Exclude Reference Types from Bibliography

EndNote EndNote How To
1

Is it possible to exclude specific reference types from the automatic generated bibliography?

2

Do you mean you want to retain the in-text citation but you don’t want the corresponding reference to appear in the bibliography list?  Seems a bit odd not to include the reference but if that’s what you want to do, you could modify the output style’s bibliography templates by deleting the ones (e.g., Book, Journal Article, etc.) you don’t want to appear in the bibliography list.

To access the output style’s bibliography templates, go to the EndNote toolbar, select EDIT, OUTPUT STYLES, EDIT [name of the style you’re using].  In the style’s dialog box, locate “Bibliography” on the left column and click on “Templates”. After modifying the templates, the changes will be saved to a new output style file so adjust both EndNote and MS Word to use this file and not the original output style file.

4

Yes, the “Generic” will “kick-in” when the reference template (e.g., Journal Article) is deleted - so delete both.

5

I would also like to know how to do this.

CrazyGecko: What do you mean by “so delete both”?

I have deleted the formatting for the reference type (Interview) under Bibliography>Templates but like Leanne says above, it reverts to the default.

Thanks for your help!

PS: I am wanting to do this because I cite unpublished interviews in Chicago style - and for that you mention them in a footnote but not in the bibliography.

7

Thanks so much Leanne! That did the trick and saves me manually removing them every time I update my references =)

I was a bit confused at first, not knowing that there is a “Generic” ‘reference type’ in “Templates”… and that this was the second one that I had to clear.

It also created a tiny problem in that I had a “Report” and there was nothing defined for “Report” in the style I was using so that also disappeared. I guess this is the risk of removing “Generic” - Endnote has nothing to fall back on. Easily fixed - I just added in a new reference type.

Thanks again!!

1 Like
8

I’m writing a legal paper whereby I don’t have to cite certain legislation in the Bibliography, only in the footnote. I’m trying to figure out how to exclude these references therefore but don’t quite understand what the instructions given here mean.

What do I have to delete in under the Bibliography template? Which two things exactly? I’m not quite sure what is meant by generic.

Thanks in advance!