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Posted: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:25:13 -0800
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Subject: Re: Lost in the style cumbersome jungle!
Author: Leanne (Mentor)
Date: 01-11-2012 09:25 PM
Citation is how it is cited in the text of the document, while Bibliography is how it is listed in the references section. Complications are due to the fact that different publications have a variety of requirements on how something is cited the first time and how it is cited subsequently in the text. So a journal might want the (first three authors, et al, YEAR) the first time an article cited, but only require the first authors name (F.Author, et al, YEAR) the second and subsequent times it is cited in that paper. It would be highly unusual to list it twice in the reference list. Journals sometimes don't want to see all 30 authors, but do want to see up to 3 authors or 6 authors and then abbreviate the list with et al. So it isn't uncommon in the citations for them to ask for to see both or all three is 3 or less, but if more than 3, only show 1 and abbreviate the rest as et al. In the bibliography they can be more generous and want to see all the authors or only all the authors if there are 7 or less, and then to abbreviate -- hence the wealth of Endnote options to accomodate all these variables. While an more intuitive interface might be welcome, as you get more complicated and need to accomodate more options- it just gets less intuitive! You could instead use Endnote Web, which has less options (like users can't edit styles at all, only administrators can), and you take it as it comes! But that is why so many styles are already constructed and available, and using the in the PC version) the Help> web style finder or in the Mac I think it is in the style viewer at the bottom, which takes you to the style finder webpage at http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp from where you can retrieve many many styles - albeit some may need tweaking if a style has changed since it was constructed. Hope this helps and Good Luck!
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