EndNote: adding and marking up PDFs

Add PDFs atuomatically

• Open Athena and then EndNote.
• Select the references to which you want to add a PDF.
• Click "References" > "Find full text" > "Find full text". OR right-click and select "Find full text".
• EndNote will now look for PDFs Ghent University has electronic access to and add …

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EndNote: adding information to a set of references

It is possible to add the same (filled out) field to multiple references at the same time. This is a handy feature when you want to add the name of database your references come from or if you want to add tags like "read," "to read," etc.

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EndNote: cite while you write

Advantages of citing while you write

• You don't forget to cite sources.
• You put the footnotes in the right places.
• You save time looking for the right source after writing your article.
• You can automatically update references.
• You can adjust reference styles easily.

• Open Athena. …

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EndNote: creating a library

Steps

1. Open EndNote via Athena 

If you've never used Athena on this device before, install the Citrix client: https://helpdesk.ugent.be/athena/en/ica.php 

2. Click in EndNote on File > New

3. Save the library on your H:Drive, preferably in a separate folder

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EndNote: how can I update or edit references?

To mannually edit a reference, simply select the reference and edit in the right-hand column.

If you want to manually edit a reference, you:

• Open EndNote via Athena.
• Select the reference you want to edit.
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EndNote: how do you share your library?

You can share (parts of) your EndNote desktop library with up to 99 colleagues or peers.

• First, you need to back up your library.

• Make an online EndNote account by registering here
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EndNote: how to add and delete references

Once you have uploaded all your references into your EndNote library, you can delete duplicate references and add references manually. You can also edit them manually or automatically.

Read this tip to learn about importing references from databases.

Add a reference manually:

• Open Athena and EndNote.
• Click …

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EndNote: how to create a group?

You can create groups in EndNote to structure your citations. There are three different groups:

• a Group: you can add citations manually
• a Smart Group: citations are added automatically
• a Group Set: a cluster of (Smart) Groups

If you want to create a group to which you can …

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EndNote: how to make a back up

You can back up your EndNote library by making a Compressed Library.

When you incorporate your EndNote library (.enl file) and your associated data folder (.data file), you create a Compressed Library. It is a smaller file than the .enl file and .data file combined and can be easily stored …

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EndNote: importing references

You can import references into EndNote from many different databases. In the clips below, we explain how to import references from the four most commonly used ones: the library's catalogue, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar.

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EndNote: importing references from Web of Science

You can import up to 1.000 references at the same time from Web of Science into your EndNote library.

To do this, enter your search query > click "Export" > click "EndNote desktop"

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EndNote: personalising your reference fields

You can personalise the fields in EndNote in two different ways.

You can choose which reference type is your preferred default, e.g: Journal Article. You can also choose which fields a certain reference type needs.

• Open EndNote via Athena
• Click Edit > Preferences, click on the tab "Reference …

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EndNote: what is a Traveling Library?

"Traveling Library" refers to the citations that are embedded in a Word document. You can:

• Send the Traveling Library to your publisher, alongside your manuscript
• Export the Traveling Library from a Word document of a colleague

• Go to Word via Athena
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EndNote: what is your library's capacity?

Ghent University has a license for EndNote desktop and has access to Web of Science.

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Plagiarism detection: use of the tool StrikePlagiarism

Where can you find the tool?

Checking articles or other textual work for plagiarism? Recently, it can be done with a new tool, StrikePlagiarism. The new tool is built into the Ufora learning environment.

Teachers are already familiar with it in the context of checking papers or assignments …

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Reference software: overview of tips

EndNote Starting with EndNote

• EndNote: what is it?
• EndNote: creating a library
• EndNote: what is your library's capacity?

• EndNote: importing a Mendeley library
• EndNote: importing references
• EndNote: importing references from Web of Science

• Endnote: find and remove duplicates
• EndNote: how …

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