Use EndNote with Library Databases  

This guide to using EndNote will help you get started.  If you need more help, contact one of us:

Karen Vaughan kvaughan@odu.edu

Miriam Bridges mbridges@odu.edu

Nancy Schafer nschafer@odu.edu

Use the HELP Options tab to get handouts, videos and other tools to help you with EndNote.

EndNote X6 for Windows and Mac is now available for download !!!  -- 11/10/2012

Watch this video to find out what's new!

EndNote is a powerful tool for acquiring, organizing and managing references. You may acquire references in various ways:

• Enter the reference manually
• Search a library catalog directly through EndNote
• Search a library database and export references directly into EndNote

You may attach articles, images, media and other files to the references and also add your own notes, thus creating an organized library. 

“Cite While You Write” is a feature that allows you to incorporate references from your EndNote library directly into a Word document as in-text citations and as footnotes or references.

EndNote is just one of many commercial citation management programs.  At ODU, it's FREE. 

There are two versions: the desktop version that must be installed on your computer, and a Web version that is available anywhere you are.

EndNote is a very useful tool, especially if you plan to re-use your references for various projects, papers, articles, etc.

If you just need a quick citation to put in your paper, EndNote might be overkill!

Watch this video for a brief demo of how to export citations from a database into EndNote X5.

Use Mozilla Firefox with EndNote for Mac. For PC, use Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer.