Copying and Pasting Complete References

In addition to copying and pasting text between fields, EndNote can Copy and Paste entire references between libraries.

Copying References Using the Copy and Paste Commands

1. Select one or more references in the Reference List (hold down the Ctrl key to select multiple references or the Shift key to select a range of references).
2. Select Copy from the Edit menu and those references are copied to the Clipboard.
3. Open another EndNote library and select Paste from the Edit menu. The references you copied are pasted into the library and sorted correctly with the existing references.

Copying References Using Drag-and-Drop

An easy way to copy references between libraries is to use the drag-and-drop functionality. Simply select the references you want to copy, click on any part of the selection, and use the mouse to drag them to another open library. Release the mouse button when the cursor is over the destination library, and all of the selected references will be copied into the library.

If you need to copy all of the references in one library to another library, you can also use the Import command to import one library into the other.

Note: Any time you copy a reference and paste it into another library or import a reference into another library, the reference is assigned a new record number in the destination library.