EndNote 21

(and EndNote Web)

EndNote 21 (aka EndNote Desktop) is a robust, online and desktop citation manager that requires a paid subscription. EndNote 21 is the most recent version of EndNote Desktop. Like all of the citation managers included in this guide, EndNote 21 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 users.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison does not have an institutional license to EndNote 21. EndNote 21 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 21. Once you have purchased EndNote 21, you should receive instructions for installation.

Once you have EndNote 21 installed, instructions for creating a new library can be found in this handout for Windows (the handouts for Mac are in the works!), or in the video below.

The handouts linked below contain detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to use EndNote 21 for Windows and Mac computers.

Handouts for Windows Users:

Handouts for Mac Users:

Below are videos containing step by step instructions on how to use EndNote 21.

• Citation Management Resources: This video shows how you can find additional citation management resources.
• Creating a Library: This video contains instructions for how to create a library in EndNote 21.
• Importing Citations from PubMed: This video contains instructions for importing citations from PubMed into EndNote 21.
• Importing Citations from EBSCO host Databases: This video contains instructions for importing citations from EBSCO host databases into EndNote 21.
• Importing Citations from Google Scholar: This video contains instructions for importing citations from Google Scholar into EndNote 21.
• Previewing and Editing Citations: This video contains instructions for previewing and editing citations in EndNote 21.
• Organizing Citations into Groups: This video contains instructions for organizing citations into groups in EndNote 21.
• Attaching PDFs and Find Full Text: This video contains instructions for attaching PDFs to citations and finding full text in EndNote 21.
• Adding Tags to Citations: This video contains instructions for adding tags to citations in EndNote 21.
• Syncing a Library: This video contains instructions for syncing a library in EndNote 21.
• Sharing Groups: This video contains instructions for sharing groups in EndNote 21.
• Sharing a Library: This video contains instructions for sharing a library in EndNote 21.
• Accessing Your Library Online: This video contains instructions for accessing your EndNote 21 library online.
• Importing Terms Lists: This video contains instructions for importing terms lists in EndNote 21.
• Cite While You Write Plugin for Microsoft Word: This video contains instructions for using EndNote 21's Cite While You Write plugin for Microsoft Word.
• Tips for Collaborating - Be Careful with Shared Drives!: This video contains tips for collaborating on Microsoft Word documents with EndNote 21, namely why you should be careful when using shared drives.
• Tips for Collaborating - Adding Citations to Shared Word Documents: This video contains tips for collaborating on Microsoft Word documents with EndNote 21, namely ways of adding citations to shared Word documents.
• Tips for Collaborating - Editing Collaborators' Citations in Shared Word Documents: This video contains tips for collaborating on Microsoft Word documents with EndNote 21, namely how to edit citations added by collaborators in shared Word documents.
• Cite While You Write for Google Docs: This video contains instructions for installing and using EndNote 21's Cite While You Write plugin for Google Docs.

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If you have a UW Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) owned device, you can get EndNote 21 installed on your SMPH owned device for free. If you would like to install EndNote 21 on your SMPH owned device, contact SMPH Shared Services IT - Desktop Support at support@med.wisc.edu.

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.

Please direct any licensing questions to Shared Services IT at support@med.wisc.edu.

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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 21 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.