If you use EndNote Online (or any reference management tool), you still need to allow yourself sufficient time to check the accuracy of all the citations and references in your Word document.

If you decide to use EndNote Online, it's advisable to start learning to use it as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the final stages of writing when other aspects of the writing process are competing for attention! Furthermore, it's easier to export references into EndNote Online as soon as you discover them, rather than trying to do so retrospectively.If you are using a PinPoint (page number etc.) add this after the Cross-Reference. Type any punctuation needed to close the cross-reference e.g. In the Cross-Reference box choose the following options:Ĭhoose the relevant footnote and click Insert OSCOLA requires cross-references to be in the form (n4) for a cross-reference to footnote 4 so the prefix is (n.Ĭlick Insert Cross-reference in the Word toolbar (if you can’t see the word Cross-reference, click the small button with red dashes next to Insert Caption). In Word place your cursor at the end of the Footnote outside the ‘grey’ EndNote field for your subsequent citation.

the OSCOLA style only requires the surname of the first author for a journal article. If your style has been set up correctly in EndNote it will insert your subsequent citation in the appropriate format e.g. Insert a footnote as usual then go to EndNote to select the reference for your subsequent citation and click Insert Citation. Use the Cross-reference function in Word so that your document automatically updates when you enter new citations.

in the OSCOLA style ‘Smith (n3)’ is a subsequent citation to a journal article by Smith cited in footnote 3. Some styles require subsequent citations to be in an abbreviated form with a cross-reference to the initial citation e.g.

Endnote format of references