When you insert a journal name from the Journals term list into a reference, only the first entry for the journal name is entered. However, you can create a bibliography that uses any abbreviation in the term list by editing the style used to format the paper.
To edit a style to use journal abbreviations:
From the Edit menu, select Output Styles and select Open Style Manager.
Select the style that you would like to edit, and click Edit.
From the list of options at the left of the Style Editor window, click Journal Names.
Select one of the available options.
Close and save the style. Now when you format a paper or look at the Preview panel, all of the journal names should be replaced with the appropriate abbreviation.
If a journal name in one of your references does not have the selected abbreviation entered in the Journals term list, the journal name appears in the bibliography exactly as it is entered in the Reference window.
Since it is possible (though not common) to have more than one multi-column journal list in a library, it is important to know how EndNote chooses which Journal list to use with the Journal Abbreviations feature. EndNote uses the multi-column list that is linked to the journal field used by the style. For example, if the Alternate Journal field is specified by the style, EndNote uses the multi-column list linked to the Alternate Journal field. If no multi-column list is linked to a journal field, EndNote uses the first multi-column list that it finds.
The predefined Journals term list that is added to every library is already set up as a multi-column list, and it is linked to these fields:
Journal Article reference type—Journal field
Journal Article reference type—Alternate Journal field
Electronic Article reference type—Periodical Title field