EndNote

Creating and setting up an EndNote library

•  Create a new EndNote library
  ​  1. From the File menu, select New. EndNote presents a dialog prompting you to name and save the new library.

a. Only have one Library. Don’t use multiple Libraries with a Word document – you can use Groups to organise your references.

b. Mac users: when creating a new library leave 'Save as Package' unchecked. Save your Library in the EndNote applications folder or under your User folder in a dedicated EndNote library folder - not in the Desktop or Documents area or an icloud location - delete if you have created a library in either location to avoid confusion

2. Enter a meaningful name for your new library and save your library to the location you would like to save on your computer.

a. Don’t save your Library to the desktop (save it to your Documents folder); keep the filename short, but change it from the default MyEndnote Library!

b. Don't save your library to the cloud or third party synced locations (eg Dropbox) - for more information about file sharing and EndNote see here.

3. The new library appears as an empty EndNote library, "Showing 0 out of 0 references".

Note: The file extension for an EndNote library is .enl. EndNote will automatically create a .Data folder with the same name as your library and place the Data folder in the same location as your library. This Data folder contains important information and PDF files that must stay in the same location as your library for EndNote to work!