Including Notes in the List of References (Microsoft Word)

Some journal styles (such as Science) require that you include notes along with the list of works cited at the end of the document. In such a system, notes are numbered just like citations, and are included in the reference list in order of appearance, along with bibliographic references.

Including notes in this way makes sense only when you are formatting your paper with a numbered style (not an author-date style).

To insert text as a numbered note in the reference list:

  1. Position the cursor at the location in your text where you would like the number indicating the note.

  2. From the Tools menu, go to the EndNote submenu, and then select Insert Note to display the EndNote Insert Note dialog. From the EndNote tab, select Insert Citation, and then Insert Note.

  3. Type your note text into the text box. There is no limit on the amount of text you can enter.

  4. Click OK to insert a numbered note.

When your paper is formatted by EndNote using a numbered style, the note text is assigned a number and listed along with the references at the end of the paper.

The way that notes are displayed when unformatted can be changed in the Temporary Citations preferences.

To manually type text as a numbered note in the reference list:

  1. Type the text into the body of your document where you would want the number for the note to appear.

  2. Be sure to surround the entire section of text with your Temporary Citation Delimiters (curly braces by default), and begin it with "NOTE:". For example:

{NOTE: The authors would like to acknowledge the support of...}

Restrictions on the Use of the "NOTE" Feature:

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