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Introduction to EndNote Web. Margaret Forrest Academic Liaison Librarian. Outline. Introduction Register for access Install browser toolbar Collect references Organise and share references Format a bibliography Cite While You Write in Word. Introduction.
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Introduction to EndNote Web Margaret Forrest Academic Liaison Librarian
Outline • Introduction • Register for access • Install browser toolbar • Collect references • Organise and share references • Format a bibliography • Cite While You Write in Word
Introduction • EndNote Web is an online reference management software • Free to staff and students of the University • Can be accessed anywhere online • See the following webpage for a comparison between EndNote Web and EndNote: http://endnoteweb.com/encompare.asp
Register for access • Register to create your own password-protected EndNote Web library • Go to http://www.myendnoteweb.com • Click on the Sign Up link and follow instructions to create an EndNote Web account
Install browser toolbar • Go to the Options tab, and then Download Installers to download and install an EndNote Web plug-in • The plug-in Cite While You Write includes a toolbar for Internet Explorer or Firefox
Collect references There are 6 ways to collect references: • Online search • Manually add references • Direct export from databases (e.g. Web of Knowledge, AHCI) • “Capture” references from websites (e.g YouTube) • Import references (as text files) • Transfer references to/from EndNote desktop
Online Search for references Select a library catalogue or a database from the pull-down menu (this can be customised to remove unavailable libraries)
Manually add references • Go to Collect tab and select New References • Select Reference Type and complete relevant sections of record
Direct export from databases • When searching in databases, look out for link to EndNote Web
Capture references from websites • Use the Capture tab in the EndNote Web tool bar
Organise and share references • New references will go to the [Unfiled] group until they are moved to a selected group
Share references • Share a bibliography via the Organize tab
If someone has shared a bibliography with you, this will be visible in the My References menu
Format a bibliography • Select the Format tab
Select the references (bibliography), the bibliographic style, and then the output format
Cite While You Write in Word • Use the EndNote Web toolbar in Word to add references to documents
Any questions on EndNote Web? Please contact me… margaret.forrest@ed.ac.uk Academic Liaison Librarian School of History, Classics and Archaeology