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Library - A Beginner's Guide to EndNote 25: Getting started

Explore the capabilities of EndNote and enhance your research journey through our detailed LibGuide, packed with expert tips, tutorials and effective bibliography management strategies.

Welcome to the EndNote 25 Beginners' Guide

This guide is based on EndNote 25, while the core features are the same as EndNote 21, EndNote 25 includes a few extras like AI summaries, direct PDF citations, a new Word add-in, journal finder, and improved full-text tools.

Downloading the EndNote Software

1. Follow our step-by-step guide to easily download and set up EndNote on your device. UJ staff members who would like to install EndNote on their personal devices should follow the EndNote download guide for students. 

Extracting EndNote Files

2. Extracting the EndNote files

Unzipping the file or extracting the folder will bypass the prompt to type in a product key.

  • Upon downloading the .zip file, it is essential to extract its contents before proceeding with the installation.
  • Right-click on the .zip file and select "Extract All." Once the files are extracted, navigate to the specified location to initiate the installation.
  • Launch the EndNote Desktop installer and follow the steps to install the application on your computer.  

Upgrading from EndNote 21 to EndNote 2025 (for users who were using EndNote 21)

Getting Started with EndNote 2025 (for users who are new to EndNote)

What is EndNote?

EndNote is a robust software program with an online and desktop component that:

  • Helps you to effortlessly create, store, and manage your references and citations.
  • Streamlines the process by allowing you to save your chosen references from online resources such as the library databases and Google Scholar directly into your EndNote library.
  •  Seamlessly insert the references and citations from your EndNote library into Microsoft Word / Google Docs.
  •  Automatically generates a bibliography in your preferred referencing style.

Snyc your EndNote Application and EndNote Web

If you work from multiple devices, use the EndNote's Sync feature to keep your library accessible on all your devices. Sync your desktop and online library for easy access from multiple locations. See the EndNote Web/Online tab for more information.

  • You do not have to enter your e-mail address and password each time you synchronize your references between the EndNote application and Endnote Web/Online
  • You can have EndNote automatically begin the Sync process.

To access Sync Preferences:

  • Go to the Edit menu (within the EndNote Toolbar).
  • Select Preferences.
  • Click the sync automatically check box and then on ok. 

 

How to sync your EndNote Application and EndNote Web/Online

1. Click here to access EndNote Web.

2. Login using the credentials created upon registration.

3. Your account will automatically be synced with your EndNote Web after logging in.

How to use EndNote 2025 in three minutes (Windows)

Library Help

Our committed library team is ready to assist you! Whether you're just starting with EndNote or facing advanced challenges, we provide tailored support and training to enhance your proficiency with EndNote. Contact your Librarian to get answers to your EndNote questions.

Install the EndNote Click Browser Plugin

Endnote Click is a free browser extension tool that you can sign up for.  It works when you are on a journal article page e.g. Science Direct, Nature, PLoS, Taylor & Francis, Wiley etc. and pops up on your screen with a link to the .pdf.  

It also has its .pdf store ('locker') so it can be used without an Endnote Online account as a way to store useful articles (although it does not do referencing on its own).

Endnote Click links with the UJ  Library subscriptions and will find the 'best quality' .pdf for you: a library subscription version or an Open Access version.