The easiest way to add references to your library is via direct export from databases. However, it is sometimes necessary to register references manually, for example if you use a web page or documents that is not found in any reference database. Below you will find step-by-step instructions for manually registering references in EndNote.

Add a reference manually in 1-2-3

Open your EndNote library
Choose References – New reference
Choose reference type

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A reference type is selected from the drop-down menu

Fill in the required information (see below for required fields). Do not enter an ending period or line breaks in the various fields.
Finish with Save
Exit the editing window by clicking the X-symbol in the upper right corner to see the new reference in your EndNote library.

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Short information about the different fields

Reference Type:

There are many different types of references in EndNote. You can change the reference type after saving a reference. Here are some of the most widely used:

Book for a book or a report written by one or several authors.
Book section for a chapter in a book or articles from a conference.
Edited book for edited books (anthologies).
Electronic Book / Article for documents found online or in a full text database.
Journal Article for printed journal articles.
Web Page for other materials found online.

Author:
Must be written in inverted form: Olsen, Per

If a reference has several authors, write each name on a separate line by pressing the Enter key.
Always write names in full. EndNote will automatically change the first name to initials, according to the demands of the chosen reference style.

New names appear in red.

Example:
New names are shown in red colored text

If you have several references by the same author, the name has to be registered exactly the same way in all references.

Organization as author:
Use Author field. EndNote interprets everything that is entered in this field as person names, and records it in inverted form (Last, First) if this is not already done. To prevent this from happening with organization names, type a comma after the name, as follows: "University of Stavanger,"

Title:
Write the title without punctuation, but use colon to separate between main and subtitle.
Example: Marketing research: an applied orientation

Journal:
Write the title of the journal in full. Pay attention to the letter case.

Pages:
Write the page number in full (1442-1449) or shortened (1442-9). Do not write p. or s. EndNote will do this according to the chosen reference style.

Label:
Use this field to refer to your own archival system, folders and so forth.

Keywords:
Keywords, subject words. These will be searchable.

Abstract:
A summary of the article written by yourself or imported along with the rest of the reference.

Notes:
Use this field to add personal notes to the reference.

Research notes:
Can be used for personal notes.

DOI:
Digital Object Identifier. This is a permanent web address.

URL:
Web address of the document.

File attachments:
Attached files like PDFs and Word files, which are part of your library. The files are stored in your library and can be found in the "Summary" box when double clicking a reference. Anything stored as a PDF is searchable.