Endnote for Law

NB: Students on campus will need to download the Reference Types Tables. Off campus students will need to download Endnote, AGLC and the Reference Types tables. See the Law Study Guide – Endnote: Install for instructions and links.

Endnote Library / Endnote stores citations in a library which can be saved to your computer or memory stick.

Creating a New Library / To create an Endnote Library:
  • Select the File-New option or New Library icon on the Endnote menu bar
  • Name and save your file
The file extension for an Endnote Library is .enl
Creating a New Reference / There are 2 options for creating a new reference:
  • The green and white icon on the Endnote tool bar
  • References tab on the Endnote menu

Reference Style / Endnote provides access to 100s of citation styles. At UTS the style for Law is AGLC .
Endnote does not automatically provide access to the AGLC style. You must download this from the library website

Reference Types / The AGLC style allows you to select legal reference types from the drop down menu
Eg case, statute, legal encyclopaedia, journal, etc.

Fields in Endnote / The reference type dictates which fields you use to create the Endnote reference.
A detailed list of reference types and fields can be found at:

Case:
Imbree v McNeilly (2008) 236 CLR 510

Statute: Crimes Act 1900 (NSW)

The Label Fields and the Bibliography / AGLC guidelines state that your bibliography must be organised by material type: cases, legislation, etc: AGLC (3rded) 1.16
As citations are inserted into a Word document from Endnote a bibliography automatically begins to form at the end of the document.
This bibliography will be organised in alphabetical order rather than by material type.
To organise your bibliography by material type use the Label Field on the Endnote record and classify your material according to the following labels:
  • Article/Book/ Report
  • Case
  • Legislation
  • Treaty
  • Various
(The label ‘Various’ is used to classify ‘other sources’ because this will place these references after the other named categories)
Note that the Labels are in alphabetical order – A-C-L-T-V- this will force Endnote to place the materials into this order in your bibliography
TIPS / Tips for inserting data into Endnote fields
Personal Author Names / Enter authors as Surname, First name
Corporate Author Names / Enter the full name followed by a comma, eg Department of Justice,
Journal Titles / Journal titles should be entered in full
Judges / Judges and their titles should all be listed on one line exactly as you want them to appear, eg Gleeson CJ, Gummow and Hayne JJ
Punctuation / In most cases you do not need to use punctuation-eg brackets, italics, commas etc as Endnote formats this for you. Exceptions apply when inserting paragraph numbers, sections into citations in Word (see below).
Regulations / Use the Statute reference type
Statutes / ‘Regnal years and Monarch’ is an optional field if required.
United Nations
Document / For UN documents type the Resolution Number in full (eg GA Res 34/40); type the subdivision in full (eg 2110thmtg)
URLs / URLs should be entered into the URL field without brackets. When you have a URL you must also enter the Access date (ie the full date when you viewed the website)
Years / Enter years without brackets. Endnote will automatically apply the appropriate bracket.
WORD / Endnote and Word
Endnote Tab / When Endnote is installed, Word will display an Endnote Tab. This allows you to interact with Endnote.

Style Selection / Make sure the style selection on the Word toolbar is AGLC:
Reference Tab: inserting footnotes / AGLC referencing uses footnotes. To create a footnote in Word:
  • Go to the References Tab on the Word toolbar

  • Place the curser in the document at the point where the footnote is to be inserted.
  • Select the Insert Footnote icon on the References Tab. A footnote number will now appear in the document at the bottom of the page.

Selecting an Endnote Citation / Once a footnote is inserted you need to select a citation from Endnote to insert into the footnote.
  • Go to the EndnoteTab in Word

  • Select the icon (This toggles to Endnote)
  • In Endnote select/highlight the citation you want to insert into the footnote
  • Toggle back to Word using the icon on the Endnote Library toolbar (Make sure that you are in the Endnote Tab)
  • Select Insert Citation-Insert Selected Citation

The Bibliography / As you insert citations into Word, a bibliography starts to build> To send the bibliography to a new page move to the Insert Tab and select Insert a Page Break.
The bibliography will now appear at the end of the document.
Adding a pinpoint reference to your citation / Often citations need to refer to a specific page reference, section of legislation or paragraph: this is called a pinpoint. Pinpoints do NOT appear in your bibliography.
To insert a Pinpoint into your citation:
  • Select/highlight the citation you wish to edit
  • Use the icon on the Endnote Tab in Word
  • Type the number(s) into the Page box in the Edit Citation window
  • The pinpoint will now appear in the footnote

Editing the Endnote Reference / If a citation needs to be corrected or changed, the change must be made in the Endnote Library, NOT in your Word document.
  • Select the icon on the Endnote Tab in Word
  • Make your corrections in the Endnote record
  • Toggle back to Word in the Endnote Tab using
  • Select the Update Citations and Bibliography icon:
This will synchronise your Word document with the changes/corrections made in Endnote.
Deleting a Footnote / If you wish to delete a footnote you must also remove the citation attached to the footnote.
  • Highlight the citation that you wish to remove from your footnotes
  • Select the icon in your Endnote Tab in Word. The citation you have highlighted will appear in the edit citation menu.
  • Select the Remove citation option under the dropdown menu.
  • In your Word document delete the footnote number
  • Endnote automatically renumbers your footnotes

Forgot to add a footnote? / If you need to edit your document and add extra footnotes, Endnote wil automatically renumber your footnotes as you insert the new citations.
Creating a Bibliography / The bibliography at the end of your document will be organised in alphabetical order according to material type (this is generated by the data in the Label field in Endnote)
However the Labels will not appear in your bibliography. To create Labels (or Headings) the hidden Endnote codes in your Word document must first be removed.
When you remove Field Codes Endnote will create a clean copy of your document stripped of Endnote codes but also still retain your original document.
Removing Field Codes / When you are satisfied that your essay and footnotes are complete:
  • Save a copy of your original work
  • Highlight your Bibliography by clicking in to it
  • Select Convert Citations and Bibliography- Convert to Plain Text.
This will create a clean copy of your document that needs to be saved. Your original Endnote encoded document is untouched.
Now you can add the headings to the bibliography in the clean document.
Adding repeat citationsconsequtively / If you repeat a citation immediately after its first citation, Endnote will immediately put in an ‘ibid’
Adding repeat citations that are separated by other citations / Use the Cross Referencing feature in theReferences tab:
  • Insert the footnote. At the end of the footnote add ‘above n” followed by a space
  • In Word’s Reference tab click on Cross Reference
  • Use the drop downs to set Reference Type to Footnote; and set the Insert Reference to Footnote Number
  • Tick the check box labelled include above/below
  • In the For which Footnote box, select the footnote that you want to refer to. Then click Insert and Close

Changing the numbering of the cross referenced footnotes / If you insert other footnotes that change the numbering of the cross referenced footnotes, they do not automatically correct . To do this either:
  • Correct them one at a timeby clicking in turn on the numbers above each above n (the number will go grey) and hit the F9 key.
  • Correct them all at once by clicking onto any text in any footnote, clicking on Control + A to highlight all text in all footnotes (all the cross referenced numbers show in dark grey) and then hit the F9 key.
  • This process can be done at any time and as often as you wish.
  • If you want something more complex eg above nn44-45, you will have to do this manually.