This is a tutorial we use for (1) introducing EndNote software, (2) downloading citations from library databases into EndNote and (3) using EndNote with Word for Cite While You Write. Quick = 37 slides.

1. EndNote in Minutes (X5)
Lissa Lord
llord@ku.edu
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http://www.lib.ku.edu/presentations/Lissa/EndNoteClass/EndNoteKwik.ppt The No-NonsenseVersion

2. Begin research with
EndNote
• Use EndNote for bibliographies and citations
• EndNote organizes citations from journals,
books, government sources, websites,
databases and whatever you need to cite.
• EndNote software is free for graduate students,
faculty and staff at KU
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3. http://www.lib.ku.edu library homepage
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4. Download EndNote:
technology.ku.edu/software/endnote
Windows or Macintosh
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5. Open
1. Download
2. Extract
3. Install 5

6. Select both files and Move to Desktop
Double click and unzip happens
automatically AND double click to Install.
Select EndNoteX5 as Reference Manager OR not if you want use
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Word’s Citation Management tools

7. Trouble with the EndNote installation?
The IT helpdesk helped me out, big time!
IT Customer Service Center
itcsc@ku.edu
864-8080
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8. Using Endnote
for the first time
1 After EndNote installs, restart your computer
2 Click EndNote Program to launch EndNote
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9. Create
Your
EndNote
Library
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Note: Select Citation Style
Note: The style you select can be
changed at any time
Library Name is EducationalLeadership.enl 10

11. Importing References
from Database
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12. Open EndNote library
From the KU Libraries Homepage
Click Articles and Databases
Select an individual database
Note: if you would like a refresher on literature searches, send me
an email and we’ll make an appointment. Lissa llord@ku.edu
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13. Dissertations & theses @ University of Kansas
Contains citations and abstracts of
dissertations and theses submitted by the
University of Kansas and published in UMI's
Dissertations Abstracts database, and full text
of KU dissertations published after 1996 and
KU theses published after 2005.
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14. What to Remember:
1. Open EndNote and Your EndNote Library
2. Search for articles in a database
3. Mark articles of interest to you
4. Export the citations to EndNote Library
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15. Search & Mark & Export
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16. OK
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18. These citations can
be used as your initial bibliography
be inserted into a Word document
be saved as part of your growing research
library
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19. Wilson OmniFile
A multidisciplinary database with
full-text articles
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20. Search Export
Mark
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21. Open with ResearchSoft. . . OK
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22. WilsonWeb
is the filter
you need to
download
Wilson
citations into
EndNote
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23. Three references from Wilson
A total of 36 references in all
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24. All References
• Click on All References in the left hand
column of the EndNote Library screen and
the recently imported references and the
earlier references will be put into one list
on your screen
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25. Use Google Scholar
with
EndNote
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26. Try Google Scholar. Use through the library databases to expand your results.
So, go ahead and click on G for Google Scholar.
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28. One citation at a
time into EndNote
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29. Many choices in
the drop down
menu
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30. Using EndNote
with Word
Cite While You Write
(CWYW)
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31. 1. Open Word
2. Open EndNote
3. See the EndNote toolbar form Word
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32. Inserting an EndNote reference citation
into a Word document (example APA style)
1. Select a reference from within EndNote and now in Word
put the cursor where you want the in-text reference
2. Select “Insert Citation” from the EndNote toolbar in Word
3. The in-text reference will be automatically placed AND . . .
take a look at the Reference List at the end of your
document
PS
A screen may come up asking you to search for the citation. Simply type in a
word or author connected with the citation you want inserted. I don’t know
why this happens sometimes.
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33. X5
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36. Edit from Word to EndNote or from EndNote
to Word.
It is worth the effort of a sharp but short
learning curve.
This system is flexible and adaptable AND
you’re going to love it !
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37. All done now.
Questions? Please, ask the Librarian
Lissa Lord
llord@ku.edu
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