Save time formatting references with Endnote
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When writing essays, you may have hundreds of references, which are hard to organize, mistake-prone, and a pain to manually format. A software to minimize your trouble is Endnote, which helps you organize your bibliography and make in-text citations.
Organizing bibliography
The easiest way to create a reference entry is to download Endnote reference files (.ris) from journal websites.
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After importing into Endnote, it will show up as a new reference entry in your Endnote library.
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Each entry contains all the necessary information to generate a reference, which can be easily exported into a list at the end of your essay. Endnote accurately generates the right format for you depending on your preferred citing style. You can even change to a different citation style with just a click.
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Of course, you can manually create references, and Endnote will list all sections that you need to fill in (so that you don’t miss anything!).
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In-text citations
After creating the bibliography at the end, you can also easily generate properly formatted in-text citations to make sure there are no mistakes.
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The in-text citation can be exported and inserted into another simultaneously opened Microsoft Word document.
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Search for journals
Within Endnote, you can search for journal articles that HKU has subscribed to. Click on the globe icon on top to begin your search.
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Download here!
Available for HKU students at https://lib.hku.hk/endnote.html
Further reading
For a more detailed guide on Endnote, please visit:
http://clarivate.libguides.com/endnote_training/users/enx9