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Abstract or Synopsis
This field stores the summary of the full text version. It is best to cite from the full-text version rather than the abstract. Not all abstracts are written by the original author and can be inaccurate.

Access Date
This field stores the date of access to an electronic source.

Access Year
This field stores the year of access to an electronic source.

Accession Number

This field stores the unique identifying number assigned to a reference by an online database.

Note: EndNote does not reformat this field so enter the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

Added to Library
This is a special, non-editable field. This field is automatically assigned a date when the reference is added to your library.

Alternate Title
This field stores the additional title field often used for abbreviated journal titles.

Ambiguous Citation
A citation that matches more than one reference contained in the library.

Annotation
Additional notes or comments.

Authenticated Session
An authenticated session occurs when you log into EndNote online with a valid IP, Shibboleth credentials, or username/password through Web of Science™.

Author, Attribution or Create By
This field stores the author or authors responsible for the source of work. This field may be named according to the reference type. For example, the author field is labeled Reporter for a newspaper article. See the examples below for different ways to enter author names. Whenever possible, provide full first and middle names for all authors. EndNote will truncate to initials and insert "et al." if required by the bibliography output style selected.

Single Author

Smith, John
Smith, John Allen
Smith, J.A.
Smith, J A
John Smith
John Allen Smith
J.A. Smith
J A Smith

Multiple Authors
(Do not include "et al.")

Smith, John Allen; Doe, J.; Green, M. T.

Complex Author Names
(Last, First, Title)

de Gaulle, Charles
Smith, John, Jr.
Smith, James, II

Anonymous Author

(leave blank)

Company or Institutional Authors
(Include a comma at the end)

Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries,

Author or Editor Address
This field stores the address of the author.

Note: EndNote does not reformat this field so enter the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

Bibliographic Style
A specific format for the reference fields provided in the bibliography, reference list, or works cited list. Formats are defined according to the style guide assigned.

Bibliography
A list of references used in a paper or article. Its purpose is to provide enough information for the interested reader to locate the original source.

Book Section
A reference type specific for a section of a book only.

Call Number
This field stores the code assigned by the library holding the source information.

Caption
This field stores the description of a figure, image or illustration.

Citation
Attribution in a written work where source material is quoted, paraphrased or otherwise used.

Citation Prefix text
This character in a temporary citation indicates that the text preceding the character is prefix text. Using the default "\" character for example, {See \Smith, 1999} will format as (See Smith 1999) when using an author date output style.

City, Conference Location, Country, Activity Location, or Place Published
This field stores the city or location of publication, such as San Francisco, California or Chicago, Illinois. For some styles, the city name is sufficient, but others may require city and state or country.

Prominent City Names

Amsterdam
Baltimore
Boston
Chicago
Jerusalem
London
Los Angeles
Milan
Moscow
New York
Philadelphia
Paris
Rome
San Francisco
Stockholm
Tokyo
Vienna

Multiple Cities with Same Prominent Name
(If the name of the publisher does not identify the city,
include additional information)

Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, UK

Other

Cincinnati, OH
Lisbon, Portugal

Collection Title
This field stores the title of the collection where the source appeared. This field is often used with audiovisual material and manuscripts.

Conference Name
This field stores the Conference's name where the source of information was presented.

Date, Date Release, Issue Date, or Last Update Date
This field stores the date of the publication or the last update date for an electronic source. You can include a full or partial date for this field. If a date is not available, enter "n.d." For work that is not yet published, enter "Forthcoming" or "In Press."

Date Variations

10/31/2002
October 31, 2002
October 2002

Note: EndNote does not reformat this field so enter the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

Department or Academic Department
This field stores the academic department of the thesis' author.

Editor or Series Editor
This field stores the editor, or person who prepared the work, or series of work, for publication.

Edition
This field stores the edition where the source appears in the publication. This is commonly used for books that have been revised since the original publication, such as The Chicago Manual of Style 16th Edition, or for newspapers that had several editions printed on the same date.

Book

14th

Newspaper Article

Morning

Electronic Source
A reference type distributed through electronic means.

Endnotes
A list of notes at the end of a document or section that provides additional information to the reader. Each note in the list corresponds to its reference in the document using a number, letter or other symbol.

Extent of Work
This field is provided to describe the full extent of the work for audiovisual material such as "8 sound cassettes (ca. 11 hrs.)" or "3 videocassettes (90 min)".

Footnotes
A list of notes at the bottom of a page that provides additional information to the reader. Each note in the list corresponds to its reference on the page using a number, letter or other symbol.

Forename
An individual's first name.

Format
EndNote does not reformat this field so type the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

Import Filter
An import filter is a file consisting of one or more reference type templates that instruct EndNote online how to interpret and import data into the corresponding fields.

ISBN
ISBN (International Standard Book Number) is a unique identifying code assigned to a nonperiodical publication.

ISSN
ISSN (International Standard Serial Number) is a unique identifying code assigned to a serial publication or periodical, such as a journal.

Journal
A periodical or written work that is published regularly covering current topics in specialized areas of study. This reference field stores the name of the journal. This can be entered as the full title or the abbreviated title. If using abbreviated titles in your bibliography, enter the journal abbreviation in this field for all journal article references. Also, note that journal abbreviations may differ among bibliography output styles. To include both the full and abbreviated title, use the Alternate Journal field.

Full Journal Name

Natural History

Abbreviated Journal Name

Nat Hist

Journal Article
An article published in a journal.

