EndNote: Frequently Asked Questions for Wageningen UR

See also the Thomson/Reuter EndNote FAQ page for more information.
How do I obtain EndNote?: Buy a CD at www.surfspot.nl (Version X4, €13,75 for students and staff, for both PC and Mac); Buy a CD at the WURshop in the FORUM building. (Version X4, €17.00). Take your student card or WUR registration card with you.; Within the WUR domain: Windows "start" button -> WUR -> Available software -> (Version X4)
Where can I get EndNote instruction?: Library WUR courses and demos, see the Digital Library Calendar; Thomson EndNote online tutorials.; EndNote manuals on the Digital Library EndNote page.
The EndNote toolbar is not available in Word or only the EndNote Web toolbar?: In MS Word, select Tools -> Templates and Add-ins... and tag the check-box for EndNote Cwyw.dot and/or EndNote Web Cwyw.dot. If these . dot files are not available, you should reconfigure EndNote via Start -> Programs ->EndNote -> Configure EndNote to add them to the Templates and Add-in.
What should I do if EndNote does not have my journal style?: If you cannot find a journal style in the EndNote Style Manager, check the EndNote page of the Digital Library , the EndNote Styles Collection at the Thomson/Reuter EndNote website or W:\APPS\EndNote\Distrib\Styles\. Additional styles are posted there for you to download. If the requested style is not there you may ask one of the Information Specialists of the library.
How do I transfer references from the Wageningen Catalogue to EndNote?: You may export references directly from the catalogue into an EndNote library by first, select references and put them on a Marked List, then open the Marked List and tag the option RIS format. Then click on Export and select an EndNote Library.; Another option is to search the catalogue via the EndNote search interface itself by using Online Search. To use this method you may have to install the Wageningen Catalogue connection file . References will appear directly in EndNote.
Is EndNote the only bibliographic formatting software available?: In addition to EndNote, Thomson/Reuter also offers the programs ProCite and Reference Manager. Another application that is on the market now for some years is web-based Refworks. Open source free application Zotero is gaining popularity as well as Mendeley and Papers (for Mac). See for an extensive comparison the Wikipedia page. At this moment EndNote is the only software that is supported by Wageningen UR Library.
Where does EndNote look for Connection files, Filters, Styles?: EndNote locates such files in the directory that you have indicated in your preferences as well as the directories where EndNote installs such files by default. For the installation on the WUR network we have made sure you can access the file directories; the preferred locations are M:\My Documents\Endnote\Connections, M:\My Documents\Endnote\Filters and M:\My Documents\Endnote\Styles. You can modify these locations ((Edit > Preferences > File locations) By default EndNote installs connection files, filters and styles in respectively C:\Program Files\EndNote ..\Connections ;C:\Program Files\EndNote ..\Filters ; C:\Program Files\EndNote ..\ Styles; (where .. should be replaced by the version) . EndNote locates these files in the directories of your current installation, but also in directories from previous versions.
The lists of files in Connection Manager, Filter Manager and Style Manager are very long. How to make them shorter?: Copy all the files that you use to the preferred location and rename or delete the directories on the C: drive (see previous item in this FAQ) For example: rename C:\Program Files\EndNote X4\Filters to C:\Program Files\EndNote X4\Filters_old.
How does EndNote select filters for direct export?: For Web of Science, Scopus and EBSCOhost EndNote automatically selects the RefMan RIS filter. For OvidSP EndNote selects the filter with the correct Vendor Identification and Database Identification. If more than one filter meets the criteria the result is unpredictable. Therefore it is essential that EndNote can only access one version of a filter (see previous item) Alternatively to get control which filter is used with OvidSP one can save the exported references to disk (choose Reprint / Medlars format upon export in OvidSP) and in EndNote use File > Import .