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EndNote 21

A basic guide for installing, navigating and using EndNote 21.

About EndNote

EndNote is a reference and citation management tool that helps you organize research, find sources, insert citations, and create bibliographies in various styles within Microsoft Word or Google Docs.


EndNote is most useful for:

Organizing references

  • Save and manage citations in a searchable library

  • Find and eliminate duplicate references

  • Create Smart Groups to automatically sort your references

PDF management

  • Automatically creates references from PDFs stored on your computer

  • Find Full Text feature searches online for full text of references in your library

  • Annotate PDFs

Inserting citations into documents and creating bibliographies

  • Insert citations into Word documents and and PowerPoint presentations

  • Create formatted reference lists (Works Cited/Bibliography) instantly. 

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