Adding a reference

Create a new reference

To add a new reference, click on the References menu, and select New Reference.

Select the reference type

Select the reference type before adding any details.

Different types of references (books , journal articles, web pages, etc) require different details. See the Library's Citing and referencing tutorial for more detail.

Type in the details

If this is the first time you have used an author or journal name, it will show up in red. If you have already entered the author or journal name, it will show up in black and attempt to provide auto-completion from the existing entry.
If the name is only similar, not identical, just keep typing to over-write the auto-completion.

Put each author (or editor) on a new line. The best way to enter (Western) authors (and editors) is surname (family name) first, then a comma "," then first names or initials (enter whatever details you have available, EndNote will change full names to initials where appropriate for the bibliographic style).

Corporate authors

When entering a corporate author in EndNote, you must follow it with a comma. Otherwise, EndNote attempts to treat it as an individual author name.