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Citing Your Sources: EndNote

EndNote

Citations can get out of hand with complex research projects. Citation management tools assist researchers with collecting and organizing their citations.

Citation management tools like EndNote allow you to collect, organize, and format citations for projects and insert citations and bibliographies within papers.  

UCF Library provides support for faculty, students, and staff interested in using these tools.

Schedule an appointment for a one-on-one research consultation for citation management support.

Downloaded Version

EndNote is available free of charge to all UCF students, faculty, and staff.  It is a citation management software program that allows you to collect and organize citations and create bibliographies. Citations can be exported to EndNote from the library catalog, online databases, and Google Scholar.

Submit a Service Now form for assistance with downloading the most current version.  

Online Version

You can set up an account by going to the Library Databases Page: http://library.ucf.edu/Databases.

  • From the list of Popular Databases in the right column, select the link for Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
  • Login with your NID and NID password.
  • Select "Products" at the top of the page and “EndNote” from the dropdown list.
  • Click on "Register" and type in your UCF e-mail address and choose a password. NOTE: It is important to use your UCF e-mail address so that your account is created with the full version of EndNote rather than the free version.

EndNote Resources:

Citation Management Overview

Citations can get out of hand with complex research projects. Citation management tools assist researchers with collecting and organizing their citations.

Citation management tools allow you to collect, organize, and format citations for projects and insert citations and bibliographies within papers. Some commonly used citation tools include EndNote and Zotero.

UCF Libraries provide support for faculty, students, and staff interested in using these tools. 

Comparison of Citation Tools

Features EndNote Desktop Zotero
Access Free for UCF students, faculty, & staff -  request by submitting a Service Now form.

Free account @ zotero.org 

Includes web & desktop (Windows/MAC/Linux)
w/Chrome or Firefox browsers  

Cloud Storage Unlimited 300 MB
Citation Styles Common Styles Common Styles
Groups

Share with a group up to 1,000 EndNote online users (Versions 25, 21, & 20)

Private or public groups with unlimited Zotero users, but personal storage is used for group libraries.
Database & Browser Improts Citations & PDFs when available.  Citations and PDFs when available.

(Chart includes some information provided by University of Florida Libraries & University of Pittsburg Libraries citation management guides.)