EndNote 21 is compatible with Google Docs by using the "Cite While You Write" extension that connects to a user's online EndNote account.
To add the extension follow the steps below:
When you install EndNote, it also installs the Cite While You Write (CWYW) plug-in for Microsoft Word. This allows you to insert in-text citations into your document as you write a paper, and automatically builds your reference list in the citation style of your choosing.
See the CWYW topics:
There are two ways to add in-text citations: directly from Microsoft Word or from EndNote. Before adding citations, consider having instant formatting on or off.
2. Place your cursor where you’d like to insert a citation.
3. Click Insert Citation in the toolbar on the left.
4. A window will appear where you can search your EndNote library to find the citation you wish to insert.
5. Click Insert. Your in-text citation will appear, and it will also be added to your reference list at the end of the document.
4. The citation will appear where your cursor was in the Word document, and it will also be added to your reference list at the end of the document.
By default, CWYW is set to instant formatting mode. This means that when you insert a citation, you’ll see the citation properly formatted in the selected style. However, if you’re working with a large document and are inserting many citations, this can cause Microsoft Word to slow down.
If you would like to turn instant formatting off to speed up Word:
2. When you are ready to re-format the citations and generate the reference list, select Update Citations and Bibliography in the toolbar.
NOTE: When instant formatting is off, you can delete in-text citations safely without going to Edit & Manage Citation(s).
IMPORTANT: EndNote places code behind-the-scenes in Word when you insert a citation. Do not use the delete or backspace keys to edit or delete citations, as the code will still remain and it could corrupt your Word document, which would result in losing your content.
2. Select the reference you wish to edit or remove.
3. Clicking Edit Reference will take you to EndNote, where you can edit the fields for the reference.
4. To remove a citation, click on the down-arrow next to Edit Reference and select Remove Citation. Then click OK.
2. In the toolbar, you will find a dropdown menu called Style. This contains commonly used and recently used citation styles.
3. If the citation style you’re looking for isn’t there, choose Select Another Style from the dropdown menu to browse/search all available styles.
4. Once selected, your in-text citations and reference list will be updated.
If you need to edit the text of your EndNote inserted references (e.g. replace EndNote's comma with a period in a reference), or submitting a manuscript for publication, you’ll need to make a second copy of the document and then take out all the EndNote code that was used to connect Microsoft Word to your EndNote library.
IMPORTANT: After converting your document to plain text, any changes to your citations will have to be done manually. It is best practice to save two versions of your Word document: the EndNote version and the final plain text version. This will allow you to go back and make changes to the citations from the EndNote Word version if needed.
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