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Setting Up an Account
- Go to http://www.ben.edu/library/
- Click on Databases > Choose Endnote Basic > Click on Sign Up and set up an account. You will need to activate your account via your email.
Exporting Citations
EBSCO
- Choose the record you want to import from EBSCO
- On the right click on the Export icon with the green arrow
- Choose Direct Export to EndNote Web
- A window will pop up for you to sign into EndNote (if you aren’t already signed in)
- The record will be imported automatically into the Unfiled category
Science Direct
- Choose the record you want to import from Science Direct
- On the top click on Export
- Under format select RIS and content select Citation Only
- Click on Export
- Click on Save
- Login to EndNote,
- Click on Collect > Import References
- Browse for the file
- Under Import Option Choose Science Direct
- In the To section choose Unfiled or create a folder.
Google Scholar
- In the record you want to import from Google Scholar click on Cite
- On the top click on Export
- Under format select RIS and content select Citation Only
- Click on Export
- Click on Save
- Login to EndNote,
- Click on Collect > Import References
- Browse for the file
- Under Import Option Choose Science Direct
- In the To section choose Unfiled or create a folder.
PubMed
- Choose the record you want to import from PubMed
- In the upper right choose Send to > Citation manager
- The name of the file created is citations.nbib
- In EndNote choose > Collect > Import References
- Browse for the file Citations.nbib (which may be in your downloads folder)
- For import options click on Select Favorites and add PubMed (NLM) as the format and save the reference to an existing folder or create a new folder.
Creating a Bibliography
- Choose Format > Bibliography
- Choose the folder with the desired references
- For Bibliographic style choose select favorites and choose the appropriate citation style (JAMA, APA or CSE Style Manual 8th Edition N-Y)
- For file format choose RTF (rich text file)
Using Cite While you Write
- Click on Downloads
- Click on Download Windows with Internet Explorer plug-in
- Click on Run to install the program
- Open Word
- Click on the EndNote tab
- Login using your EndNote username and password
- Under Style: Choose the citation style you want to use.
- When writing your paper click on Insert Citations to insert an in-text citation.
- Enter a search term to find your article and click on it in the list.
- The in-text citation will appear and the full citation will appear at the end of the document.