Copying and Pasting References from a Document into EndNote

If you have a bibliography that is too inconsistent or difficult to parse using your word processor (as suggested in Creating a Custom Tagged Format), you can use the Copy and Paste commands as an alternative method for getting your data into EndNote and still avoid a lot of retyping.

To transfer the references into EndNote:

1. Open the list of references in a word processor.
2. Select a reference and copy it using the Copy (Ctrl+C) command.
3. Open your EndNote library, and select New Reference (Ctrl+N) from the References menu to create a new reference.
4. Put the cursor in the Title field of the new reference and select Paste (Ctrl+V) from the Edit menu.

This will paste the entire reference into the Title field of the Reference window. From here, you can drag-and-drop (or cut and paste) the individual pieces of data into their proper fields. Be sure to remove extraneous punctuation, and make sure author names are each on a separate line. Follow the guidelines for Entering References. See Default Reference Type for information about setting a default reference type for new references.