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Manage your references and create in-text citations and bibliographies.

Find Full Text feature

The Find Full Text feature enables EndNote to attempt to find full text for your references. However, it is no longer fully functional with our OpenAthens authentication system and is likely to return limited full text results.

Also, please ensure that the “Authenticate with” URL field is left blank. Remove any previous URL that you might have entered in this field (e.g. https://ezproxy.acu.edu.au/login). 

 

Enabling Find Full Text in the settings

Go to the Edit menu, then Preferences and select Find Full Text. Then enter the following:

  1. OpenURL Path: https://acu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/openurl/61ACU_INST/61ACU_INST:61ACU?
  2. Authenticate with: leave blank. 
  3. Select OK to apply your settings and close the preferences box.

 

Using the Find Full Text feature

Once you have enabled the option in the settings, you can now use EndNote to try and find the full text for your references:

  1. Select your references in EndNote (use the CTRL key to select multiple references).
  2. Select the Find Full Text icon from the icons at the top right of your reference list (the icon is a document with a magnifying glass and when hovered over says Search the Web for full text documents for the selected references).
  3. In the left panel under Find Full Text, EndNote will indicate that it is searching and how many full text publications were found.
  4. When complete, you will see a paperclip icon alongside any references where the full text has been found.

Attaching a file to an existing reference

You can link each EndNote reference to a file or files (PDFs, images and documents). To do this:

  • Select a reference in EndNote.
  • From the panel on the right hand side, click the +Attach File button.

Alternatively:

  • Go to the References menu and choose File Attachments, select Attach File and navigate to where you have stored the file on your computer.
  • Save the attachment by clicking on any reference in the All References pane. Select Yes at the prompt "Do you want to save the changes you made to the reference?".

Creating references by importing PDFs

When you import a PDF file, EndNote can often automatically generate a reference for that file (if it has metadata embedded within it). To import a PDF file (or multiple PDF files from a folder):

  1. Go to File > Import > File (for a single PDF), or File > Import > Folder (for multiple PDF files).
  2. Select Choose and navigate to the file or folder you wish to import.
  3. Select PDF from the Import Option drop-down menu.
  4. Choose an option that best suits you from the Duplicates drop-down menu.
  5. Select a Text Translation option (if available). The default value is No Translation.
  6. Select Import.

EndNote will automatically create a new reference with the PDF attached to it.

If the PDF did not contain any metadata, EndNote will create a blank reference. You might still be able to automatically generate metadata by entering the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) into the DOI field and then select Find Reference Updates by right-clicking the reference or via the References menu.

Automatically importing PDF files

You can set your preferences to enable automatic importing of PDF files that are added to a chosen folder on your computer. To enable this feature, go to the Edit menu, then Preferences; then:

  1. select PDF Handling
  2. choose whether you want your PDF files to be automatically renamed
  3. check the box Enable automatic importing
  4. choose Select Folder and navigate to your chosen folder
  5. select OK to apply your settings and close the preferences box.