This guide offers instructions Endnote's basic functions. Endnote has tutorials on their website and Youtube channel.
EndNote for iPad
An EndNote iPad App is available for download from the Apple Store.
To learn more, check out FAQs for the EndNote iPad app.
Note: You cannot use the Endnote iPad app without an Endnote Online account. The Endnote app will only access references that you have synced with your Online account.
EndNote Online is offered for FREE by CMH and is an online service that allows you to store, share and organize your citations so that you can access them from any computer. By installing the Microsoft Word plugin, you can cite references from your library and automatically create your bibliography as you write
EndNote library: a personalized database of literature references. Each reference in an EndNote library is stored as an individual record with different data fields for the the author, title, etc.
Reference types: templates for the resources in an EndNote library (e.g. journals, books, newspaper articles, conference proceedings).
Connection files: files that allow you to search selected information resources without leaving the EndNote program. Some of these resources, such as PubMed and library catalogs, are freely available. Other connections require a login or personal account
Import filters: files that provide a match between references downloaded from databases or systems and the data fields in EndNote records. Import filters are designed to work with specific information providers (such as Ebsco) and specific databases (such as CINAHL)
Output styles: files used to control the appearance of in-test citations and references in a bibliography. The style names are based on journal publications, such as Nature, or formats defined by a publisher, such as the American Psychological Association (APA)
Term lists: lists of words or phrases that act as indexes for your EndNote library. Term lists are used for searching, data entry and creating bibliographies. Three terms lists are automatically created and updated: Authors, Journals, and Keywords
EndNote's Cite While You Write (CWYW) plugin for MS Word is part of the desktop program installation. Click here to download plug in. The plugin connects your EndNote references library with Microsoft Word (Windows and Mac).
Open EndNote tab while typing in Word. Click Go to EndNote button on the EndNote toolbar to inset a citation. Select the reference you want to cite, click the Insert Citation button on the EndNote toolbar. This will insert an in-text citation at the insertion point and a reference listing at the end of the document, both formatted to the selected style.
Edit citations by right-clicking it and selecting Edit Citation from the pop-up menu.