Bibliographic Styles

Bibliographic styles control the appearance of references in a bibliography. Although EndNote includes hundreds of styles, different Faculties/Schools of Deakin University will have a preference for only one or two specific styles.

It's important to confirm with your lecturer which style your School uses. However, as a general rule the following styles are preferred:

Arts students are expected to use Harvard, or Oxford. Academic Skills unit (part of Division of Student Life) have created a guide on how to reference using the Harvard or Oxford styles and also one on how to reference from internet and other electronic sources. The Library have created Deakin EndNote styles for Harvard and Oxford see below
Business students are required to use Harvard. Please note that minor modifications to the style may be required to meet faculty requirements. The Faculty does not use a specific style guide, but students are encouraged to consult the Communication Skills Handbook for information about referencing conventions and styles. Academic Skills unit (part of Division of Student Life) have created a guide on how to reference using the Harvard style and also one on how to reference from internet and other electronic sources. The Library have created Deakin EndNote style for Harvard see below
The official style manual for the Deakin University School of Law is the Australian Guide to Legal Citation. It is available for loan from campus libraries, or online from the Melbourne University Law Review website (personal use copies only may be downloaded for viewing in pdf format from this site.)
Education - Students are expected to use the Guide to assignment writing and referencing produced by Academic Skills. The main referencing style used by Education is Harvard with the exception of the TESOL area which uses APA. The Faculty of Education modified EndNote style is also available.
Citing Eric documents : From the University of Illinois, comes guidance on various citation styles for ERIC documents. Although the main example given uses APA, suggestions for adding Eric Document numbers to other styles are also given.
Academic Skills unit (part of Division of Student Life) have created a guide on how to reference using the Harvard or APA styles and also one on how to reference from internet and other electronic sources.
The Library has created Deakin EndNote styles for Harvard and APA see below
Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences students are expected to use Harvard, or APA (Psychology) or Vancouver. Academic Skills unit (part of Division of Student Life) have created a guide on how to reference using the Harvard or APA or Vancouver styles and also one on how to reference from internet and other electronic sources. The Library have created Deakin EndNote styles for Harvard., APA and Vancouver see below
Science and Technology students are expected to use Harvard. Please note that minor modifications to the style may be required to meet faculty requirements. Academic Skills unit (part of Division of Student Life) have created a guide on how to reference using the Harvard style and also one on how to reference from internet and other electronic sources. The Library have created Deakin EndNote style for Harvard see below

Whichever style is used, the most important thing is to be consistent and accurate when citing references.

Deakin EndNote styles have been created for APA, Harvard, Oxford and Vancouver. The styles have been modified from University of Queensland styles created by John East.
These styles can be used with EndNote 9 or EndNote X (10).
Click on the links and save the styles in C:\Program Files\EndNote 9\Styles or C:\Program Files\EndNote X\Styles
deakinu-APA-2007
deakinu-harvard-2007
deakinu-Oxford-2007
deakinu-vancouver-2007
When you have saved the styles go to EndNote and select the style from the Style Manager (see below)

To see available styles

From the Edit menu, select Output Styles
Select Open Style Manager. If your style is not available, any style can be modified to suit your needs and you can create new styles.

Select Another Style from the styles list on the general EndNote toolbar

styles

To preview the style of your reference

With an open library, highlight a reference and select Show Preview in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. This will display your reference in the selected style and allow you to see how it would appear in a bibliography.

Modifying styles

Although EndNote provides a wide range of styles, it's likely that at some point you will need to modify a style, or even create a new one. It's easier to modify an existing style than to start from scratch and create one yourself. The version of Harvard (author–date) that's provided with EndNote will require some minor modifications.

To modify a style

From the Edit menu, select Output Styles
Select Open Style Manager
Choose the style to edit, and select Edit
The most recently used style can also be easily opened by selecting Output Styles from the Edit menu, and selecting Edit <name of style>.

Look for the bibliography template panel where the basic layout for references formatted by the style is located. You can edit these reference types, or create the basic layout for a new reference type.

edit style

To edit a reference type by changing or inserting fields into the template

Select the required reference type from those displayed e.g. Book or Journal Article
Place your cursor where the edit is required

To insert a field into the reference template

Insert a field name from the Insert Field menu. Field names can also be typed manually, but the menu is quicker and more accurate.

To insert punctuation or other text into the template

Type the punctuation or text that you want to appear in the formatted reference. Carriage returns and tabs can be inserted using the Insert Field menu.

To modify formatting, including use of italics or bold

Highlight the text to be modified and select required formatting from the general EndNote toolbar.

To modify a style to use the abbreviations in a Journals term list:

Select the Journal Names panel from the list at the left of the Style window to see the available options
You can select Abbreviation 1, Abbreviation 2, or Abbreviation 3 if required. In the bibliography, the journal name for each reference is replaced with the form of that name in the second, third, or fourth column of the Journals term list, respectively. For more information, see the Term Lists section.

To specify the number of names that appear in a formatted citation

Select Bibliography in the Style window
Select Author Lists or Editor Lists
Some styles require a list of authors or editors, to be abbreviated as "et al." after a certain number of names. In the Abbreviations panel, specify the number of authors or editors after which "et al" must be used.

To differentiate between multiple publications published in the same year by an author

Select Citations in the Style window
Select Ambiguous Citations
Tick Add A Letter After The year option

Modifying reference types

The Reference Types table displays all available reference types and the fields that each reference type contains. You can add, remove, or rename fields, or add a completely new reference type. You may need to modify an existing reference type to accommodate new sources of information, such as Internet based material, or journal articles taken from online journal databases.

To modify a reference type

From the Edit menu, select Preferences
Select Preferences
Select Modify Reference Types

modify ref

To add a new field to a reference type

Choose the reference type to edit. Scroll down the page. There are 7 fields in each reference type (Custom 1 through 7) that are provided specifically for customisation. Additional fields cannot be added to the table, but you may modify existing fields that you do not intend to use. In the following example you will see that the Journal Article reference type has been modified to include the additional field of Quotes to add quotes from the specific article.

Edit Ref Type

NOTE: To ensure that the additional customised fields appear in your bibliography, you will need to modify the bibliography template. Please see the section on Bibliographic Styles for detailed instructions on how to modify the bibliography template.

To add a new reference type

Two reference types ("Unused 2", and "Unused 3") are provided specifically for customisation. These can be used at any stage to set up a completely new reference type.