Keywords
This field stores the terms relevant to the reference, which can associate groups of references for specific topics. Type a single word, or series of words using a semicolon (“;”) as a delimiter.

Label
This multi-purpose field can be used to store additional information.

Note: EndNote does not reformat this field so enter the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

Last Updated
This is a special, non-editable field. This field is automatically updated when edits are last saved.

Magazine
This field stores the name of the magazine where the source of information appeared.

Magazine Article
An article published in a magazine.

Newspaper
This field stores the name of the newspaper where the source of information appeared.

Newspaper Article
An article published in a newspaper.

Nonperiodical
A nonperiodical is a printed work that is not published at regular intervals, such as a book, documentary and conference proceedings.

Notes
This field stores miscellaneous notes about the reference. This field also stores reference data that cannot be mapped to an existing field during Import or Online Search.

Number, Bill Number, Document Number, Folio Number, Funding Number, Issue, Issue Number, Manuscript Number, Report Number, Session Number, or Statute Number
This field stores the identifying number for the source, often an issue for journal articles or issue number for magazine articles.

Number of Volumes
This field stores the total number of volumes in a series.

Original Publication
This field is available when using a reference from a republished work. This field often contains the year of the original publication, but additional information can also be entered here.

Note: EndNote does not reformat this field so enter the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

Pages, Code Pages, Start Page, Number of Pages, or Issue
This field stores the specific pages within a source or total number of pages. This can be a single page, the entire number of pages in a work, or page range. For a range of pages, you can use full page numbers, such as 2150-2155, or abbreviated numbers, such as 2150-5. Do not use commas for page numbers one thousand or greater.

Single Page

317

Page Range

2150-2155
2150-5

Parenthetical Citation
A citation included within the text of a written document at the location where the source material is cited enclosed in parentheses.

Performers
This field stores the individual or company name of those performing in audiovisual material.

Note: EndNote does not reformat this field so enter the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

Periodical
A periodical is a printed work that is published at regular intervals such as a journal, newspaper, or magazine.

Publisher, Producer or University
This field stores the company, conference, institution or organization responsible for publishing the work. For theses, this field is labeled and used for the University.

Recipient
This field stores the person receiving the communication being referenced.

Reference Fields
Specific fields of information gathered from a reference, for example, an author, title, or publication date.

Reference List
A list of references cited in a paper or article. Its purpose is to provide enough information for the reader to locate the original sources.

Reference Type
A specified source type determined by the type of publication, section cited or the means of delivery. Books, journal articles, or book sections are examples of different reference types.

Refman (RIS) Export
File format using specific tags to import and export references to and from reference management applications such as EndNote, Reference Manager and ProCite.

Reprint Edition
This field stores the original title and year of a source if the source is a reprinted publication.

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Reviewed Item
This field stores the title of the work being reviewed by the source.

Note: EndNote does not reformat this field so enter the information exactly as you would like it displayed in your bibliography.

RIS
File format using specific tags to import and export references to and from reference management applications such as EndNote, Reference Manager and ProCite.

Roaming
Roaming enables you to log into EndNote online from a computer or device that does not have an authenticated session.

Secondary, Subsidiary, or Tertiary Author
This field stores author(s) responsible for source but not listed as a primary author.

Secondary or Tertiary Title
This field stores the secondary title or tertiary title for the source.

Section, Code Section
This field stores the section where the source appears. For example, you would type F in this field for a newspaper article that appears in Section F.

Series Title
This field stores the title of the Series where the source of information appeared.

Short Title
This field stores the shortened version of the primary title.

Source
A firsthand document or primary reference work.

Surname
An individual's last name or family name.

Tab-Delimited
Universal file format using tabs as the delimiter between fields. This format is used to import and export references between reference management applications as well as database and spreadsheet software.

Times Cited
This is a special, non-editable field for Web of Science™ records. This field provides the count of other works citing this reference and will link to the list in Web of Science.

Temporary Citation
A placeholder that EndNote replaces with a formatted citation when formatting the bibliography. Temporary citations are indicated by temporary citation delimiters.See Format Paper for related information.

Temporary Citation Delimiters
Characters used to enclose temporary citations. They identify the beginning and end of a temporary, or unformatted, citation. Examples of temporary citation delimiters are curly brackets.See Format Paper for related information.

Title
This field stores the title of the source material. This is the primary title of the source.

When entering a title, do not include punctuation, hard returns or linebreaks. Capitalize the title as you would like it to appear in your bibliography.

Book

Introduction to Paleontology

Conference Proceedings

Evaluating periodic, episodic and Poisson models: Reversals and meteorite impacts

Journal Article

A really cold case

Translator
This field stores the person who translated the source of information from its original language.

Type, Type of Image, Type of Medium, Type of Article or Type of Work
This field stores additional information about the source's type or medium.

Unicode
An encoding system that assigns a unique number for every character and symbol regardless of language, system or platform.

Unmatched Citation
A citation with no matching reference in the EndNote library.

URL
This field stores the Uniform Resource Locator, or address for the source. Include "http://", "ftp://" or other pertinent prefixes to provide a full address.

Volume, Code Volume, Reporter Volume or Series Volume
This field stores the volume information and applies to multiple references types, such as books and journals. Do not include "Vol." in this field.

Numeric Volume Number

17

Roman Volume Number

XVII

Works Cited
The sources cited within a document.

Works Cited List
A list of sources cited in a paper or article. Its purpose is to provide enough information for the reader to locate the original source.

Year
This field stores the year of publication or release. Enter this information using a four number year format, such as 2013.