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EndNote is a bibliographic citation manager; or reference management software.

What does that mean?

A bibliographic citation is any reference to a book, journal article, video, or other source that you might use in an academic paper or article. EndNote allows you to manage those citations by saving, organizing, and formatting them into a bibliography or reference list in your thesis, publication or assignment.

What can it do?

• Imports sets of references found in database searches
• Finds and imports associated PDFs when available and allows you to make unlimited notes
• Provides a place to keep unlimited number of article references associated pdfs,charts, illustrations etc along with its abstract and, research notes
• Inserts references into your thesis or publication and automatically formats them in the style you have chosen

What won't it do?

• It won't teach you how to reference correctly; you need to know how to do that before using any citation manager
• It won't make a correct reference if you enter incorrect data, or enter it in the wrong place

Should I use it?

• Are you undertaking a research project with a minimum of 30 references? If yes, then you could use EndNote.
• EndNote is a computer program that takes time to learn and gain proficiency, so you should do some training before using it.
• It is most likely to be useful to researchers writing a thesis or preparing publication with substantial numbers of references.
• Undergraduate students are encouraged to learning referencing before using a citation manager like EndNote.

ENDNOTE is available for Windows, and Mac desktops and laptops.

An iPad/iPhone app is available from the AppStore for free.

Endnote for iPad and iPhone.

There is no app for Android devices.