EndNote Guide: EndNote Styles and Connections

• are downloadable files that control the appearance of citations and references
• can be created and modified using EndNote's style editor
• the name can refer to the discipline or journal that defined the format

View preinstalled output styles before searching for and downloading additional ones. 

EndNote styles- finding the correct style.

There are output styles created for referencing at CDU. Download and find instructions on how to add these to EndNote below. 

For some referencing styles, such as Vancouver, abbreviating journal names is part of the style.

To enable EndNote to substitute abbreviated journal names you must first set up the Journals Term List. If you work with multiple libraries this needs to be done for each library.

1. Go to Library > Open Terms Lists > Journals Term List
2. Delete existing journal names by selecting all terms > Delete Term. If there are no existing Journal Terms, move to Step 3.
3. Click the tab for Lists > Import List.
4. Navigate to the EndNote program files on your computer.

PC: C:\Program Files\EndNote 21\Terms Lists

Mac: Applications > EndNote 21 > Terms Lists

5. Select a file with a name that relates to the topics referenced in your EndNote library, e.g. Medicine or BioScience > Open.
6. You can also now import other lists to expand the available journal names/abbreviations. For example, you could import the Chemical.txt list from the same location on your computer.

This connection file will allow you to search the CDU Library collection (print and eBooks) within EndNote and add these records to your Library. It is important to save the file into the EndNote-Connections folder on your computer. Follow the instructions 'How to Add CDU Reference Styles' above. 

Download the file below to access the AGLC style; after downloading:

1. Open the file with EndNote 
2. Save the File
3. Change and update your output style.