Medical College of Georgia

Greenblatt Library User Aids

Edit an EndNote reference

Sorting references in a Reference Window

Managing EndNote References

Creating a Bibliography from EndNote

Simple Searching of EndNote references in an EndNote Library

Advanced searching of EndNote references in EndNote Libraries

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Edit an EndNote Reference:

Open an EndNote Library (*.enl).
Find the reference (Fig.11):

References > Search (Search box opens)
Enter search terms and press Perform Search.

Reference(s) will display in Library window:

Right click on reference and choose “Edit.”

4. Highlight any field of the reference to edit the content of that field [field is boxed](Fig.12).

5. Close Reference window to save the edited record.

Fig. 11 – using Search box to locate a specific reference in placebos Library. Search phrase “hole in the head” is entered. (Perform Search button [unseen] is at the bottom of the “Search placebos.enl” box.)

Fig.12 –record (reference) #7 from placebos Library is open; the author field is highlighted for editing.

A few words about record numbers

EndNote automatically assigns an unique record number sequentially to each reference as it is added to a Library, so if the same reference appears in two different Libraries, the record numbers will most likely be different.
the record numbers are never reused or reassigned within a Library. If a reference is deleted, that number is never used again in that Library.
record numbers cannot be modified or reassigned.
deleting a reference from a Library after it appears in a paper causes EndNote to "lose" the link to the reference; according to EndNote's help:

If you delete a reference from your library after you have cited it in a paper, EndNote will not be able to find it when it tries to format that paper. If you add the reference to the library again, it will be assigned a new, different record number, so EndNote still will not be able to find it when formatting your paper. You will need to reinsert the citation into the paper using the new reference in your library.

Sorting references in a Reference Window

Please email comments, suggestions or questions to: pshipman@mcg.edu

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