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Inserting References and Creating a Bibliography in a Word Document

 Creating a List of References from Your EndNote Library

• From the command bar on the top of the EndNote screen, select File  >> Export 
• A window will open asking you to choose: a name for the reference list, the type of file you want to save (nb: select RTF to create a Word-style document), and an output style.
• Select Save

Cite-While-You-Write (CWYW)

EndNote  comes with  Cite-While-You-Write (CWYW) , a utility that allows you to insert references into a Word document to create in-text citations and a bibliography in a specific output style (such as APA,  JAMA , Chicago). When you install  EndNote  onto your computer,  Cite-While-You-Write  will also be integrated within Microsoft Word. Please note that the Microsoft Word program must be closed in order to successfully install  Cite-While-You-Write!

Inserting citations into a Word Document

An EndNote library must be open before inserting citations. To insert citations, you can either:

• In MS Word, select  Tools  >> EndNote  >> Find Citation(s) . Search for references in any open EndNote library. Select citations >> Insert .
• Go into your EndNote library, select reference(s) from your list  and select the insert citation into Word icon from the toolbar. This will insert the reference(s) into your Word document.

In addition to creating in-text citation, EndNote will insert a bibliography at the end of the document based on the style you have selected. To select or change the output style, use the output style pull-down menu located in Word under the EndNote tools on Word.

Creating Separate Bibliography for Sections Within a Word Document

First, in your Word document,  you want to be sure insert a  break to separate each section. To insert a break inbtween sections,  go to  “Page Layout” on the tool ribbon and  select “Breaks.” Under “Breaks”, choose the specific type of break you want to have between sections (i.e., “Next Page,” “Even Page,” “Odd Page,” etc.)

Second, in EndNote, you need to modify a citation style so that it can create a bibliography at the end of each section. To do this:

•  Go to:  Edit >> Output Styles >>Open Style Manager >>  highlight the style you want (for example, APA 6 th ) and hit the “Edit” button  
• On the left-side of the screen, select “Sections.” Check the button for “Create a bibliography for each section.” Close out of the window, and when prompted,  re-name the style  (for example, “APA 6 th  _sections”)

When you installed EndNote on your computer, it  automatically create an EndNote tool ribbon in Word. Inthe EndnOte tool ribbon, the citation style currently selected will be displayed in the "Style" pull-down menu. To select the style you just modified, choose “Select Another Style” from the pull-down menu and choose the style you just modified (i.e., “APA 6 th  _sections”).  You will now be able to insert in-text citations in each section of your Word document and have  a bibliography at the end of each section.

Inserting Figures with Captions

The first step to inserting figures with captions into a Word document using Cite-While-You is to create an EndNote reference for the figure.

Step 1: Creating an EndNote for a Figure: 

• From the command bar at the top of the EndNote screen, select  References  >> New Reference.
• give the figure a title.
• attach the figure by scrolling down to  the field labeled  Figure  and then right-clicking in order to select  Figure >>Attach Figure ... When promtped, browse for and select the figure you want to attach.
• include a caption for the figure by completing the  Caption  field.

Step 2: Inserting Figures into a Word Document:

• In your Word document, go to the EndNote tools and select  Find Figures . Search for title of the figure.
• Select figure and select  Insert . The figure and associated caption will be inserted in the Word document. The placement of the figure and caption withinthe text is determined by the output style selected.

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EndNote now has a version of Cite-While-You-Write for Mac  Word 2016. To update for Mac Word 2016,  please run the auto updater or go to the desktop menu option EndNote X7 -> Check for Updates to download X7.5 and get started.

For EndNote users who are currently using  Mac  Word 2016 beta plugin, please be advised that beta plugin will cease working on March 1, 2016. Please read the instructions for how to update to the new  Cite-While-You- Write for Mac Word 2016 .

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Cite While You Write: Insert References into Word Documents

The basic steps required to cite a reference and generate a bibliography with Microsoft Word are summarized below. To  Cite While You Write :  

• Start Microsoft Word and open the paper you are writing.
• When you are ready to cite a source, position the cursor in the text where you would like to put the citation.
• Go to the EndNote tab in Word, and then select  Insert Citation:   A "Find & Insert My References" dialog appears.
• In the text box at the top, enter identifying text for EndNote to locate the appropriate reference.  This could be an author’s last name, a year, a keyword, or any other combination of terms found in the reference.
• Click  Find  and EndNote compares the identifying text to your EndNote references and then lists the matching reference(s).
• Identify and  highlight the appropriate reference(s).
• Insert: To insert the citation and format it as defined by the currently selected output style
• Insert & Display as: Author (Year)
• Insert & Exclude Author
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• Insert in Bibliography Only
• NOTE: You can click Insert (not the triangle) to quickly select the default Insert command.
• NOTE: When  Instant Formatting  is turned on, each time you insert a citation it is formatted and a bibliography is updated at the end of your document. When you are done inserting citations, your document is done!  Instant Formatting  is turned on by default.

