Citations Template

To access the Citations template, first open a style for editing or create a new style.

Select Output Styles from the Tools menu, then select one of the following options

New Style to create a new style.
Edit "[name of recently used style]" to open a style you have recently used for editing.
Open Style Manager to access the list of styles installed on your computer, then select a style and click the Edit button.

Then click Templates under the Citations heading.

The Citations template tells EndNote how to format the in-text citations in the body of your paper. The most popular formats for in-text citations are (Author, Year), numbered, and Author (Year). For example:

An (Author, Year) format displays "(Author, Year)" in the Citation area of the template. When you insert an in-text citation in your paper using this format, the citation would look like this example:

(Binfield, 2008)
A numbered format displays "[Bibliography Number]" in the Citation area of the template. Numbered styles commonly enclose the bibliography number in brackets or parenthesis, or use a superscript number. Instead of (Binfield 2008) as your in-text citation, the citation would look like this example:

[1] or (1) or 1

The bibliography number corresponds to a numbered reference in your bibliography. If the same reference is inserted in the paper in more than one location, the same number will be used for that reference in each location. This differs from footnote or endnote styles, where a new number is used for each footnote or endnote.
An Author (Year) format displays "Author (Year)" in the Citation — Author (Year) area of the template. When you insert an in-text citation in your paper using this format, the citation would look like this example:

Binfield (2008)

You may change the template by deleting unwanted field names or punctuation, retyping the punctuation you want, and inserting new fields with the Insert Field button. See Modifying Style Templates for information about editing templates.

Note: Both the Citation and the Citation — Author (Year) area of the template must be completed in order to use the Author (Year) format in a paper.

Multiple Citation Separators

Use the Multiple Citation Separators field to specify the punctuation to separate multiple citations in your papers. A multiple citation is an in-text citation that includes more than one reference within a single set of delimiters, such as: (Argus, 1993; Billoski, 1993; Hall, 1988). This example uses a semicolon and a space as the separator between citations.

The separator can be changed by typing other text in the Multiple Citation Separator field. Remember to include a space in the separator section, when necessary.

Adding Additional Fields to In-Text Citations

You can add other EndNote fields to the citation template. For example, If you would like EndNote to insert the journal name in the in-text citations of your paper, select the Journal/Secondary Title field from the Insert Field menu, as shown in the examples below.

In the Citation area of the template, insert the Journal/Secondary Title field in the (Author, Year) field. For example: (Author, Journal/Secondary Title Year)

When you insert an in-text citation in your paper, the citation would look like this example: (Porter, British Journal of Aesthetics 2009)
In the Citation — Author (Year) area of the template, insert the Journal/Secondary Title field in the Author (Year) field. For example: Author, Journal/Secondary Title (Year)

When you insert an in-text citation in your paper using this format, the citation would look like this example: Porter, British Journal of Aesthetics (2009)

Note: The field names shown on the Insert Field list and in the Citations Template must always be the EndNote generic field names. If you try to enter a field name manually that is not a generic field name, it will be interpreted as text to be added to the citation.

Year Format

If you would like EndNote to use 2-digit years (such as '09) in the in-text citations, check the Use 2-digit years option. Years from all centuries will be abbreviated to display just the last two digits. This applies only to the in-text citations.

Note: The use of 2-digit years in citations is very rare now, but was common in the 20th century.