Library Services
If you are using this guide for self-directed learning, you may find it useful to work through these tasks.
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If doing self-directed learning, you may find it helpful to watch the How to use EndNote in 7 minutes video before you begin.
See Using Term Lists.
Optional: This step is more important in some disciplines than others. If you are working with references from STEM subjects, you are strongly advised to follow this step.
Some citation styles require journal titles in full form, and some in abbreviated form. Download an index of full and abbreviated journal titles into your EndNote library so that EndNote can use the correct format. This is best done when you first create your library.
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You can import more than one list, but too many may make EndNote run more slowly.
See Exporting from online resources.
Link to a database of your choice, e.g. Web of Science or PubMed, from the databases list on the UCL Library Services website.
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See Searching online resources from within EndNote.
In the left side menu pane, you will see the group set Online Search with resources such as Web of Science and PubMed listed under it.
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See Importing PDFs.
EndNote can import full text articles and documents and create references with the bibliographic details completed automatically. You can then view and annotate the full text document within EndNote.
For this activity you will need to have a PDF document saved somewhere on your computer. If you do not, then go to an electronic journal and download an article to your desktop.
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See Managing full text documents.
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See Adding a reference manually.
It is easier and more efficient to add references to your library using online sources, but sometimes you might need to add a reference manually.
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Referencing and understanding plagiarism by Kate Williams and Jude Carroll. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
The screen is split into three main areas:
See Using Groups.
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It can be useful to change the fields that are displayed within the centre pane in EndNote so that you can more easily examine them.
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See Duplicates.
Having duplicate references in your library can cause problems when you come to citing references.
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See Creating and saving an EndNote library.
Every EndNote library is made up of a library file (.enl) and a data folder (.data). Your library will not work unless both are saved together in the same place. It is advisable to create backups of your library in case it becomes corrupted.
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See Cite While You Write (CWYW) Toolbar.
Cite While you Write is the facility (or tool) whereby EndNote desktop or EndNote Online work with Word to create bibliographies or insert references from your library in a Word document and format them in a citation style of your choice, e.g. Harvard, Vancouver.
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It is important to cite correctly. Gelfman writes about carpal tunnel syndrome.
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See EndNote Web.
If you already have an EndNote Web account and do not wish to synchronise it to the library you have been working with in this session then go to web.endnote.com and log in. Otherwise:
In EndNote click on the Library menu and then Sync and follow the instructions to sign up for an account for the online version.
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See Sharing a Library.
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