YOUR ENDNOTE LIBRARY
Q: What do I need to download?
Q: What do I need to do to set up my EN Library?
Q: Can I save my EndNote Library in the cloud?
Q: How to do I set up an EndNote Web account and why is this useful?
Q: How to I get PDFs into my EndNote Library?
MICROSOFT WORD
Q: My citations and references are not being formatted correctly in Word
Q: My citations now look like e.g. {Hudders, 2014 #1947} and my reference list has disappeared
Q: All my citations have vanished...
Q: My reference list has vanished...
Q: I don’t see the 'HWU Harvard Cite Them Right' style in my EndNote toolbar in Word
Q: How can I get a word count that doesn't include my in-text citations?
GENERAL
Q: Can I share my library or reference groups with others
Q: Does EndNote 'Cite While You Write' work with Google Docs?
To download the EndNote program, follow the instructions at:
We also recommend you install:
Once you have created your EndNote Library (and saved it on your C Drive), we recommend you go to Edit / Preferences and do the following:
Sync EndNote 2025 with EndNote Web (activate your account):
Set up the 'Find full text' / Link resolver (to add PDFs to your EN Library):
If you regularly save PDFs to your laptop/PC, it might also be worth setting of the PDF auto import:
This is not recommended as it may corrupt your files, see:
EndNote desktop has many more features than EndNote Web, this is why we recommend you use EndNote Desktop as your 'main' EndNote Library. However, you can 'sync' this with your EndNote Web Library, which can then be your 'back up' library. In addition, syncing also provides access to additional features in EndNote 2025.
For further information see:
To see 'Harvard HWU Cite Them Right' in your Word toolbar, see:
Your in-text citations and reference list are displayed/formatted according to the 'style' you have selected in the EndNote 21 toolbar:
From the 'Style:' drop-down menu, select the desired style.
Note: 'Cite Them Right-Harvard' is not the same as 'Harvard HWU Cite Them Right'. 'Cite Them Right-Harvard' does not actually match the guidance in Cite Them Right online and we have no control over this style. This is why we recommend 'Harvard HWU Cite Them Right'.
To see 'Harvard HWU Cite Them Right' in Word, see:
If you have picked the correct style, and your references still don't right, then you will need to check your references in your EndNote Library. Any incorrect or missing details in your ENL will mean incorrect or missing details in your Word document. Things to look out for:
Also, make sure your titles are ‘Sentence case’ (the style takes the title ‘as is’, which means you might need to change it).
If your in-text citations are now displaying as curly brackets {}, you should click “Update Citations and Bibliography” on the EndNote toolbar in Word.
Also make sure that “Instant Formatting is On”:
Also make sure you only have one EndNote Library and that your Word document is 'talking to' that library, see:
A: Press Alt+F9 on a Windows computer, or Option+F9 on a Mac.
A: Right click on ADDIN EN.REFLIST and choose “toggle field code”
Using the EndNote toolbar, you can temporarily switch your citation style to one that does not include in-text citations. We recommend 'Chicago 17th Footnote'. You may wish to make a back up of your document first.
To change your citation style in Word, see above Q: My citations and references are not being formatted correctly in Word
Yes. You can do this by syncing your EndNote desktop Library with EndNote Web.
See: