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Find & Insert Citation(s)

While you are writing your paper, you can easily find and insert a citation using EndNote Web’s Find Citation(s) tool. This tool searches your entire library, meaning all reference fields for all references in your library.

To find and cite your source:

  1. With your Word document open, place the cursor in the location where the citation should appear.
  2. Click the Find Citation(s) button in the EndNote Web toolbar. Or from the Tools menu, select EndNote Web then Find Citation(s). The Find & Insert My References dialog will appear. Word 2007: On the EndNote Web tab, in the Citations group, click Find Citation(s).
  3. Enter a search term in the Search field to find the reference or references to insert. Refer to Search Tips in this topic or search operators for ways to refine your search.

    Note: The search term must be a minimum of three characters.

  4. Click the Search button.
  5. Select the reference. To insert multiple references in one citation, click each reference while holding the Ctrl key.
  6. Click the Insert button to insert the standard citation or choose from these additional options:
  • Insert & Exclude Author
  • Insert & Exclude Year
  • Insert & Exclude Author & Year

     

    Cited References

     

The citation appears at the cursor location, formatted according to the bibliographic style specified. The reference information is also automatically added to the bibliography.

Note: If you expect to see an in-text citation but only see the reference in the bibliography, check the bibliographic style selected in Format Bibliography. Not all styles format in-text citations, such as Chicago 16th A, Refman (RIS) Export, Tab-delimited, and Turabian Bibliography.

If you want to delete or modify a citation in your Word document, refer to the list below.

Ways to modify a citation

Search Tips:

  • The search term must be a minimum of three characters.
  • Using a space between terms acts as an AND operator and returns references containing all of the words.
  • To search for a specific phrase, such as a title, enclose the phrase in double quotes.

Note:

If using footnotes or endnotes, you need to first use Word to insert the note before using Find Citation(s) in Step 2. From Word's main menu, select Insert->Footnotes or Insert->References->Footnotes with Word XP. In the Footnote window, select the appropriate note style and options. Then click Okay. Before proceeding to Step 2 below, make sure that your cursor is positioned in the notes section where the reference should appear. The bibliographic styles provided for footnotes and endnotes are Chicago 15th A and Turabian Bibliography.

 


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This help page last modified 03/01/2013