EndNote 2025

EndNote 2025 (aka EndNote Desktop) is a robust, online and desktop citation manager that requires a paid subscription. EndNote 2025 is the most recent version of EndNote Desktop. Like all of the citation managers included in this guide, EndNote 2025 can help you to collect, organize, format, and share your citations.

Also on this guide page are instructions for setting up and using EndNote Web, which is an online version of EndNote available exclusively to EndNote 21 and EndNote 2025 users.

EndNote 2025 can be purchased as an individual license through Clarivate's website, which has discounts for students or those upgrading from an older version of EndNote Desktop. You can also reach out to your department to see if they may have a department license for EndNote 2025. If you have an SMPH-owned device, you can install EndNote 2025 on that device for free. Contact your Departmental IT HelpDesk to get more information. 

Once you have purchased EndNote 2025, you should receive instructions for installation.

Once you have EndNote 2025 installed, instructions for creating a new library can be found in this handout for Windows or this handout for Mac.

The handouts linked below contain detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to use EndNote 2025 for Windows and Mac computers.

Handouts for Windows Users:

Handouts for Mac Users

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If you have a UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) owned device, you can get EndNote 2025 installed by your departmental IT staff. Endnote 2025 software is provided under SMPH licensing to be installed on SMPH owned devices only.  

For more information on getting Endnote 2025 software installed on an SMPH owned device, contact your Departmental IT staff.

Note that this license ONLY applies to SMPH owned devices. It does NOT apply to personal devices, or any other devices that aren't owned by SMPH.

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Clarivate has discontinued their EndNote Capture tool. If you still want to install and use the tool don't worry! We have a workaround you can use, which is provided in the file below.

Have additional questions, or would like direct EndNote 2025 support? Reach out to Paije Wilson, the Ebling Library's Citation Management Coordinator, at paije.wilson@wisc.edu.

To see the complete list of citation manager consultants at UW-Madison, see the consultants page of the UW-Madison Libraries' Citation Managers Guide.