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EndNote Basic

EndNote Basic is a web-based program that allows you to organize your sources (articles, books, images, etc.), cite the sources while you write a paper, and prepare bibliographies.

Sharing Groups / Folders

Sharing Groups

  1. Click the Organize tab which will display the Manage My Groups page.
  2. Find the group you wish to share and check the Share checkbox.
  3. Click the Manage Sharing button.
  4. Enter up to 1,000 e-mail addresses separating each address by pressing the Enter or Return key.
    Other option: use the Browse button to upload a text file containing e-mail addresses separated by commas
  5. Select the Read only or Read & Write access option.
  6. Click the Apply button.
  7. Repeat steps 4-6 to add users with a different access option.

Unsharing Groups

  1. Click the Organize tab which will display the Manage My Groups page.
  2. Find the group you wish to unshare and uncheck the Share checkbox.

Modify Users of a Shared Group

  1. Click the Organize tab which will display the Manage My Groups page.
  2. Find the group you wish to modify.
  3. Click the Manage Sharing button.
  4. You can then delete users, select edit to modify a user's email address, change a user's access option, add more users, and delete all users.

Hiding Groups Shared from Others

  1. Click the Organize tab, then click the Others' Groups link.
  2. Uncheck the group you wish to hide.
    Note: Groups shared to you do not count against your 500 personal group limit.

Using Cite While You Write with Shared Groups

  1. Click the Organize tab, then click the Others' Groups link.
  2. Check the shared group you would like to be available for Cite While You Write.

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