We recommend that you have a single EndNote library. You may create a separate EndNote Library for a research project or a systematic review that requires keeping research content separate.
We also recommend regularly Backing your library up (Compressed library).
Note: in some personal computers/laptops the Document folder and Desktop sync with OneDrive by default. OneDrive is cloud based and is not suitable for storing your working EndNote library.
Your EndNote Library has two parts that work together.
Once your Library is created, you should find the following two items in your EndNote folder:
Click the links below to find the layout of each EndNote version.
By default your EndNote Library has 3 columns:
From left to right they are:
You may change the Reference panel to Bottom:
By default your EndNote Library has 3 columns:
From left to right they are:
Suggestion: you can change the Reference panel to Bottom and set it to Preview, this gives you more horizontal area and displays the citation how it will appear in the reference list:
By default your EndNote Library has 3 columns. From left to right: the Library organisation panel, the Library content panel (your references), and the Reference panel (summary, edit and PDF).
Check the preview pane to see what a reference will look like in your reference list, in the selected style. If you don't see a preview, click the arrow next to Copy to toggle it on.
Method one
Method two
EndNote offers more than 6,000 referencing styles. You can easily select the specific style required for your research output.
APA 7th should be included in your EndNote Library. Occasionally, people cannot find APA 7th in their EndNote Choose a Style box. If this happens you can add it manually to your EndNote style folder.
The following instruction shows you how to add APA 7th (or other Reference styles) to EndNote:
If your new style does not appear in the Choose A Style list check whether the style folder is currently linked to your library.
Note: The location of the Styles folder can vary depending on the configuration of your device
AUT Library also provides a modified Harvard style for AUT students and staff:
You can download this Harvard_AUT style by following the same procedure for Add APA to EndNote on this page.
The Journals Terms List controls how your Journal Titles appear in your references. It can automatically switch between abbreviated and full Journal Title names as needed by the reference style selected and can also correct Journal Title capitalisation, provided it can match your title with a title on its list.
If your library already contains medical references you probably already have entries in a journals term list. We strongly recommend these are deleted to avoid duplications that may prevent accurate matching of correct titles or abbreviations.
Note: This list is specific to the library you have added it to. If you have more than one library you need to repeat the process for each one.
EndNote automatically updates the journals term list every time a reference with a new title is added to your library. You may wish to disable automatic updating as this can interfere with accurate matching of correct titles or abbreviations.