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EndNote

Introduction

In order to use EndNote for citing and referencing you should:

  1. Install EndDnote onto your personal device
  2. Create one EndNote Library *
  3. Download the Harvard HWU Cite Them Right style (if applicable)
  4. Add records into your Library (import/export/type in)
    • this could include bibliographic details (e.g. author, title, year etc.), full-text PDFs and other documents
  5. Use the EndNote Toolbar in Word to insert in-text citations and automatically create and format your Reference List according to your selected style (Cite While Your Write)

You can also use EndNote to help manage your references, including:

  • Organising references into folders, sharing reference lists with colleagues/friends, deduplicting references, adding notes/tags and searching your Library

Full details of how to do all of these things are given in this guide.

* Please note: You should only have one EndNote Library. Multiple libraries inevitably means confusion with where references are saved, duplication and mistakes. You can have one library and multiple groups/folders in that Library. If you are using more than one device, then it is possible to sync with EndNote Online to ensure that you have the same EndNote library on each device. Details of how to use them together are given in Appendix B: Syncing Endnote Online and EndNote Desktop.