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UI Libraries will end its subscription to RefWorks on December 31, 2014. While access to RefWorks accounts will end at that time, support for both EndNote Basic (Web access) and EndNote Desktop will continue. Because we will no longer have a university account in RefWorks (individual accounts are available by subscription), it is imperative that you create an EndNote Basic account and transfer all references in RefWorks that are important to you to EndNote by December 31.<\/p>\n

What is EndNote Desktop?<\/h3>\n

EndNote is a software program that you download onto your computer. It helps you organize references and create properly formatted bibliographies. References can be imported from online databases or can be typed in by hand. EndNote works with Microsoft Word to produce bibliographies and embedded references in hundreds of available styles. EndNote also makes it easy to change the style of your references.<\/p>\n

Installing EndNote Desktop<\/h3>\n
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  1. If you have administrative rights to the computer you are using, go to http:\/\/its.uiowa.edu\/campus-software-program\/endnote<\/a> Note that EndNote Desktop is only available for free to faculty, staff, and graduate students. Undergraduates will need to use EndNote Basic or purchase EndNote from the University Bookstore.<\/li>\n
  2. If you are using a University computer, you will need to contact your IT support staff and ask them to install the program for you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Preparing your EndNote Library<\/h3>\n
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    1. Open EndNote. If the Get Started with EndNote screen appears, select Create a new library<\/strong>. Otherwise, from the File <\/strong>menu, select New…<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
    2. Give your new library a name and save it in a location that makes sense to you. Most people find that they only need one EndNote Library. Organization of references can be done by using Groups, which are described later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Moving References to EndNote Desktop Without Retaining Folder Information<\/h3>\n

      A note about folders<\/strong>. Your folders in RefWorks can\u2019t be transferred to EndNote along with your references. If you don\u2019t use folders in RefWorks, or don\u2019t care about keeping those folders in EndNote (where they are called \u201cGroups\u201d), you could move all references to EndNote at once. But as there is no way to maintain the RefWorks folders in EndNote, you will need to either create new Group names in EndNote in advance, or do it at the time of import as shown below.<\/p>\n

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      1. In RefWorks, go to the folder you want to export to EndNote.<\/li>\n
      2. In the References<\/strong> dropdown menu, choose Export<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
      3. In the pop-up dialog box, choose the Export Format:\u00a0Bibliographic Software (EndNote, Reference manager, ProCite) format<\/strong>, as in the screen shot below.
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      4. When you click the Export References<\/strong> button a browser window will appear with each reference in a tagged format. Right-click on the browser window and choose Save as…<\/strong>. Save the export on your desktop as a .txt file.<\/li>\n
      5. Open your EndNote Library.<\/li>\n
      6. Open EndNote and under the File <\/strong>menu, select Import. <\/strong>You\u2019ll see a box like this:
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