Most citations e.g. books and and articles are exported from databases to EndNote, however, it is also possible to add citations manually to EndNote. Web pages cannot be exported from databases and you will need to add manually.

From the EndNote menu bar choose 'Reference, New Reference' or click on the + New Reference icon on the toolbar.

• Choose 'Web Page' from the drop down list of reference types.
• Input the details for the web page e.g. title, author, URL.
• It can be difficult with web pages to find all content for all the fields required by the output style.
• Most output style require the access date for web pages.
• 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.

"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 end of name e.g. University of Queensland,
• 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, Research Notes are for your use. These fields can each store up to sixteen pages of text.
• Use the URL field to link to an electronic version of the document on the web.
• Use the File Attachments 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 Help screens and on the UQ Library EndNote website.