EndNote Guide

ENDNOTE X6 Upgrade Available (required for Sync function!)

EndNote released X6 upgrades for both Mac and Windows versions that, among other issues, fixes the new Sync with EndNote Web feature. Current EndNote X6 users can upgrade to X6.0.1 by visiting the EndNote upgrade website. Please note that Mac users should also upgrade to X6.0.2 to fix a problem with bundle features (such as the toolbar).

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 users machine (a multi-user option is also available).

EndNote Web 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 move references between their computer and EndNote Web.

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.