If your citations are not automatically formatted, and a bibliography is not updated each time you insert a citation:

• Go to the EndNote menu, and then select  Update Citations and Bibliography .
• NOTE:  Even when  Instant Formatting  is turned on, you may want to select  Format Bibliography  in order to change the style or layout of your citations and bibliography.
• NOTE: The dialog lists the styles that are currently selected as your "favorites" in the Style Manager. If you need to select a style that is not in the list, click Browse to locate it.
• Click OK. EndNote scans your paper and, using the selected style, formats any temporary citations, reformats formatted citations, and appends a bibliography to the end of your paper.

ALERT: EndNote Cite While You Write and new Word version

Occasionally EndNote Cite While You Write Plugin updates do not keep up with new versions of Word. EndNote Online can be used to format your papers until a patch is available. You can also use this technique if you are using Office 365.  All that is required is that the document be saved in the .rtf (Rich Text Format).

Find More Citation Styles

If you do not see your particular citation style in the list of styles preloaded into EndNote, search the EndNote website for additional styles.  Instructions for downloading new styles are included in the link:  http://endnote.com/downloads/styles

Always proofread the bibliography!  No citation software is perfect.

Add a Footnote

There's one extra step if you're inserting a reference into a footnote.

Click the References tab in Word ribbon.  Then click the Footnote button/link.

With your cursor still in the footnote, click the EndNote toolbar in Word and then the Insert Citation button as usual.  (Wherever your cursor is in your document -- the body or the footnote -- is where the citation will appear in the document.)

Traveling Library

There may be occasions where you want to copy all of the references used in a Microsoft Word document to an EndNote library. Perhaps you received only the formatted Word document from a colleague, and would like to create EndNote references to use later. Or, you may have a large EndNote library, but want to create a smaller EndNote library with only the subset of references used in your paper. Note: The Traveling Library does not contain Notes, Abstracts, Figures, or Captions. To export references from a Word document to an EndNote library:  

• Open the document in Word.
• From the  Tools  menu, go to the EndNote X7 submenu, and then select  Export Traveling Library.
• Select a library from the drop-down list of available libraries, or click Browse to locate a library.
• You will be prompted to name and save the new library.
• Note: We recommend that you export to a new EndNote library, so you can review the records before adding them to an existing library.

There is an alternate way to copy references from your Word document to an EndNote library. Open both your Word document and the EndNote library. Then, in EndNote, go to the Tools menu, then the Cite While You Write submenu, and select Import Traveling Library.

Note: When you use the Export/Import Traveling Library commands, the exported references are renumbered and do not retain their original reference numbers.

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If there is no bibliography displayed at the end of your paper it usually means that you have not formatted your citations.

Activating Instant Formatting is different in different versions of EndNote, so you may have to use EndNote's help. The most common technique is:

• Click the Format bibliography button.
• In the dialogue box, click the Instant Formatting tab.
• Click the Enable button then click OK.

EndNote will take some time to locate each citation in the database and then correctly format it.

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There are two places to make edits to the bibliography in the Word document. Basic edits are made through the EndNote toolbar in Word:

Control of the look and layout of the bibliography beyond the basic settings in the EndNote toolbar can be made by going to the Home tab in the Word document and selecting EndNote from the list of styles in Word:

Getting Citations out of EndNote and Into an Independent Bibliography

EndNote can be used to create a bibliography independent of a paper, such as an annotated bibliography or a subject bibliography. First, select the desired output style for the independent bibliography (Tools >> Output Styles; select the desired style or click on Open Style Manager...).

*Including notes or abstracts:  If a style does not include notes and abstracts, you may create new styles and edit existing ones .

Copy formatted references: Select the desired reference(s) from the EndNote library. (Hold down the control key to select multiple references.) From the References  tab menu, select Copy Formatted Reference . Open the desired Word document and paste the formatted references using Ctrl-V or right-clicking for paste options.

