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Research Services

EndNote for Research Projects

In order to ensure the research process is efficient, you will be required to download and install EndNote on your government-issued PC. EndNote will serve as the delivery mechanism for citations and full text. 

  • Put in a ticket with your IT department for EndNote installation
  • Download the EndNote 21 (Product keys are also available on this page)
    • EndNote 21 is the most current version and is recommended

Citation Management Training

The NOAA Central Library maintains an enterprise-wide subscription to EndNote, which allows for use by any NOAA employee or contract employee with a noaa.gov email. To ensure you are able to effectively manage this information, we provide one-on-one and office-wide training fit to your specific use case. Our team has extensive knowledge in building and structuring libraries for offices and working groups, and can provide you with recommendations on structure, metadata, management practices, and more. 

  • The Basics
    • Creating a library
    • Uploading PDFs & RIS
    • Organization & Navigation
    • Metadata editing
    • Updating & Cleaning references
    • Deduplication
  • Collaboration
    • Sharing a personal library 
    • Creating an office/group library
  • Converting Text-based references to a library
  • Metadata Best Practices
    • Priority metadata elements
    • Checking quality
    • Cleaning metadata
  • Advanced organization & management 
    • Custom fields
    • Smart groups
    • Advanced Deduplication
  • Advanced Office/Group Libraries
    • Best practices management
    • Establishing standard practices