not find a matching entry in the term list, it will insert the new journal title into the first column of the term list. If you are importing references with abbreviated titles in the Journal field, the automatic updating of the Journals term list could cause problems. If the abbreviation is not already in the Journals term list, it will be added to the first column (?Full Journal?). To avoid this, you can disable the automatic updating of the term lists. To disable automatic updating of terms: Select Edit&gt;Preferences When the dialogue box opens, highlight Term Lists in the left-hand frame Uncheck the options ?Update lists when importing or pasting references? and ?Update lists during data entry? When importing references to your library from the Ovid Medline database via the UQ Library web server, we suggest that you use one of the filters which can be downloaded from the UQ Library web server. These filters have been configured so that they will import both the full journal title and the abbreviated journal title. The abbreviated journal title will be imported into the Journal field of each reference, and the full title will be imported into the Alternate Journal field, or vice versa, depending on which filter you have chosen. If you are importing references from the PubMed database, the references will give only the abbreviated journal title. However, as long as this abbreviation matches one of the abbreviations in the medical journals term list, EndNote will be able to identify