multiple references in one citation, click each reference while holding the Ctrl key.
  6. Click Insert.

When Instant Formatting is turned on the citation appears at the cursor location, formatted according to the bibliographic style specified. The reference information is also automatically added to the bibliography at the end of your manuscript.

This can cause some problems with longer Word documents. To disable this feature and format your bibliography when you are done writing your paper go to Tools, EndNote and Cite While you Write Preferences and click off on the box in front of “Enable instant formatting on new word documents. You can always turn it back on if you decide you want to do so. Then when you have completed inserting all of your cited sources go to Tools— EndNote—Format Bibliography to have it format your entire word document at once.

Editing Inserted Citations

To add specific page numbers to your in-text citation:

  1. Highlight the desired in-text ciation
  2. Select EndNote, Edit Citations from the Tools menu.
  3. Enter page number in either the Pages: or Suffix box.
    I have never had success with the Pages box, so I recommend using the Suffix box for this information.
  4. Click on OK.
  5. Your in-text citation now includes the page number and is unformatted.
  6. Go to EndNote, Format Bibliography from the Tools menu to reformat this citation in your word document.