Creating Multiple Bibliographies in a Single Document

By default, EndNote creates a single bibliography at the end of each of your Word documents. However, you may want to create a separate bibliography for each section (or chapter) in your document. Output style options are available so that you can choose to:

Create a single, complete bibliography at the end of the document (the default setting for almost all of the supplied output styles).
Create a bibliography for each section in the document.
Create a bibliography for each section and also a complete bibliography at the end of the document.

In Microsoft Word, Break Your Document into Sections

EndNote can format each section individually. You may want to break each chapter into its own section. In the case of a master document, subdocuments are treated as sections.

In Word, on the Layout tab, click on Breaks, and then select one of the four options under Section Breaks: Next Page, Continuous, Even Page, or Odd Page.

Modify the Output Style as Needed

If you are using the APA style and want to add bibliographies in sections, try APA 5th or 6th (sections). These styles are already defined to format a bibliography for each section, and do not require modification.

Otherwise, we recommend that you start by copying an existing output style and giving it a unique name. This leaves the original style intact. See Copying Styles.

Next, click on the Sections panel in the output style. This is where you select the appropriate option for creating a single bibliography from all sections, a separate bibliography for each section individually, or both. For a complete description of the formatting options for Microsoft Word sections, see Sections Options in Output Styles.

Save your changes and close the output style.

Format Your Word Document with the New Output Style

Format your bibliography as you normally would, but make sure you first select the new output style that you created. See Configuring the Bibliography in Microsoft Word.

Additional Formatting Notes

When working with sections in Word, note that:

EndNote will always insert a blank line between the final text of each section and the reference list for that section.
When you format a reference list at the end of each section, the bibliography title will be used from the Layout tab of the Configure Bibliography dialog. If you do not want a title for each section bibliography, make sure the "Bibliography Title" text box on the Layout tab is empty. See Configuring the Bibliography in Microsoft Word.
If you have instructed the output style to “Create a bibliography for each section and a complete bibliography at the end of the document," but you have only one section in the Word document, a complete bibliography will appear twice—once for the end of the section, and once as a complete bibliography for the entire document.
If you have multiple sections in your Word document, and switch from formatting with a style that formats sections individually to a style that formats a single, cumulative bibliography...you will see the section bibliographies disappear! If you want them back, make sure to format with a style that formats sections individually.
Word inserts section breaks when changing between portrait and landscape orientations. If you need to change the page orientation in your document for wide graphics or tables, the orientation changes will be perceived as section breaks for bibliographies when using the Sections feature in an EndNote style.