Cite While You Write

Introduction

Cite While You Write (also known as CWYW) is an EndNote plug-in that allows you to access your EndNote library from within Microsoft Word to insert citations into your Word documents and build bibliographies. You can insert citations into any location in your Word document, at anytime during the writing process. In addition to citations, CWYW allows you to insert images (figures) from your EndNote library into your Word document.

Note: In order to use CWYW with Microsoft Word, you need to have EndNote installed on your computer, in addition to Microsoft Word 2000, XP, 2003 or 2007. To have access to the EndNote submenu in Microsoft Word, install EndNote after you install Microsoft Word. Otherwise the submenu will not appear.

Inserting Citations

1. When you are ready to insert citations from your EndNote library into your Word document, your EndNote library must be open in order to use the CWYW plug-in.
2. In your Word document, position your cursor in the exact location where you want to insert an in-text citation.
3. From the Tools menu (in Microsoft Word), highlight EndNote and select Find Citation(s). The Find Citations dialog box will appear.

   

4. Use the dialog box to search for specific citations in your EndNote library by keyword. Select one or more citations and click Insert.

   

5. The selected citation(s) will be inserted into your document as a temporary citation. The next step is to format citations and build the bibliography in a choosen output style.

Formatting Citations & Bibliography

1. From the Tools menu (in Microsoft Word), highlight EndNote and select Format Bibliography. The Format EndNote Bibliograhy dialog box will appear.
2. Choose the output style you would like to use from the menu. (The menu lists the four EndNote internal styles plus any output styles that you have selected for your EndNote library. To see more output styles select Show All from the menu.) For more information, see Output Styles.

   

3. Click OK. EndNote will build your bibliography and format your in-text citations according to your choosen style. To choose another output style, select Format Bibliography again and select another style, and your document will be reformated to your new selection.

Adding Page Numbers to Citations

After formatting your bibliography and in-text citation, page numbers can be added.

1. Highlight the formatted citation in your Word document.
2. From the Tools menu (in Microsoft Word), highlight EndNote and select Edit Citation. The Format EndNote Edit Citation dialog box will appear.
3. Enter the page number in the pages field.
4. Click OK.