There are several ways to add references to your EndNote Library, the top being the most efficient method:
Continue to the boxes below to learn how to do all three methods of adding references to your EndNote Library.
With EndNote minimized, search the database via the web interface as you normally would. Every database works a little differently, so check the drop-down menu under Adding References tab for a particular database.
The exact method will vary with the database vendor, however here are the general instructions:
You can also manually add a reference to your EndNote library.
Tip: When entering a corporate or institutional author name like "California State University" or "Centers for Disease Control", enter a comma after the name. This will prevent EndNote from inverting or abbreviating the name as it would for an individual author's.
To close a reference click on the X button or select Close Reference under File.
The Preview pane at the bottom of the screen displays a selected reference in the selected format style. Not all fields will be displayed. To see the complete reference double click on it from the main [Library]window.
To Change the bibliographic format style:
Note: Not all PDFs have the embedded metadata for this to work. You can try the following steps below to see if it will work for your PDFs. In the instance this does not work, you will need to either manually create the reference or find the citation in a database to export into EndNote.
Not all databases offer the direct export option. For those that don't you can use EndNote's import filters to transfer the reference data into your EndNote library. Here's how: