Search the database via the web interface as you normally would. When typing in the title of an item, do not use the hard return. Instead, let EndNote wrap the text for you.This will prevent EndNote from inverting or abbreviating the name as it would for an individual author's. When entering a corporate or institutional author name like 'Brown University' or 'Centers for Disease Control,' enter a comma after the name.

You can enter author names either last name first with a comma ('Smith, Jane') or first name first ('Jane Smith').

Remember to enter multiple author names on separate lines (with a hard return after each name).

(This is important because it determines the fields that will show in the citation.) Select the appropriate reference type, such as Journal Article, from the drop-down menu.

To enter references by hand: From the top menu bar, select the new reference icon, or click 'References' from the top toolbar, then 'New Reference.' Import PDFs (for downloaded PDFs that you already have saved to your computer).

Export references from bibliographic databases (use this for journal articles).

Add references manually (this may be necessary for material like datasets or archival objects).

There are three main ways to populate your EndNote library with references:

How to insert a citation with endnote