The Subject Bibliography Terms Tab
The Terms tab options apply specifically to subject terms (or headings), not to references.
Note: The options on this tab are saved for the current subject bibliography session and for future sessions, until you change them again. So, if you generate a list of Subject Terms Only, the next time you select Subject Bibliography, you will produce a simple subject list again. To include formatted references, click the Layout button and the Terms button to select Subject Terms and Reference List.
Selecting a Subject List or Subject Bibliography
In the Reference List area, select one of the two radio buttons:
- Subject Terms Only: This option prints each unique subject term. It does NOT print formatted references below each term. Use this for a simple list of terms.
- Subject Terms and Reference List: This option prints each subject term with related references listed below it.
When printing subject terms with reference lists, EndNote typically prints each unique subject heading only once, with the related references listed below. You can select the Repeating Subject Terms box to print a subject term before each and every formatted reference (example below).
Avian cognition (2)
Pepperberg, I. M. (2011). Avian cognition and social interaction Fifty years of advances. Interaction Studies, 12(2), 195-207. doi:10.1075/is.12.2.01pep
Avian cognition (2)
Vick, S.-J., Bovet, D., & Anderson, J. R. (2009). How do African grey parrots (Psittacus erithacus) perform on a delay of gratification task? Animal Cognition, 13(2), 351-358. doi:10.1007/s10071-009-0284-2
Select the Recycling Reference Numbers box to restart reference numbering under each subject heading. If your starting reference number is 1, each list of references under each subject heading will start with 1. Deselect this item if you want sequential numbering throughout the document. This setting is used only if the current output style specifies reference numbering. To set the beginning number, see The Subject Bibliographies Bibliography Layout Tab.
| Recycling Reference Numbers | Continuous Reference Numbers |
|
Heading Number One 1. First formatted reference 2. Second formatted reference Heading Number Two 1. First formatted reference 2. Second formatted reference |
Heading Number One 1. First formatted reference 2. Second formatted reference Heading Number Two 3. First formatted reference 4. Second formatted reference |
Including Subject Term Counts or Record IDs
Check the box to include:
- Subject Term Counts: This option prints a number next to the subject term to indicate how many records contain the term. For example:
Evolution (1)
Excavation (4)
Extinction (12)
Subject term counts always print on the same line as the subject term, surrounded by parentheses, and separated from the term by three spaces.
- List of Record IDs: This option prints the record IDs (the EndNote record number) of the records that contain the term. For example:
Excavation 34, 33, 6, 48
Extinction 34, 46, 6, 10, 125, 132, 148, 162
Note: EndNote record numbers are not permanent and apply only to the library used to create the Subject Bibliography or Subject List. They can change when syncing or copying. See Record Numbers.
Sorting the Subject Terms
You have four options for ordering your subject terms:
- By Term — Alphabetical: This option sorts subject terms by date for Year fields, and then alphanumeric order (1-9, A-Z) for all other fields.
- By Term — Inverse Alphabetical: This option reverses the By Term — Alphabetical order (Z-A, 9-1, Years).
- By Term Count — Ascending: This option lists terms based on how often they appear in records. For example, a term that appears in only one reference would display at the top of the list, whereas a term used in 20 references would appear further down in the list.
- By Term Count — Descending: This option reverses the By Term Count — Ascending order, so the most-used terms are listed first.
Note: This sort order setting affects subject headings only. If you want to change the order of the references printed below each heading, do so on the References tab of the Subject Bibliography Setup dialog. See The Subject Bibliography References Tab.
Inserting Space or Text Around Subject Terms
Use the Prefix and Suffix text boxes to print text or punctuation before or after each subject term.
Each term may include a subject term count and/or a list of record IDs. The order of output is:
Text Before | Subject Term | Subject Term Count |
List of Record IDs | Text After | Reference List
You can use these special formatting codes in the text boxes:
| New Paragraph | ^p |
| New Line | ^l |
| Tab | ^t |
| Bold | Ctrl+B |
| Italic | Ctrl+I |
| Underline | Ctrl+U |
By default, the Prefix box contains "^p" and the Suffix box contains "^p^p" in order to leave blank lines between each subject heading and the first citation listed below it.
When you print Subject Terms Only, you will probably want to print only a single "^p" after each term, so each subject term begins on a new line with no blank lines between them.
Applying Styles
In the Styles area, check the appropriate boxes to separately apply styles to Subject Terms, Subject Term Counts, and the List of Record IDs. You can combine styles in any way, such as:
Antarctica (2) 144, 12
Antarctica (2) 144, 12
Apply styles to bibliographic references by modifying the output style.
If you save your list to a plain text file, all styles will be stripped.