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Searching Your EndNote Library

So now that you have a library full of a long list of references, how do you find the specific one you are looking for? It's a snap. You can easily locate a single reference or a group of common references: 

  • Open the library
  • Choose Tools from the main tool bar
  • Choose Search Library
  • This brings up the search options in the lower box:

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  • Type in your search term(s)
  • Choose the field you wish to search (author, title, etc)
  • Use the Boolean and and or to connect multiple terms
  • Match Case will make your search case-sensitive; Match Word will force your search to find your exact words (e.g., "state" would retrieve only "state" rather than "statehood")
  • Click on Search
  • This will give you a list of all and only references in the library that match your search criteria. (To get a full list of all references in the library, click the All References option at the top of the left box.)