Adding and Removing Fields in a Formatted Reference

If you have not yet done so, open the Style window for the style you wish to work with. (See Opening the Style Window.)

The field names (such as Author, Year, and Title) that you see when editing a style template indicate what information is included in your formatted reference. If you want to include a field, such as Notes, along with your references, you should add the Notes field to the style that you use. Similarly, to exclude unwanted information that is appearing in a bibliography, you must delete the field name that contains that information from the style’s bibliography template.

The examples below show two common scenarios in which fields are added to or removed from the formatted bibliography. Whenever you change the fields in a style template be sure to check the surrounding punctuation to make sure that it is still accurate.

Adding a Field to a Style Template

To insert a new field into a style template:

Click on the Templates option under the Bibliography heading, and position the cursor at the location in the template where you want to add a field.
Click the Insert Field button and select the field to be added.
After the field is inserted, add any punctuation or spacing that is necessary to correctly incorporate the new field into the style.

Note: As a short-cut, you can use the options in the Layout panel to add text or punctuation before or after every reference in a bibliography. See Bibliography Layout.

Deleting a Field from a Style Template

If EndNote includes information in your bibliography that you do not want to be there, you can edit the style and delete the unwanted field’s name and any associated punctuation.

For example, if a style includes the issue number in your journal references, and you do not want the issue to appear:

Under the Bibliography heading, click the Templates option.
Select the text to be deleted (for example, ". Issue|"), and press the Delete or Backspace key.

Along with the Issue field, also remove the space and period that precede it and the vertical bar, a special formatting character that follows the Issue field. (See Special Formatting Characters for more information about the vertical bar.)