Library Guides: EndNote: Importing Terms Lists

Importing Terms Lists

It is recommended that before adding references, you import what are known in EndNote as Terms Lists. These are lists of stored terms such as journal titles and their official abbreviations, author names and keywords. These enable you to cite them more consistently as databases store the information differently e.g. give the initials and full names of authors or the abbreviated and full name of journal titles. Different reference styles require names to be displayed in different ways and importing term lists means that EndNote knows how to do this e.g. can abbreviate journal titles where the full name was imported and vice versa.

To import a text file that contains the terms

From the Library menu select Define Term Lists

Select the Lists tab, ensure the correct list is highlighted, and click on Import List

Select the text file to be imported. For journal names, select the category that applies, and click Open. The new terms are imported and sorted alphabetically into the existing Terms list. This import must be done for each library that you want to use these terms.

The lists are not exhaustive, so if you are unable to find your journal in the list, this can be added manually by clicking on the Terms tab and then clicking on the New Term button.

The most commonly used Terms List is the Journals term list that stores abbreviated journal names that EndNote can substitute for the full journal name in a bibliography. Instructions on how to do this can be found in Changing the format of the journal title

To import a text file that contains the terms

From the Library menu select Define Term Lists.

Select the Lists tab, locate and open the EndNote Terms Lists folder by going to Applications > EndNote21> Terms. Ensure the correct list is highlighted, and click on Import List.

Select the text file to be imported. For journal names, select the category that applies, and click Open. The new terms are imported and sorted alphabetically into the existing term list. This import must be done for each library that you want to use these terms.

The lists are not exhaustive, so if you can’t find your journal in the list, this can be added manually by clicking on the Terms tab and then clicking on the New Term button.

The most commonly used Terms list is the Journals term list that stores abbreviated journal names that EndNote can substitute for the full journal name in a bibliography. Instructions on how to do this can be found in Changing the format of the journal title.