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Inputting References Manually
Find a journal article which is relevant to your research and use this to practise inputting references manually.
Click on the New Reference button  on the main toolbar. You should now see a New Reference Window, like this:
Note that Journal Article is the default reference type. Click on the arrow at the right of the Reference Type box to see the other reference types (eg. Book, Computer Program, Electronic Source, Artwork, etc.)
With Journal Article as the option in the Reference Type box, input the details for the article. Use the Tab key to go from one field to the next, or click in the next field with the mouse.
When you have finished typing the data for your reference, it should look something like this:
Close the reference by clicking on the X button in the top right-hand corner of the New Reference window. Closing also saves the reference.
Practise inputting a reference for a book. Remember to select the appropriate Reference Type, and then input the data.
A reference for an edited book should look something like this:
Close the reference.
"Garbage In, Garbage Out"
Later you will learn about the EndNote output styles. These convert the data in your library into formatted references. The output styles can only format your data correctly if you have entered the data correctly in your library.
Here are some important points to remember when entering data:
- If there is more than one author, each author must be entered on a separate line.
- Corporate authors must be entered with a comma at the end, e.g. Queensland Health,
- Just add the basic data, in the default EndNote font. The output style will change this to bold or italics (if necessary) and add extra text such as "vol." or "Ed." (if required by the style).
- Fields such as Abstract, Notes and Research Notes are for your use. These fields can each store up to sixteen pages of text.
- Use the URL field to link to the document on the web.
- Use the Link to PDF field to link to a PDF version of the document stored on your own computer.
- If you use abbreviated journal titles in your publications, you can set up a term list to store the abbreviations. There is more information in the manual and on the UQ Library EndNote website.
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Editing References in EndNote
In the library window, double-click on one of the references that you have entered. This will open it for editing.
You can change any of the details. For example, add some text to the Notes field. Close the reference when you have finished editing and this will save the changes.
If you want to delete a reference from your library, click on it once in the library window to select it, and then go to the References option on the menu bar, and select Delete References.
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