Research Guides: EndNote: Cite While You Write

Output Styles

EndNote allows you to select and change the citation style of references in a document. The EndNote toolbar displays the current style, and the drop down arrow will reveal other popular or recently used styles. The Select Another Style option opens a pop-up with the hundreds of citation styles that come with EndNote.

Changing the citation style in Word will automatically refomat all the citations and the bibliography according to the new style's rules.

Sometimes, you may need to edit an existing citation style to customize it for your exact needs. This could be as simple as adding page numbers to an in-text citation or using a full journal name as opposed to an abbreivated title. The below links and documents illustrate downloading, editing, and creating new output styles.

EndNote Training: Editing Citations
From the EndNote Training YouTube channel, this video shows how to make changes to EndNote citations, such as adding page numbers, removing a references from a citation, or adding a reference to a citation.
Modifying EndNote Styles: a tutorial from the National Institutes of Health Library
Instructions for modifying EndNote styles.
EndNote Output Styles
Collection of over 6,000 output styles that can be downloaded and installed in the EndNote software.

Modifying References Types and Output Styles for Windows
"One of the most powerful features of EndNote is the ability to set a style and have your in-text citations and bibliography automatically change to fit the style you chose. However, occasionally the styles we provide may not exactly meet your needs. For that reason, we provide all the tools you need to create and modify styles yourself."

EndNote: Adding and Changing Reference Types