I am quite new to EndNote. 3 year into my research, I had to import all my bibliography database into EndNote (long story). I have a problem with reference types (sorry if it sounds like a very simple stupid question). It is about listing references and bibliography:

There are some edited books where I'll need to cite the chapter's author, rather than the editor. So should I keep the reference type as "Book Section"? If this is the case, do I then have to create another entry for the same book as "Edited Book" so EndNote can put this book into the Bibliography section with the editors' name? Or is one entry as "Book Section" enough? In other words, when formatting I want EndNote to be able to put the author of the chapter first in references, but editor of the book first in bibliography.

hmm I'm not certain since I've lost touch with the new Endnote versions. But I would suppose that
- you need only one entry
- you get it to show what you want it to show by fiddling with the output style, rather than the database entry. (you can use predefined styles, build your own, or adapt existing ones)

Hope that helps.

Thank you. That makes sense. I will try and create a sample list to test that now.

Hi 404, which system do you use for referencing?

I have to use Harvard style.

404 - did it work? am struggling with that as well.

I actually put 2 entries in in such instances - if you look at other people's ref lists at the end of journal articles and whatnot, they often have an authored chapter in there as well as the edited book as a stand-alone, which I'm guessing necessitates 2 entries - then you can select which one (or both) you want listed on any particular output.

You should be able to list the editor of the book in the refence - the person who wrote the chapter goes first so:

Chapter author, chapter title, in ed. editor, name of book, pages

You should only cite the whole book if you have used all the chapters in it (which will be listed separately). If it is just this one you only cite the one chapter

sixkitten, I'm not going to cite the whole book when I'm only referring to one chapter. But I want to list them as edited books in my bibliography separately (in some cases, I read the whole book but just cited from a chapter). There are more books in my bibliography then in my references list, same as everyone I suppose.

H, I'm using Harvard style too.

jojo, and Zelda, I couldn't make it work but it might be my fault as I haven't done this before (I used to use my own system in Access program). I wonder if 2 entries is the best solution...

404, the harvard style for referencing a chapter from an edited book is:

AUTHOR(S) (YEAR) "TITLE OF CHAPTER" In(underlined): EDITOR(S) (eds), TITLE OF BOOK, PAGES, PLACE-PUBLISHER

I don't see why you wouldn't have the book seperately too as:
EDITOR(S) (YEAR) "TITLE OF BOOK" PLACE-PUBLISHER

When you want to add a reference in EndNote, choose the types as "Book section" for your reference chapeter and "edited book" to reference the whole book.

Hi H, that was my question in a way. Does that mean I need to have two entries for that book? One as edited book and one as book section. So when it comes to listing the biographies, EndNote can list the book as edited book (instead of my having to change the reference type manually for each edited book that I use a reference from).

Yes, you create two seperated entries- one for the whole book (edited book) and one for the chapter from this book(book section.

Thank you verdy