Introduction to EndNote Web

Margaret Forrest

Academic Liaison Librarian

• Introduction• Register for access• Install browser toolbar

• Collect references• Organise and share references• Format a bibliography• Cite While You Write in Word

Outline

• EndNote Web is an online reference management software

• Free to staff and students of the University• Can be accessed anywhere online• See the following webpage for a

comparison between EndNote Web and EndNote:

http://endnoteweb.com/encompare.asp

Introduction

• Register to create your own password-protected EndNote Web library

• Go to http://www.myendnoteweb.com

• Click on the Sign Up link and follow instructions to create an EndNote Web account

Register for access

• Go to the Options tab, and then Download Installers to download and install an EndNote Web plug-in

• The plug-in Cite While You Write includes a toolbar for Internet Explorer or Firefox

Install browser toolbar

Link to EndNote Web

There are 6 ways to collect references:

• Online search• Manually add references • Direct export from databases (e.g. Web of

Knowledge, AHCI)• “Capture” references from websites (e.g

YouTube)• Import references (as text files)• Transfer references to/from EndNote

desktop

Collect references

Online Search for references

Select a library catalogue or a database from the pull-down menu (this can be customised to remove unavailable libraries)

Search for book in catalogue via EndNote Web

Retrieve record, mark and add to group

• Go to Collect tab and select New References

• Select Reference Type and complete relevant sections of record

Manually add references

• When searching in databases, look out for link to EndNote Web

Direct export from databases

• Use the Capture tab in the EndNote Web tool bar

Capture references from websites

• New references will go to the [Unfiled] group until they are moved to a selected group

Organise and share references

Create a New Group by using the pull-down menu

• Share a bibliography via the Organize tab

Share references

If someone has shared a bibliography with you, this will be visible in the My References menu

• Select the Format tab

Format a bibliography

Select the references (bibliography), the bibliographic style, and then the output format

• Use the EndNote Web toolbar in Word to add references to documents

Cite While You Write in Word

margaret.forrest@ed.ac.uk

Academic Liaison LibrarianSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology

Any questions on EndNote Web?

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