How to Create a Bibliography in EndNote

Create a new library:

Open EndNote and click on create a new library. Name your new library of references.

Go to File, then Save your library to My Documents—in the same file you have saved your project. Your EndNote file will have the extension .enl. If you save it to a storage device or disk, you can later copy and paste those entries into your original EndNote library.

Enter references manually:

Click on References. Note that you can manage your references--edit, search, delete, and create new references from the same list.

To create a new reference, choose the type of reference you want to create by selecting one from the menu.

Either type or cut and paste the resource information into the appropriate slots.

Multiple entries—authors or keywords, etc.—must be entered on separate lines.

Do not put in punctuation, quotation marks, or abbreviations for vol., no., or pp. EndNote will put it all in the citation style you choose.

When you close the reference screen, the reference will automatically be saved.

Choose the citation style you plan to use from the drop-down menu. If you don’t find the one you want, choose Select Another Style. EndNote will remember the ones you have selected.

Downloading records from a database into EndNote:

Go to the database or library catalog you want to search. Some have options for downloading into citation manager software and some do not. World Cat and other OCLC databases usually work well.

Do a search and choose the records you want to download. Click on Export.

Choose the library you want to put the records in. Choose the appropriate import filter:

EndNote will show the new references. To see the entire list, go to References and click on Show all References.

To save your bibliography as a Word document, choose the references you want, go to

Edit > Copy Formatted. Then Paste into Word.