Developer(s) | Clarivate Analytics (previously Thomson Reuters) |
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Stable release | X9.1[1][2] / March 12, 2019; 2 months ago |
Preview release | |
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Type | Reference management |
License | Proprietary |
Website | endnote.com |
We have informally tested EndNote X6 with Windows 10. No major compatibility issues were found. We do not anticipate updating EndNote X6 and prior for.
EndNote is a commercial reference management software package, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays and articles. It is produced by Clarivate Analytics (previously by Thomson Reuters).
EndNote groups citations into 'libraries' with the file extension *.enl and a corresponding *.data folder.
There are several ways to add a reference to a library: manually, or by exporting, importing, copying from another EndNote library, or connecting from EndNote. The program presents the user with a window containing a dropdown menu from which to select the type of reference they require (e.g., book, congressional legislation, film, newspaper article, etc.), and fields ranging from the general (author, title, year) to those specific to the kind of reference (abstract, author, ISBN, running time, etc.)
Most bibliographic databases allow users to export references to their EndNote libraries. This enables the user to select multiple citations and saves the user from having to manually enter the citation information and the abstracts. Some databases (e.g., PubMed) requires the user to select citations, select a specific format, and save them as .txt files. The user can then import the citations into the EndNote software. It is also possible to search library catalogs and free databases, such as PubMed, from within the EndNote software program itself.
If the user fills out the necessary fields, EndNote can automatically format the citation into any of over 2,000 different styles the user chooses. For example, listed below are some citations from Gray's Anatomy using several different styles:
Anthropos | Gray, Henry 1910 Anatomy, descriptive and applied. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. [18th ed.] |
APA 5th | Gray, H. (1910). Anatomy, descriptive and applied (18th ed.). Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. |
MLA | Gray, Henry. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied. 18th ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1910. |
New England J Medicine | 1. Gray H. Anatomy, descriptive and applied. 18th ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger; 1910. |
In Windows, EndNote creates a file with an *.enl extension, along with a *.data folder containing various MySQL files with *.myi and *.myd extensions. EndNote can be installed so that its features, like Cite While You Write, appear in the Tools menu of Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.org Writer.
EndNote can export citation libraries as HTML, plain text, Rich Text Format, or XML.From version X.7.2, one library can be shared with up to 14 other EndNote users. The data is synchronized via the EndNote cloud service, with everybody having full write access to the library.[3]
EndNote can also organize PDFs on the user's hard drive (or full text on the web) through links to files or by inserting copies of PDFs. It is also possible to save a single image, document, Excel spreadsheet, or other file type to each reference in an EndNote library. Starting from EndNote X version 1.0.1, formatting support for OpenDocument files (ODT) using the Format Paper command is supported.
In September 2008, Thomson Reuters, the owners of EndNote, sued the Commonwealth of Virginia for US$10 million and requested an injunction against competing reference management software.[4][5]George Mason University's Center for History and New Media had developed Zotero, a free/open-source extension to Mozilla Firefox. Thomson Reuters alleges that the Zotero developers reverse engineered and/or decompiled EndNote, that Zotero can transform proprietary EndNote citation style files (.ens) to the open Citation Style Language format, that they host files converted in this manner, and that they abuse the 'EndNote' trademark in describing this feature. Thomson Reuters claims that this is violation of the site license agreement. They also added a restrictive click-thru license to their styles download web site.[5] George Mason University responded that it would not renew its site license for EndNote, that 'anything created by users of Zotero belongs to those users, and that it should be as easy as possible for Zotero users to move to and from the software as they wish, without friction.'[6] The journal Nature editorialized that 'the virtues of interoperability and easyCite While You Write' feature in EndNote X2 was originally not compatible with 64-bit versions of Windows, but a patch can fix this issue.[24] Last update: Version 12.0.4 (build 4459).
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EndNote Web is a companion product which is a Web-based reference organizer incorporated into the ISI Web of Knowledge [...].
'EndNote (Niles & Associates) [...] stores up to 32,000 references and creates bibliographies in any style you choose.
EndNote from Niles and Associates is a commercial personal DBMS tool explicitly customized for storing and retrieving scientific bibliographical records. [...] EndNote incorporates knowledge about bibliographic subtleties such as abbreviation and positioning of author initials, data dictionaries for journal names, different styles and abbreviation levels required for different journals, etc.
Thomson Reuters has been particularly busy this month; they’ve released a new X6.0.1 update for Windows and Mac to enhance and maintain the software’s comprehensive functionality; and caused a buzz with news of an introductory offer on the eagerly-anticipated EndNote iPad App due for launch January 2013!
The EndNote X6.0.1 Windows update delivers Windows 8 capability, new global formatting options, the ability to quickly locate missing PDFs and more. The patch also adds a new punctuation option in the style editor as featured in the EndNote X6 Mac release earlier this year.
The EndNote X6.0.1 Mac update provides improved EndNoteSync, PDF folder importing, Ibid handling for citations with Cited Pages and more! Individual EndNote X6 users can access these free updates from the EndNote “Help” menu or by downloading them here. Site licence contacts can find both the Windows and Mac MSI installer for X6.0.1 here.
This month Thomson Reuters also confirmed that the EndNote iPad App will be launched in January 2013. This new tool will let you add, edit, group, copy and email citations on your iPad, then sync them to your EndNote Web account so you can build your reference library wherever you are. Anyone who registers their copy of EndNote X6 with Thomson Reuters by 1st January 2013 will be able to buy and download the EndNote iPad App for just $1 when it’s available. Find out more about the offer and register your software here.