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This CSIRO specific guide has information on managing your references using EndNote.

Tags

Tags are customisable labels that you can use to organise your references.

You can create up to 7 tags, and assign multiple tags to a reference.

Creating, using and deleting tags

To create a tag:

  1. Select Tags > Create Tag.
    Creating a tag, tag menu, selecting create tag
  2. The Create Tag dialog box will appear. Enter the name for your tag, and select a colour (7 choices), then click the Create Tag button.
    Creating a tag, naming a tab, selecting a colour for your tag
  3. Once created, your tags will appear in the MY TAGS section. The number of references associated with each tag are noted and can be displayed.
    EndNote Desktop library, My tags section

To add a tag to a reference:

  1. In the Reference List panel, right click to select the reference that you want to tag and click on Manage Tags.

Adding a tag to a reference

  1. In the Manage Tags dialog box, you can create and/or select tags, then click OK.
    Adding a tag to a reference, selecting or creating a tag
  2. The assigned tags should now be attached to the selected reference.
    Assigned tags are attached to selected references
  3. The number of references associated with each tag are noted in the MY TAGS section and can be displayed.

To remove a tag from a reference:

  1. Right click to select the desired reference and click on Manage Tags.
  2. In the Manage Tags dialog box, click on the Clear Tags button to remove all the tags assigned to the reference, or click on the X to the right of a tag to remove individual tags from the reference.
    Removing tags from a reference

To delete a tag:

  1. Locate the MY TAGS section.
  2. Right click on the tag to select it and, then click on Delete Tag.
    Deleting a tag