References to DVDs and Videos

If you want to add a reference to a DVD or video to your EndNote library, you will need to enter it manually using the audiovisual reference type.

Complete the fields for author, year, title, city (although this might be a country) and publisher (distributor). Scroll down the record to find the Format field and enter DVD or Video.

Your reference should then format correctly e.g.

Radford, M. (2004) William Shakespeare's the Merchant of Venice. [DVD] UK: Shylock Trading Limited

Strange citations in Word

Don't panic if the citations in your Word document suddenly start displaying in curly brackets,
e.g. {Smith, 2001 #8}

It just means that you have unformatted them by mistake. To solve the problem simply follow the steps in the earlier Format citations in Word post.

Exporting Datamonitor reports from Business Source Premier

If you export Datamonitor reports from Business Source Premier into your EndNote library you may need to tidy them up a bit in order to get them to display properly. Here's how to do it:

• Open up the reference by double-clicking on it from the list in EndNote
• Change the Reference Type to Report (using the drop down menu)
• You will need to add an Author, which in this case will be Datamonitor - make sure you remember to put a comma at the end e.g. Datamonitor,
• Add the Year - you can usually find this from the first page of the report
• Add the City - it makes sense to go with the UK office, so it will be London
• Remove Datamonitor from the Institution field and put it in as the Publisher
• Close the reference down and save the changes.

Your reference should now format correctly.

Entering an author name with post-nominals

If you need to enter an author with post-nomials into your EndNote Library e.g. B. Abrahams, Jnr
you will need to add an extra comma after the initial in the author field in order to make your reference format correctly:
Abrahams, B., Jnr

Format citations in Word

If when you insert a citation into a Word document it displays in curly brackets
e.g. {Smith, 2001 #8}
it just means that the automatic formatting option has been turned off. To turn it back on simply follow the steps below:

• From the EndNote toolbar in Word, click on the Format Bibliography icon (3rd from the left)
• Select the Instant Formatting tab
• Select the Turn On instant formatting option, then click OK.

Your citations should automatically format themselves and any further citations that you add will appear as normal.

Changing the style of your references in Word

The easiest way to change the format of your references in Word is to use the Format Bibliography icon from the EndNote toolbar. Select Browse... and click on the field heading Name to sort the styles alphabetically. Choose the style you want to use and click on OK.

Uploading assignments to CUOnline

Remember, before you can submit an assignment which contains EndNote references to CUOnline, you will need to reformat the document. To do this, select the Remove Field Codes icon from the EndNote toolbar in Word. A new copy of your document will be created which you can save and upload to CUOnline.

More detailed instructions can be found in the advanced workbook (task 7) on the Library's EndNote webpages