EndNote Help & Installation

This option allows you to download citations from freely available library catalogs and from freely-available databases (eg., PubMed) directly through EndNote.  For ODU catalog and databases, you must search the Monarch OneSearch or databases from the library's website and then use the direct export or filter import options.

TIP:  Please note that EndNote's Online Search interface has limited functionality.  We recommend that you only use it for finding book citations from the Library of Congress -- especially if you're looking for a specific book or author.  For more involved searches, it is best to search the library database and then export your citations.

Because the Library of Congress catalog indexes millions of books, it is a good source to use for exporting book references into your EndNote Library.

1. From the “Tools” menu at top, select “Online Search” (or, click on Library of Congress under Online Search on the left, or click the Online Search button on the toolbar at the top, which looks like a globe with books).
2. Scroll down to select Library of Congress and click the Choose button.
3. Perform your search using the fields and Boolean operators as needed. Click “Search.”
4. [Notice the number of citations retrieved.  You may need to revise your search, or just select the first 10 to review.]  Click OK in “Confirm Online Search” box.
5. All citations will be added to your EndNote library.
6. To delete references not needed, highlight the references you don’t want, right click, and choose “Move References to Trash.”