A wide variety of reference types can be added to your library, from scholarly articles and books, to multimedia, websites and many more. They can be added with any of the following methods:
When manually adding a new reference, or in some cases editing references you have imported, you will need to decide which type is best to use. EndNote comes with a wide variety of reference types, here are some suggestions:
| Publication | Reference Type | Necessary fields to enter | Comments |
| Book | Book | Author, Year, Title, Place Published, Publisher, edition in format 2nd or 4th etc- do not add ed. | For print books with one or more authors. |
| Book with editors | Edited Book | Editor(s) Year, Title, Place Published, Publisher, edition in format 2nd or 4th etc- do not add ed. | For books with chapters written by different authors. |
| Book chapter (in Edited Book) | Book Section | Author of Chapter, Year, Title of Chapter, Editor(s) of Book, Title of Book, Place Published, Publisher, Page Nos., edition in format 2nd or 4th etc- do not add ed. | Only use for chapters of edited books - for chapters of a book with authors, reference the whole book. |
| eBook | Electronic Book | Author, Year, Title, Edition (in format 2nd or 4th etc- do not add ed.) Type of Medium,URL | Could be online as a pdf (such as reports online), or in web format (html). |
| eBook Chapter | Electronic Book Section | Author of Chapter, Year, Title of Chapter, Editor(s) of Book, Year, Title of Book, Page Nos., edition (in format 2nd or 4th etc- do not add ed.), URL or DOI | As above use eBook type, if citing a chapter in a book with overall author(s). |
| Journal article, print or electronic | Journal article | Author, Year, Title, Journal title, Volume, Issue,Pages, DOI or for online without DOI the URL | Check the style you are using to see if DOI is required. (APA 6th-7th does). |
| Newspaper article online | Newspaper Article | Reporter/Author,Year,Issue,Date,Name of Newspaper,Pages, URL | Pages may not apply if online |
| Report | Report | Author,Year,Title,Series Title, Place Published, Institution. | Use for printed reports only, use eBook for online reports |
| Online video eg YouTube | Online Multimedia | Created by, Year,Title,Type of Work,URL | Type of work: could just be "Online multimedia" or "Online videorecording" |
| UpToDate article | Electronic book section | Author of Chapter, Year, Title of Chapter, Title of Book = UpToDate, Editor of Book, URL | Reference as a chapter in a book titled UpToDate |
| Web page / Site | Web Page | Author, Year, URL -if date accessed required use Access Date (month and day) and Access Year | Check the style for format of access date, could be day before or after month. |