Using EndNote 20 or 21: Building a library and citing in Microsoft Word

This video workshop will cover everything you need to know about building, organising and using an EndNote 20 or EndNote 21 library. Whilst there are some differences between the two versions, the fundamentals covered here are the same.

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Each video covers:

Video 1: Getting started

Getting EndNote onto your own Computer
Creating a new EndNote library
Downloading and installing the UoH EndNote styles

Video 2: What a library looks like

Understanding the layout
Changing the layout
Understanding groups
Sorting and finding references

Video 3: Adding records manually

Adding a reference to a website
Adding a reference to a book chapter
Adding a reference to a conference paper

Video 4: Adding books and journal articles automatically

Adding references for books and journals from the Library Search
Adding references for articles from journal databases
Adding references from Google Scholar

Video 5: Adding PDF files to your records

Importing directly from a PDF
Finding the PDF with a Full Text search
Manually attaching from a saved file

Video 6: Organising the records in your library

Creating groups and adding records to them
Creating group sets
Creating smart groups

Video 7: Working in MS Word using Harvard or APA

Inserting citations
Editing & deleting citations
Converting citations for combining documents
Convert citations to plain text

Video 8: Working in MS Word using Footnotes or OSCOLA

Inserting citations
Editing footnotes to add page numbers
Customising MS Word to make adding footnote citations easier
Inserting multiple references
Deleting references
Converting citations for combining documents
Convert citations to plain text
Separating your reference list into primary and secondary sources

Who are these videos for?

The videos are aimed at anyone who wishes to automate their referencing using bibliographic software. It is primarily aimed at masters and postgraduate students but may also be suitable for undergraduates undertaking independent studies or dissertations.

Facilitator

These videos were created by an Academic & Library Specialist from the Brynmor Jones Library Skills Team

Videos

Getting started with EndNote 20

We are aware that the default version now available is EndNote 21 and that some of the instructions in this video require you to now choose EndNote 21 instead of 20. There other instructions should still be relevant.