Once you have installed EndNote onto your computer, it’s time to get started! This section will review the following:
In addition to listing step-by-step instructions, this section of the guide also contains tutorial videos.
Generally, people create a new EndNote library for each project. To create a new EndNote library:
Please note that in addition to creating a file for your EndNote library (a file that ends in .enl), a folder with the same name (ending in .data) was also created. These files (.enl and .data) must be stored in the same location on your computer. If the .data file associated with your EndNote library is missing or deleted, your EndNote library will not function.
To upload or email your EndNote library with its associated .data file, you need to create a compressed file. To do this:
Creating References Manually
Creating Journal Article References from PDFs
EndNote allows users to create journal article references from PDFs. In order for EndNote to create a complete journal article reference from a PDF, the PDF must have a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) embedded within it. A DOI will provide information regarding the article (i.e.e, article title, authors, journal name, date, volume and issue). If a DOI is not embedded within the PDF, EndNote will still import the file but you will need to enter the article’s information manually.
To import an individual PDF file or a folder of PDF files:
Gathering References from Databases
The following is are instructions for exporting references from major article databases. Most article databases offer some type of direct export of citations into EndNote. If you do not see an export to EndNote option listed, then look for an option to export citations in .ris format.
EBSCO databases
Google Scholar and Google Books
Google Scholar
Google Books
Ovid Databases
ProQuest Databases
PubMed
Scopus
Tufts Libraries Catalog
*If the Tufts connection file does not work, you may need to update the connection file by downloading the latest file from EndNote and saving it tot he “Connection File” folder within your EndNote program folder.
Web of Science
Creating a group:
Putting references wthin a group:
Removing references from within a group:
Editing a Reference
Attaching PDFs to a reference
To remove references from your EndNote library:
References are emptied from the Trash when you close out of EndNote. Once the Trash has been emptied, deleted references cannot be retrieved.
reference: researchguides.library.tufts.edu