However, if you have a choice, there are several things you should keep in mind.įirst, endnotes are best for providing citations and information about sources.
Your professor or publisher may have a preference for either footnotes or endnotes. Like footnotes (which appear at the bottom of the page that references them), endnotes are indicated by a superscript number, which corresponds to their placement on the Notes page. FootnotesĮndnotes are references or explanations that are placed at the end of a text, such as an article, research paper, or book. To do so, you have several options, one of which is an endnote. If so, you’ll need to cite that source to give credit to its author or creator in order to avoid plagiarism. Select the group to open the Resolve Sync Conflicts dialog and remove the conflicts.Īfter the initial synchronization, you can set the Sync preferences by going to Edit > Preferences > Sync.When you’re writing a nonfiction book, research paper, or article, chances are you’ve consulted at least one source to help you with your research. This is a result of editing a reference in either the desktop or EndNote Online libraries during the synchronization, and EndNote does not know which one to keep. The merged group can then be moved into the proper group set.Ħ) If a conflict occurs, a Sync Conflict group will appear in the desktop Groups panel. The original group will be empty and should be deleted. After the sync select the appropriate group in the Unfiled group set and move the references from the desktop group to here.
If the group in EndNote Online has sharing options, leave them on. Groups that appear in both locations can be merged. Groups in EndNote Online will sync to your desktop library and appear in the Unfiled group set.ĥ) It is important that groups in both your desktop and EndNote Online libraries do not have the same name to avoid confusion after the sync is complete. This may result in duplicates if references are in both your desktop and online libraries - these can be removed later.Ĥ) Custom groups, including file attachments, will sync to EndNote Online but group sets, smart groups, and combination groups will not. For the first synchronization EndNote copies all references in each library to the other. Click OK to begin the synchronization process.ģ) The synchronization process may take a while, depending on how large the library is.
It is highly recommended that you do so, in case problems occur with the synchronization.ġ) Click the Sync button in the toolbar (or select Sync from the Tools menu).Ģ) Enter your EndNote Online email address and password to login to your account. The first time you synchronize EndNote and EndNote Online you will be asked if you want to create a compressed copy of your library as backup.
Once you have created an EndNote Online account you can easily synchronize it with the EndNote library installed on your computer.
This will take you to the EndNote login page.Ĥ) If you already have an account, enter the email and password you registered with and sign in.ĥ) If you don't have an account, select Register and follow the registration steps.Īfter creating an account, EndNote Online can also be accessed at It is important to use the following steps to create an EndNote Online account, instead of registering directly through the EndNote website, to be identified as an MSU-affiliated user.ġ) Go to the MSU Libraries Electronic Resources: Databases list.Ģ) Click on Web of Science, listed under Commonly Used E-Resources.ģ) From the Web of Science home page, click on Products in the very top right corner of the page and select EndNote from the list (under Reference Manager).
These accounts have more features and options than those included in the free EndNote Online Basic accounts. Note: MSU users have access to EndNote Online Premium as long as they are at MSU. Current versions of EndNote allow for easy syncing to an EndNote Online account.