Exporting references: Note: Only the references that are selected or showing in the active window will be exported. From the File menu, select Export …. Give the file a name and select the desired file type (see below), and click on Save .

• Text: This format will only result in text and punctuation. Formatting such as underlining and italics will be lost. This format can be opened by any text editor.
• RTF: This format (Rich Text Format) will retain font and formatting options. This format can be opened by all word processors.
• HTML:  This format (HyperText Markup Language) is useful for posting reference lists on a Web page.
• XML:  This format exports in a proprietary EndNote XML format.

Printing references:

The Print option from the File menu is a quick-and-dirty way to get the references on paper. As with exporting references, only the references that are showing in the active window will be exported. From the File menu, select the desired output style (as described above), then print.

Chapter Biblographies

To create a bibliography for each section in the document , OR to create a bibliography for each section and also a complete bibliography at the end of the document :

Select the style to be edited, then go to Edit > Output Styles > Edit (selected style):

Go to Sections to create separate bibliographies:

Bibliography Sorted by Category

To add subject categories to your Microsoft Word documents that are associated with specific reference types:

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1. Select the citation you want to annotote.

    Double click the citation to open and edit. 

2. Scroll down the page to find the Research Notes field.

3. Type your notes (annotations) into the Research Notes field.

    Click the bottom "X" to close the citation and return to the main EndNote library window.

4. EndNote will ask you if you want to save your changes.

    Click yes to save your changes. (Clicking NO will erase all of the changes you have made.)

5. Now that you have entered all the research notes you want, you need to select the citations you want to include in the bibliography.

6. Click File, then Export to begin the process.

7. Select your Save Location.

    Name your file.

    Set the file type to Rich Text Format (.rft) to preserve the formatting.

    Select the correct (annotated) output style.

    Click Save to complete the process.

8. There should be a new Word icon in your save location.

    Double click to open the document.

9. The Word document should have all of your citations with the appropriate annotations listed.

    You can change the format of this document since it is now a separate Word document.

    These changes will not affect the citations in your EndNote database.

    If you need to make a change in the EndNote citation you will need to o back to EndNote to make the changes there. 

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How to: Format Bibliographies

One of the best features of EndNote is formatting your bibliography in almost any style, using a variety of fonts, adapting your favorite style to your own specifications, spacing, numbers or add annotations.

Formatting methods

Method 1: Copy Formatted

• EndNote > select your Output Style (this is the style of your bibliography).
• Select references in your library - use command or control A to select all references.
• References> copy formatted references.
• Open a word document, place the cursor where you want the references to appear.
• Edt > paste.

Method 2: Export references

• EndNote > select your Output Style (this is the style of your bibliography)
• Select the references you with to export. File > Export.
• Select file name, file type and destination ("Save in:") for your bibliography.
• Open the text file you have just created in word and edit or print.

Method 3: Drag and drop : (not all word processing programs support this method, MS word does)

• Select citations from your reference library.
• Hold command or control key and drag references from the library to your word document. -- You can tile your windows: put your cursor on the taskbar; right click the mouse, select show windows side-by-side.
• You may need to select Update Citations and Bibliography.

Create a subject bibliography

• Library > Tools  > Subject Bibliography . Keywords . OK .
• Subject Terms search box corresponds to the keywords field in your library.
• Select subject terms to use as subject headings in your bibliography, or click Select All. OK .
• Your bibliography is formatted on the screen.
• Click Layout button to modify the layout and style of your bibliography:
• Click on the tabs, References , Terms , Page Layout and Bibliography Layout .
• Verify or change the settings.
• Once your bibliography is set up, display with Print Preview , print, or save. Close.
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EndNote can be used create a list properly formatted citations without the Cite While You Write feature, this is useful for creating annotated bibliographies.

Check to be sure that the correct  Style  is chosen in the EndNote toolbar (i.e. APA, MLA, AMA, etc.)

Using  Ctrl  ( Cmnd  for Mac users) select all of the references in your library that you want to include

Right-click  ( Ctrl+click  for Mac users) -OR- from the toolbar select  Edit  then

Click  Copy Formattted

** There is also a keyboard shortcut for this ( Ctrl+K  for PC,  Cmnd+K  for Mac)

Open a new  Word  document

Right-click  ( Cmnd+click  for Mac) -OR- from the toolbar, select  Edit

Select  Paste

** There is also a keyboard shortcut for this ( Ctrl+V  for PC,  Cmnd+V  for Mac)

Now you can save/submit the bibliography or enter space between the citations for notes

*** This method only copies and pastes text. Any changes made to these citations in Word will not sync with EndNote (and vice-versa) as they do when using Cite While You Write ***

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Author Names

Author and editor names cause most of the reported problems in EndNote.

