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PreviousandNextReferenceCommands
WhenaReferencewindowisopen,usethePreviousReferenceandNextReferencecommandsintheReferencesmenuto
quicklybrowsethroughyourreferences.TheReferencewindowalsoincludesarrowbuttonstomovetothepreviousornextref-
erence.
Whenyouselectoneofthesecommands(orclickthebuttons),thecontentoftheReferenceswindowchangestodisplaythe
informationforthepreviousornextreferencelistedintheLibrarywindow.
Thiscommandhasthesameeffectasclosingthereferencethatiscurrentlydisplayedandopeninganotherreference,soany
changestothecurrentlyopenedreferencewillbesavedbeforeEndNoteswitchestodisplayanotherreference.
UsingTermListswithDataEntry
EndNoteusestermlistsfortheAuthorandEditornames,Journals,andKeywords.Termlistscanalsobecreatedforother
fields.Theselistsareupdatedautomaticallyasyouenternewtermsintothesefields.Thebenefitofthisisthatthetermlistsalso
helpwithdataentry.Ifyoubegintoenteraname,journalorkeywordthatyouhaveusedbeforeinthatlibrary,EndNotewillcom-
pletethetermforyoutospeedupdataentry.
ToacceptatermthatEndNotehassuggested,simplypressReturn,Tab,orclickinthenextfield.Termsthatarenew(thatis,
thosethatdonotalreadyappearinthecorrespondingAuthor,Journals,orKeywordtermlist)appearinredtext.
AmorecompletediscussionofEndNote’stermlistsisprovidedinIntroduction
to
Term
Lists
.
Note:Boththe"Auto-Update"and"Auto-Complete"termlistfeaturesdescribedheremaybeturnedoffusingtheTerm
Lists
set-
tingsintheEndNotepreferences.
AuthorandEditorNames
ThefollowinginformationaboutAuthorandEditorfieldsappliestothefollowing"Generic"fieldnames:Author,Secondary
Author,TertiaryAuthor,andSubsidiaryAuthor.
Alwaysenterauthorandeditornamesonenameperline.Ifanauthor’snameistoolongtofitonasingleline,letitwraptothe
nextlineasyoutypeit.
Authornamescanbeenteredeitherwiththelastnamefollowedbyacommaandthefirstname,orthefirstnamefollowedbythe
lastname.Botharecorrect.However,notethatifyouhavethe"SuggestTermsasYouType"featureofthetermliststurnedon,
EndNotesuggestsauthornamesbasedontheassumptionthatthenamesarebeingenteredwiththelastnamefirst.
EndNotecanabbreviatefirstandmiddlenames,soformaximumflexibilityenterwholenameswheneverpossible.Ifyouare
enteringinitialsinsteadoffullnames,besuretotypeaperiodoraspacebetweeninitials,(forexample"Fisher,J.O.orJO
Fisher),otherwiseEndNoteinterpretstheinitialsasasinglename:Jo.
SeeAdditional
Style
Formatting
Options
forinformationabouthowEndNotecanusestylesettingstoformatauthornamesinbib-
liographies.Formoreinformationabouttermlists,seeIntroduction
to
Term
Lists
.
Using"etal."orSimilarAbbreviations
Enterallauthornamesforaparticularreference.EndNotewilltruncatethelistofauthorswith"etal."or"andothers"asrequired
bythebibliographicstyle.Ifyoudonotknowalloftheauthors’names,thenthelastauthorshouldbe"etal."or"andothers"fol-
lowedbyacomma.