There are several ways to add a reference to a library: manually, or by exporting, importing, copying from another EndNote library, or connecting from EndNote. For more information about the citing references with EndNote, see the section below on using the Microsoft Word add-ins.EndNote groups citations into 'libraries' with the file extension *.enl and a corresponding *.data folder. With older computers, instant formatting can be a slow process it can be turned off by selecting Cite While You Write Preferences from the EN submenu/ribbon.

Cite While You Write (CWYW) automatically scans the manuscript for temporary citations and formats the in-text citations and reference lists according to the active output style while you are working on the manuscript.

If Cite While You Write is turned on, you may not see this temporary citation. A temporary, unformatted citation will be inserted in the manuscript. (3) Return to Word and Insert Citation(s). (2) in EndNote, select the citation(s) to insert, To review, the general process of inserting citations is:

In the Word document, place the cursor where the reference(s) should be inserted, then select Insert Selected Citation(s) from the menu/ribbon.

(You can also use the Find Citation(s) option in the EN submenu/ribbon).

Within the database, select the reference(s) to be cited and return to Word.

Once EndNote is the active window, open the library of interest (if it is not already open).

When ready to cite a reference in a manuscript, go to the EN toolbar in Word and select Go to EndNote.

Close the EndNote Styles window, then select the desired style from the output styles drop-down menu.Note: Styles may also be downloaded from For information on creating new styles and editing existing ones, see Creating new styles or the use the Help feature within EndNote). (Use the Style Info/Preview feature to find information about the style and to see samples of citations formatted in the highlighted style. If the desired style is not available in the list, click on Open Style Manager… and select the output styles to be included in the Output styles submenu by clicking in the box to left of the style name. Select the desired output style in EN by going to the Output styles option on the Edit menu.Before citing references in a manuscript:

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