All entries for January 2008
January 24, 2008
Installing Cite While You Write for EndNote Web on a university PC
If you want to use the Cite While You Write feature of EndNote Web to create your bibliography from a University PC (for example, in and IT Suite), you will need to install the toolbar using the following method.
- Click on the Novell Delivered Applications icon on the desktop.
- Click on Applications on the left hand side of the new window.
- Double click on the EndNote 11 (or EndNote X1) folder.
- Double click on the EndNote 11 icon. This will install the full desktop version of the software. It may take several minutes to complete.
- Once complete, close the EndNote software and start up Word.
- The EndNote toolbar should now be displayed (if it is not, click View > Toolbars > Endnote.)
- Click the EN Pref button on the EndNote toolbar.
- Click on the Applications Tab
- Select EndNote Web and click OK. Note: if you are using a university PC you should not enter your EndNote username and password on this screen.
- The EndNote toolbar will change to the EndNote Web toolbar and you can now use it to create your bibliography as normal.
January 22, 2008
PubMed: importing results into EndNote Web
To import references from PubMed into your EndNote Web account, you need to do the following:
Stage One: saving the file in PubMed
- Do your PubMed search as normal.
- Mark the references you want to keep by ticking them.
- Click on the Send to drop down menu in the top right hand corner and select File.
- From the Format box, select MEDLINE
- Click on Create File
- Choose a filename and where you want to save the file as normal and click Save.
Stage Two: importing the file into EndNote Web
- Login to your EndNote Web account as normal.
- Click on the Collect tab.
- Click on Import References.
- Click on Browse and select the file you have just saved in PubMed.
- Click on the Filter drop down menu and select PubMed (NLM).
- Click on the To drop down menu and select the group that you want to send the references to.
- Click the Import button.
January 18, 2008
Using the Quick List to create a selective bibliography
It's possible to create a select stand-alone bibliography using just some references from your EndNote Web account, without having to format them in a Word document. Here's how to do it:
- From an individual Group (or folder), select the references you want to use by ticking them.
- Once you've chosen the references you want from that folder, click on the Copy to Quick List button.
- Repeat steps 1-2 for any other folders you want to use references from.
- When you've selected all the required references, click on the Format tab.
- From the References drop-down menu, select Quick List.
- Under the Bibliographic Style drop-down menu, select the required format for your references (e.g. Harvard, Vancouver).
- Under File Format, select RTF (Rich Text File).
- Click on either the Save, Email or Print button, depending what you want to do with your list.