This guide provides an overview for working with EndNote (see video on this page), guidance on getting references into EndNote, training and support options, purchase options and EndNote news.

Check out the Access/Buy/Upgrade section of this guide for information about getting EndNote at OSU.

• students have free access to EndNote
• faculty/staff must purchase an annual license fee to access EndNote

EndNote is a personal citation/bibliography manager software program that helps researchers organize references in a database (called a library).  References in the library can be used to easily create bibliographies and format references in word processing software.  The most robust and fully-featured version of EndNote is the client version, which is loaded onto an individual user's machine.

EndNote Basic is the web-based version of EndNote and can be accessed, for free, by any OSU student, faculty or staff.  EndNote is not as fully-featured as the client version but all of the basic features are available:  references can be collected and organized in an online library and these references can be used to easily create bibliographies and format references in word processing software.  Additionally, EndNote client users can sync references between the client version and EndNote Basic.

References can be added to an EndNote library in many different ways:  direct export from databases, journal websites and Google Scholar, by reference file import and by hand-entry.

A short overview of EndNote for both Windows and Mac.