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EndNote 21 for Windows

Creating Groups

  • From the Groups menu, select Create Group
  • Give the group a name, e.g. Project 1
  • Click Enter to save the group
  • Highlight one or more references, right-click and select Add References to and select the name of the group you have just created, or simply select the items and drag them in the folder on the left column

Editing References

  • To edit a reference, double click on it
  • Edit the fields you wish to edit
  • Ctrl + S or File and Save will save the changes

Deleting References

  • To remove references from your EndNote library, drag and drop the selected reference to the Trash. You can delete the references permanently by right-clicking on the Trash group and selecting Empty Trash.

Finding Full Text & Attaching Files

  • ​Using the "Find Full Text" feature
    • ​Highlight one or more references, you can hold Ctrl and left click on the citations to select multiple
    • From the References tab, select Find Full Text,
    • You can also right click on a file to then select Find Full Text. 
    • If EndNote can find the full text files, the PDFs be will automatically attached 
  • Attaching PDF files
    • To attach PDFs manually, add a previously saved file from your desktop via the Attach PDF + feature
    • Sometimes, PDFs can be added by drag and drop