If you see strange author entries in your finished bibliography, like the ones illustrated below, check each EndNote reference separately.

To avoid these problems:

• Authors must be entered one name per line
• Author names can be entered either with the family name followed by a comma and the first name (e.g. Smith, Jack F.) or the first name followed by the family name (e.g. Jack F. Smith)
• Many databases will format authors with family name first (e.g. Smith, Jack F.), so for consistency it is recommended to enter all author names in that format
• EndNote will automatically abbreviate first names if the style you have chosen requires it
• If you are entering initials instead of full names, type a full stop or a space between initials (e.g. Smith, J. F.). If you enter a name like AM Smith, it will interpret AM as the first name
• Enter all authors for a particular reference. EndNote will automatically add "et al." or include all the authors, according to the particular style you have chosen

Organisations as authors

• Authors that are organisations need to be entered with a comma after the name, otherwise EndNote will interpret part of the name as a family name.  
• Note that the text will appear in red if a particular author or keyword has not been used before. Once they have been used, EndNote will recognise them

First names displaying in in-text citations

Where there are multiple works in a reference list by the same author, you should make sure that each author name is entered identically in the EndNote library (copy-and-paste the author's name to make sure they are identical). If your author names are not identical, then the in-text citations will be formatted to differentiate between different individuals by displaying first names as well as surnames.

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Published on March 29, 2022 by Jack Caulfield . Revised on June 7, 2022.

Endnotes are notes that appear at the end of your text in a piece of academic writing. They’re indicated in the text with numbers (or occasionally other symbols). Endnotes are used:

• For citations in certain styles
• To add extra information that doesn’t fit smoothly into the main text

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Endnotes vs. footnotes, how to use endnotes, endnotes in chicago style, endnotes in apa style, endnotes in mla style, how to insert endnotes in word, frequently asked questions about footnotes and endnotes.

Endnotes are sometimes confused with footnotes . Footnotes are also used to provide citations and/or supplementary information, but they appear at the bottom of the relevant page instead of all together at the end.

• Clutter your writing less than footnotes, since they’re all grouped together instead of spread throughout the text
• Are less convenient, since the reader has to flip to the back to read the notes
• Are convenient, since the reader finds the additional information on the same page as the relevant part of the text
• Can make your text appear messy, especially if there are a lot of them

You should usually choose either footnotes or endnotes and use them consistently. Your instructor may tell you which style of note to use.

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Endnote numbers appear at the end of the clause or sentence the endnote relates to. The number appears after any punctuation, unless the clause ends with an em dash, in which case it appears before it. There’s no space added after the number.

The general consensus now—though there are dissenting voices 1 —is that this experiment was simply too methodologically flawed to produce valid results. 2

Endnotes are numbered consecutively in the order they appear in your text. Each note has a unique number; don’t repeat the same number even if you cite the same source more than once.

In Chicago notes and bibliography style , you use endnotes (or footnotes) for citations. Either kind of note can also be used to add extra information: further examples, commentary on the sources you cite, or more detailed discussion of ideas you mention in the text.

Place your Chicago endnotes at the end of the relevant clause or sentence. A citation endnote provides full information about a source the first time you cite it, and shortened information for any further citations of that source.

                    1. Hanna Pickard, “What Is Personality Disorder?” Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology 18, no. 3 (September 2011): 182. https://doi.org/10.1353/ppp.2011.0040.

          2. Pickard, “What Is Personality Disorder?” 182.

You should still include a full list of your sources in a bibliography after the endnotes, unless you’re writing a very short paper and have been told you don’t need to.

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Tweeting your research paper boosts engagement but not citations

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Even before complaints about X’s declining quality, posting a paper on the social-media platform did not lead to a boost in citations. Credit: Matt Cardy/Getty

Posting about a research paper on social-media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) doesn’t translate into a bump in citations, according to a study that looked at 550 papers.

The finding comes as scientists are moving away from the platform in the wake of changes after its 2022 purchase by entrepreneur Elon Musk.

An international group of 11 researchers, who by the end of the experiment had between them nearly 230,000 followers on X, examined whether there was evidence that posting about a paper would increase its citation rate.

“There certainly is a correlation, and that’s been found in a lot of papers. But very few people have ever looked to see whether there’s any experimental causation,” says Trevor Branch, a marine ecologist at the University of Washington in Seattle and lead author on the paper, published in PLoS ONE last week 1 .

Every month for ten months, each researcher was allocated a randomly selected primary research article or review from a journal of their choice to post about on their personal account. Four randomly chosen articles from the same edition of the journal served as controls, which the researchers did not post about. They conducted the experiment in the period before Elon Musk took ownership of what was then known as Twitter and complaints of its declining quality increased.

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Three years after the initial posts, the team compared the citation rates for the 110 posted articles with those of the 440 control articles, and found no significant difference. The researchers did acknowledge that their followers might not have been numerous enough to detect a statistically significant effect on citations.

The rate of daily downloads for the posted papers was nearly fourfold higher on the day that they were shared, compared with controls. Shared papers also had significantly higher accumulated Altmetric scores both 30 days and three years after the initial post. Calculated by London-based technology company Digital Science, an Altmetric score, says Branch, is a measure of how many people have looked at a paper and are talking about it, but it’s not a reliable indicator of a paper’s scientific worth. “It’s thoroughly biased by how many people with large followings tweet about it,” he says.

The findings echo those of information scientist Stefanie Haustein at the University of Ottawa, whose 2013 study 2 found a low correlation between posts and citations.

Haustein says the problem with using posts as a metric is that, even a decade ago, there was a lot of noise in the signal.

“We actually showed that a lot of the counts on Twitter you would get were bots, it wasn’t even humans,” says Haustein, who wasn’t involved in the new study.

She says the more recent departure of scientists from the platform has been the final nail in the coffin of the idea that posting could increase citations.

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APRIL 1, 2024 — Cody Cly was raised on a Navajo reservation in the small community of Nageezi, New Mexico until the age of 23. As he grew up with his family, he was immersed in his Navajo culture. He learned the Navajo language and Navajo philosophy from his relatives and the schooling system.

Today, Cly is a doctoral student and a graduate research assistant in the UTSA Department of Physics and Astronomy. He began his studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado, focusing on hologram physics, rocketry and robotics. Then, he moved to UTSA, where he earned his master’s degree in physics while working on the university’s Ph.D. program. He says UTSA has been the perfect place to reconnect with his Navajo roots and fully realize himself as a person and as a physicist.

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How does the Navajo tribe interpret the significance of solar eclipses?

CC : We learn when we are young that eclipses are a time for renewal and reorder of the cosmos. It is time to pray for the sun. Teaching tells us to make an offering of corn pollen or cornmeal for the sun. We see the sun and moon as sacred beings akin to God—but not the gods. They represent male and female spirits, and this coming together signals a change and rebirth. 

What do Navajo communities do to prepare for eclipses?

CC : My culture views solar eclipses and lunar eclipses as a time to stop, pray and fast. During these events, Navajos do not go outside, sleep, drink water, eat, go to the bathroom or engage in intimate relationships. If these rules are broken, it is seen as knocking ourselves out of alignment spiritually, physically and mentally. With respect to fasting, we are told we will have problems such as digestive issues. If we look at an eclipse, we will have issues in the eyes. If you sleep during the eclipse, it is said you will suffer from sleeping ailments. 

Are there any deities or spirits in Navajo mythology associated with the sun, moon or eclipses? What role do they play in a phenomenon like a total solar eclipse?

CC : Yes. In my culture, the sun and the moon are holy beings. The sun represents a male being and the moon a female being. The sun is the being that keeps away monsters from the Earth. During an eclipse, when the sun goes behind the moon, it is believed these monsters return and roam the Earth in a spiritual sense.

How do Native American perspectives on solar eclipses contribute to an understanding of astronomy?

CC : Every indigenous culture around the world has contributed to astronomy in its own way. We all have been here for thousands of years, and we had time to sit and observe. The ancient people of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canyon were probably the first people to record an eclipse before the European world. Indigenous people have always been observing.

Before colonialism, we used a lunar calendar. Certain stars were only visible at certain times of the year, and we used them to tell what time of year it was. The night sky informed us when to plant crops and harvest. There are certain ceremonies that are done at a certain time, and we use the night sky to guide us. 

A lot of people talk about the North Star. Native Americans used it as well.

How do Native American teachings on eclipses inform their views on ecology and the environment?

CC : We are told animals are paying respect to the sacred order in the universe. The birds stop singing, and the insects stop flying around. 

How have modern times impacted Navajo communities, especially in terms of cultural revival or interest in traditional practices around eclipses?

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