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>Is there anyway to define reference types that act like templates for new
>entries?
>
>I have a source from which I get many references but their bibliographic
>description is very awkward. Each time I enter a new one, I can't recall
>exactly how I entered the data on the last few.  I'd like to create a
>dedicated reference type for this so that it would come up with all of the
>common stuff already filled in when I open a new entry.
>
>One could just duplicate previous entries and edit them, but I haven't
>found this to be all that satisfactory in the long run. Is there a way to
>build this into the "Reference type" pull-down menu?

Yes, you can edit the existing reference types and build new ones, and add
them to your reference style. I did that for my historical, unpublished
sources that I use because EndNote seems to be targeted at groups who uses
published as their primary sources. There are just a few simple things to
remember.

1. Your settings for author and editor list can give you troubles. Example:
in my research I have a lot of unpublished source materials from company
archives gathered in the state's public archives. When refered to, I want
them to apear as COMAPNY ARCHIVE (place stored): type of source, date., or,
for example: Volvo Historical Archives (Gothenburg Public Archives), Board
Meeting Protocol, 1930-01-09.
If you choose to enter the name of the archive in first field in the
database, which normally is used for authors, you will find that EndNote
enters: *Archives, Volvo Historical* since it handles the entry as a
personal name and enters the last name first. You can side step this
problem by entering a comma (,) after the last word (*Volvo Historical
Archives,*). This makes EN override the settings for author lists.

2. Also, you have to "balance" the editing of reference type with the
settings for in-text citations in the style. If in-text setting is (author,
year) you will have to edit the reference style accordingly. This means
that you will have to make sure that the information that you want to apear
in the in-text citations, or footnotes, is entred in those fieleds
regardless of if you renamed those particular fields as you build the new
type of source.

In my experience, this takes a night's experimenting until you have achived
an out put that looks like what you intended.

Henrik
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Henrik Glimstedt
Dep. of History
University of Gothenburg
S-412 98 Gothenburg
SWEDEN

Phone:int+46-31 773 45 11
Fax:  int+46-31 773 49 11
(glimstedt@history.gu.se)