Citations in Footnotes in Google Docs

To insert a citation into a footnote, follow the steps below to insert the footnote, then insert the EndNote citation into the footnote.

If you have not already done so, open your document and the EndNote extension in Google Docs. (See How to Cite While You Write in Google Docs.)
If you have chosen to keep references for specific documents in custom groups, set the custom group created for your document as the group to be searched. (See How to Cite While You Write in Google Docs.)
Position the cursor in the text where you would like to put the citation.
Select Insert, then Footnote from the Google Docs menu to create a footnote.
In the Search References field in the sidebar, enter a word or or set of words for the reference(s) you want to find. Keep these tips in mind when searching for references.
1. Remember, you can search all your references or just the references within a specific group. If you have a large library, setting up a custom group for each document in advance with only the references used for that document will allow you to limit your search to the references for that document.
2. If you use multiple search terms, by default you will expand the search rather than narrow it down. For example, the search parrot crow will find any reference with parrot or crow in it, not just the references that contain both terms. Here are methods for narrowing your search results:
  1. To create a search expression equivalent to "text AND text," add a plus sign before any word that must be in the record you are looking for. For example, +parrot +crow will find records that contain both terms in the same record, although they may not be in the same field.
  2. To find records that contain a phrase, put the phrase in double quotation marks. For example, "grey parrot" will find only the records that include that phrase somewhere in the record.
  3. To omit records that contain a word, put a minus sign before any word that must not be in the record. For example, +parrot -crow will find any records that include the word parrot but exclude any records in that set of results that contain the word crow.
3. If you need to find both singular and plural versions of a search term, or multiple terms with a common root, use an asterisk (*) at the end of the search term. For example, if you want to find both crow and crows, type crow* in the search field; for intelligent or intelligence, type intelli*. So, to add to the hints in b. above, to search for grey parrot or grey parrots as a phrase, type "grey parrot*" in the search field.
Select the found references to insert in the document.
Click the Insert Citation button at the bottom of the sidebar.
When you have finished inserting citations, click the Update Citations button at the bottom of the sidebar to create or update your bibliography.

Note: In the instructions above, any words in the red font are search term example words.