Set a Default 

You can assign a library to open automatically every time you start 

Library

EndNote. You will find it useful to set the Paleo Library (P

ALEO

.

ENL

) 

as your default library for now. Later, when you create your own 

library, you can set it as the default library. 

To set a default library:

1. From the EndNote (Macintosh) or Edit (Windows) menu, choose 

Preferences and click Libraries.

2. Click Add Open Libraries. You should see the Paleo Library 

(Paleo.enl) listed at the top of the window.

3. Click Save (Macintosh) or Apply (Windows) to save this change. 

4. While you could make changes to other EndNote preferences, for 

now you can click the red close button (Macintosh) or OK 

(Windows) to leave the Preferences dialog.

Select and Open 

To work with specific references you must first select them in the 

a Reference

Library window.

There are different ways to select a reference, such as clicking on the 

reference using the mouse, using the arrow keys, or typing the first few 

letters of the field by which the library has been sorted.

To see how this works, click once on any reference to select it. If you 

have arrow keys on your keyboard, press the U

P

 or D

OWN

 A

RROW

 to 

select the previous or next reference. When the library is sorted by 

author name (as it should be now), you can also select a reference by 

typing the first few letters of the author's last name. 

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