Step-by-Step Guide to Endnote 20 for Citation and Referencing

Step 1: How to create Endnote Library?

        

[1.1] Under the menu bar, click on "File"

[1.2] Then click on "New" button to create new library.

[1.3] Then a  dialogue box opens, you can rename your Endnote library with desired "File name" and click on "Save" button to save it.

Step 2: Import References from online Database

[2.1] Select "All References" where the references you have in your Endnote Library will be listed there.

[2.2]  In the left side menu pane, under the "Online Search", click on "PubMed" or other search platforms for searching literatures online.

 

[2.3] Enter your search criteria in the Search panel. Then, Click "Search".

[2.4] Review the retrieved results based on your search criteria. Then select the appropriate research articles, by clicking on "Checkbox" icon "[]".

[2.5] Then, you can add the selected online records/references to your local library by clicking on "Plus" icon.

Step 3: Creating a custom group and adding references to it

[3.1] Select "Groups" button in the top menu bar, then create a custom group by clicking on "Create Group".

[3.2] Under the "My Groups"in the left side menu pane,  you can create a new group, i.e., Cancer_in_Nepal, depending upon your theme of the study.

[3.3] Then you can drag the selected items/references from the unfiled interface as shown below and drop then into the created new group.

Step 4: Find Full Text to download PDFs

[4.1] In order to find full text of the reference articles, at first, select all the references and then click on this search icon.

[4.2] The Paper clip icon, next to reference article shows that full text article has been  found for the given reference. On the left side menu pane "Find Full Text", you can also see the numbers -Found PDF/Not Found - based in their search findings.

Step 5: Insert Reference into a Microsoft Word Document

[5.1] Select "Go to Endnote" in the menu bar and then you will be redirected to "endnote" app.

[5.2] Then select the reference that you want to cite and then click on "Insert" icon. Then you will have your statement in the Microsoft word file cited.

[5.3] Referencing style can be changed at any time. In order to change the style, under the Endnote 20 bibliography section in the menu bar, you can select the appropriate referencing style under the drop down menu.

[5.4] Depending upon the requirement, you may need to change the referencing style. In order to change it, open the Endnote 20 Configure Bibliography dialogue box by clicking on the arrow button at the right bottom of the Endnote 20 Bibliography section. You can make changes in the referencing style of all references.

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