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EndNote: EndNote

How to Get It

Please see the ITS website on EndNote for license and purchase options for Faculty, Staff, and Students.

EndNote offers discounts for those in academics
EndNote student discount eligibility link

A 30-day Trial is available for new users.
Trials:
 http://endnote.com/downloads/30-day-trial

Getting Started Guide

Complete user guides are available from EndNote:

EndNote Program Options

There are a two versions of EndNote available:

  • EndNote 21, 20. x9, and x8: is a paid desktop program of EndNote, which can be synced to EndNote Online.

  • EndNote Basic: is a free option, where users have access to only the free EndNote Online system but with limited storage. The main difference is that you will limited storage online and no desktop program, so you will have to be online to use this citation management tool. However, you do have access to the Cite While You Write Tool. To create a free EndNote Basic account, click here.

Citation Manager Accessibility

The Libraries aim to provide and recommend to our patrons accessible products whenever possible. Current citation management tools offer varying levels of support for disabled users, so we encourage you to try out each until you find the one that best meets both your research and access needs. If you have questions regarding accessibility of citation tools, need assistance addressing accessibility concerns with a citation tool, or have recommendations, please contact the accessibility librarian.

What is EndNote

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EndNote is a desktop software designed to help store and organize bibliographic references in the "libraries" (collections) on user's own computer equipment. Users can create separate bibliographies or insert citations from their libraries into papers they are writing by using the "cite while you write" feature. Users can also enter references into the libraries manually or download them from online databases.

What's New for EndNote

Now available: EndNote 21 for Windows and macOS

Windows:

  • Organize your references using Tags

  • Exclusive access to the new EndNote Web

  • Recover a lost or damaged library with ease

  • Single reference restoration

  • Share your library with up to 1,000 colleagues

  • Cite While You Write compatibility with Google Docs

macOS:

  • Organize your references using Tags

  • Exclusive access to the new EndNote Web

  • Recover a lost or damaged library with ease

  • Single reference restoration

  • Share your library with up to 1,000 colleagues

  • Cite While You Write compatibility with Google Docs

EndNote version comparison chart

Working from a previous version? Compare features and see the difference. 
Note: EndNote 21 was released in June 2023. The comparison chart is not updated to include version 21.

X8

X9

EndNote 20

User interface

 

Redesigned modern interface

Reference summary which puts critical information first

Redesigned easy search experience

Redesigned PDF viewer with annotation tools

Web of Science integrations

Get Manuscript Matcher suggestions directly from Cite While You WriteTM and desktop

Create a Citation Report from EndNote desktop with your Web of Science subscription

Share

Share your entire library with read-only or read-and-write access

Share your entire library with others

Activity feed with shared library member activity

Automation and full-text management

Deduplication by DOI and/or PMCID

Automatically find and apply bulk reference updates

Imports PDF files found by EndNote Click

Find full text with one click

Extraction of DOIs and other embedded metadata from imported PDFs

Auto-import of PDFs from a folder

Automatically create groups when importing folders and subfolders of PDFs

EndNote online

Cross-platform library syncing across desktop, online, and iPad

Unlimited storage space for full text and file attachment

Unlimited number of references in EndNote online

Cite

Hyperlinked in-text citations

Search across external databases

Customize citation styles

Citation Help

What's new in EndNote 20

YouTube Videos

More videos are available from EndNote's YouTube Channel