EndNote 

Creating a new reference

• Click on References>New Reference or the New Reference icon
• Select a Reference type from the Reference Type drop down menu. The default Reference type is Journal Article.
• Enter bibliographic data.
• Use the Tab or Shift Tab key’s to move up and down through fields in a reference.
• Click on Close to save and close the reference (Shortcut: Ctrl W).

Authors

• One author name per line.
• Organizations must be entered with a comma at the end. If an organization name has one or more internal commas, replace the first of those commas with two commas, and don’t put a comma at the end (see example below).
• If you don't know all author names, the last author should be et al., OR and others, (include the comma following et al or and others).
• Enter special characters such as diacritical characters, Greek symbols, e.g. ä æ è ) by copying and pasting from Word OR using ANSI codes.
  • Smith, Bill
  • Smith, B. K. (space between initials)
  • Smith, Bill, Dr  (the second comma denotes a title)
  • Bill Smith
  • Smith, Bill, Jr.
  • La Trobe University,, Library

Titles

• Don’t use any formatting, with the exception of italics for a species name etc. Do not use full stops at the end of article or book titles.
• Although the EndNote Output styles can change the capitalization of titles, it is best to capitalize the title in the same way that you would like it capitalized in your bibliographies.

Pages

• Page numbers can be entered as complete (1332-1339) or abbreviated (1332-9).
• EndNote can change the page number to full or abbreviated page numbers, or just the first page, depending on the output style selected.
• Don't use commas within numbers e.g. 1,329

Keywords

• Keywords can be separated by semi-colons ; or backslashes \ or returns.

Link to PDF files

• Links can be created to pdf and other files from EndNote references. EndNote can link to files in their original locations on your computer, or to copies saved with your library for easy portability.
  • Select or open a reference.
  • Choose References > File Attachments > Attach File
  • Locate and select the file you want to link to.

URLs

• Enter the URL in the URL field, for example, http://www.endnote.com
• Enter multiple URLs, one per line.

• Copy and paste references = Ctrl C and Ctrl V. The new reference will be highlighted. Always edit the new reference.
• File/ Revert reference discards all changes made to a currently open reference since it was last opened or saved.
• Delete references = References/ Move References to Trash (Shortcut: Ctrl D).