The left panel of the Library window lists the groups in the current library, along with a record count for each group. A new library may have very few groups. The All References, Unfiled, and Trash groups are permanent, and cannot be removed.
Click a minus sign (-) next to a group set heading to hide the list of groups under that heading. Click a plus sign (+) next to a group set heading to display the list of groups in that group set. Click the triangle icon next to a group set heading to show or hide the list of groups in that set.
You can drag the separator bar between the group name list and the reference list to adjust the size of the panels.
You may not always want to display groups, as that panel takes up screen space. From the Groups menu, select Hide Groups or Show Groups.
You can work in Online Search Mode or switch to Integrated Library & Online Search Mode or Online Search Mode.
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Local Library Mode: Displays automatic groups, custom groups, and smart groups, but not Online Groups. This mode prevents references found during an online search from inadvertently being downloaded into your currently open library. This is the default mode.
Online Search Mode: Search and download references from online databases. In this mode, only Online Search groups are available. References are downloaded into a temporary library. They are removed when you close EndNote.
Integrated Library & Online Search Mode: All groups and commands are available. When you download references from an online database, EndNote saves them to a group under the Online Search group set and to your open library.
Note: If you decide that you do not want to keep the retrieved references, select them, and then move them to the Trash folder.
Note: We recommend that you use Online Search Mode if you do not want the references downloaded to the All References group.