Generating Bibliographies
Formatting a bibliography serves two functions:
- It formats each in-text citation according to the selected bibliographic style.
- It adds a complete bibliography to the document (unless you override this with a setting in the output style).
- The format used for citations and references is determined by the output style selected. When you have finished writing your paper in Word, and all of your EndNote citations have been inserted into the text, you are ready for EndNote to format the paper and generate a bibliography. This can be done in one of these ways:
- Instant Formatting actually works as you insert citations and is enabled when you first start using Cite While You Write. EndNote uses the currently selected style to format citations and update the bibliography each time a citation is inserted. However, if you want to change the style or layout of references, you can use the Format Bibliography tab from the Configure Bibliography dialog. See Configuring the Bibliography in Microsoft Word.
- Configure Bibliography allows you to modify bibliography preferences such as style and layout before formatting your document.
- Update Citations and Bibliography is available on the EndNote tab in Word. EndNote uses the currently selected style to format the citations, the bibliography, plus figures and tables. You could also select a new style from the Style list in the Bibliography group.
On the EndNote tab, in the Bibliography group, click the bottom corner arrow to open the Configure Bibliography dialog.
- On the Format Bibliography tab, use the With Output Style option to select an output style to format references.
- Click OK to format all citations and build the bibliography.