Skills training EndNote: How to create your own Reference Library and how to create References in this library

 

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PROCEDURE:

  1. Start EndNote Program via the Start Button

  2. EndNote prompts you to select an existing reference library (database file), since this (probably) is the first time you use EndNote there is no. To create a new reference library close the dialog box (x or cancel) and choose Menu File > New

  3. Name the file and save it on your I: drive

  4. To manually create a new reference (record), choose Menu References > New. Now you're ready to fill a record referring to an existing or fake document

  5. Select the desired reference type from the popup menu

  6. Type data in the correct fields. Syntax of most fields is self-evident. Author Field syntax however is very sensitive. Last name (also called 'family name' or 'surname') is typed first and ends with a comma. Some examples:

    Mark: "Van den Eeckhout". Finally in the reference list of a manuscript, this name will be alphabetically sorted under letter V. Note capitalization of the different parts of last names.
    Mark: Everything behind the (first) comma is treated as first name(s), spaces and/or dots separate multiple names and/or initials.

    Mark: Institutions should be treated as last names, so put a comma at the very end. Institutions with a comma in the name: insert two consecutive comma's.