What is EndNote?
EndNote 2025 is the reference management software provided by Heriot-Watt University, for free, to all staff and students.
What is reference management software?
Reference management software can help you collect and organise your references and ensure consistency with your in-text citations and reference list. Reference management software provides so much more than free citing and referencing tools.
How does EndNote work?
EndNote allows you to store in your ‘EndNote Library’ details of information sources. These can be typed in, or exported from compatible databases (e.g. Discovery, ScienceDirect, Springer, Scopus etc). Once in your Library, you can organise your references into folders, share reference lists with colleagues/friends, store PDFs and other files and add research notes.
Your EndNote Library and your Word document are linked via the EndNote toolbar, which you can use to insert references and format them according to your chosen citation style.
What is a Citation Style?
The citation style determines how your in-text citations and reference lists are displayed in Word. There are over 7,000 citation styles built in to EndNote, so there should be one to suit. For those that wish to use a Harvard style, we would recommend that you use ‘Harvard HWU Cite Them Right’ (see 'Citation Styles' for more information).
How do I use/get EndNote 2025?
EndNote 2025 is available on all university-managed PCs and can also be installed on a personal device (see 'Installing EndNote' for more information).