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Add-ins: These are small programs provided by EndNote that allow it to work in conjunction with Word or WordPerfect. It integrates EndNote commands into the Tools menu of your word processing software. Bibliographic databases: These are the databases you can search to find citations of articles, books, etc. Examples include Biological Abstracts, Web of Science, ERIC, PubMed and over 200 other databases provided by the University Libraries. It is important that you save your search results in the format specified by EndNote. Connection files: At the present time, UT Libraries does not support connection files to connect to and search remote bibliographic databases for creating EndNote Libraries. You will not be able to connect to most databases through EndNote because of authentication/authorization requirements of the license agreements the library has with the database vendors. In addition, we recommend against the use of connection files because you lose much of the searching power of the individual databases. EndNote library: The database of references you create in EndNote is called an EndNote Library. It is possible to create multiple EndNote Libraries within EndNote. When you save an EndNote library, the file extension is ***.enl There are three ways to add references to your EndNote Library: 1) Import them from bibliographic databases, 2) type them in yourself, or 3) connect directly to remote databases and choose citations to bring into EndNote (not recommended). Import: The action needed to bring citations found in database searches into an EndNote library. |
Import filter (EndNote filter): Filters are needed for the EndNote software to correctly read the formatting of citations imported into EndNote from bibliographic databases. There are many choices of filters in EndNote. You must choose the correct filter for each database that you search by matching the filter to the title and vendor of the database. Output Style: EndNote allows you to create bibliographies from your EndNote libraries by choosing the output style that matches your style guide. Examples include APA 5th ed., Chicago, and MLA. Record (Bibliographic record): A collection of information that describes a work (a book, journal article, music score, etc.). This information usually includes title, author, source, publication date, place of publication, etc. It may also contain an abstract of the work, keywords, and other useful information. Templates: These provide EndNote with the format for import filters and for output styles. Each filter and each style has a unique template. Existing templates can be edited and new templates created to suit your particular need. Vendor: Bibliographic databases are produced by one company and often packaged and sold by many different companies called "vendors." It is important for EndNote users to know which vendor supplies the bibliographic database they use to search for citations in order to choose the correct filter to import records into EndNote. For example, the UT Libraries' version of the Biological Abstracts database is supplied by the vendor SilverPlatter. |
