Endnote

EndNote is a multi-purpose reference solution that allows users to search online bibliographic databases, manage a personal library of references, and automatically format citations and bibliographies.

EndNote uses connection, filter and style files to connect to online databases, filter the information for use within EndNote, and format citations and bibliographies according to specific styles. Because there are many sources of information on the Internet, and many different requirements for formatting citations and bibliographies, St. Olaf maintains a set of these files on the network.

Versions and Availability

St. Olaf has a site license for EndNote. This allows EndNote to be installed on college-owned computers as well as faculty- and student-owned computers. St. Olaf is currently running EndNote version X.0.2 (10.0.2). It is available for both Windows PCs and Macs.

EndNote is available on all college-owned Windows and Macintosh computers. These computers are configured to use the connection, filter and style files on the St. Olaf network.

If you have a personal computer that is running Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) or Windows Vista and would like to install EndNote, please contact St. Olaf's Science Librarian Charles Priore.

Installing EndNote on a Personally Owned Computer

IIT maintains custom EndNote installers for both Windows and Macintosh computers. These installers install EndNote as well as St. Olaf's custom connection, filter and style files. Additionally, IIT maintains an updater with just St. Olaf's custom files. See the Updating the Connection, Filter and Style Files section below for instructions.

For Windows Computers

If you are installing EndNote for the first time, follow the installation instructions below. If you are upgrading from a previous version of EndNote, see Updating the EndNote Application on Windows Computers.

  1. Download the St. Olaf EndNote installer (ENX.exe). When prompted, enter your St. Olaf username and password.
  2. Double-click on the installer (ENX.exe).
For Macintosh Computers

If you are installing EndNote for the first time, follow the installation instructions below. If you are upgrading from a previous version of EndNote, see Updating the EndNote Application on Macintosh Computers.

  1. Download the St. Olaf EndNote installer (ENX.zip). When prompted, enter your St. Olaf username and password. Safari Users: The installer should automatically launch once it is downloaded.
  2. Double-click on the installer (ENX.pkg).
Updating the EndNote Application on Windows Computers

If you are upgrading from a previous version of EndNote, the previous version needs to be removed prior to installing EndNote X.

  1. If you had saved any EndNote libraries within the EndNote program folder, move them to another location (e.g. your Documents folder).
  2. Quit all applications.
  3. Click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
  4. Double-click on the Add or Remove Programs control panel.
  5. Locate your previous version of EndNote in the list of programs, click on it, and click Remove.
  6. Follow the prompts to uninstall EndNote.
  7. Once it has been uninstalled, install EndNote X.
Updating the EndNote Application on Macintosh Computers

If you are upgrading from a previous version of EndNote, the previous version needs to be removed prior to installing EndNote X.

  1. If you had saved any EndNote libraries within the EndNote program folder, move them to another location (e.g. your Documents folder).
  2. Log off of all servers and quit all applications.
  3. Launch your previous version of EndNote.
  4. Click Cancel.
  5. Click the EndNote menu and select Customizer.
  6. Check "Remove EndNote From This Computer". Click Next.
  7. Click Exit.
  8. Open the Applications folder and drag the EndNote application folder to the trash.
  9. Install EndNote X.

Updating the Connection, Filter and Style Files

IIT also maintains an updater with just St. Olaf's custom files. This updater is intended to be used with an existing EndNote installation to update just the connection, filter and style files. This updater does not update the EndNote program.

For Windows Computers
  1. Download the St. Olaf EndNote updater (STO-ENX-update.exe). When prompted, enter your St. Olaf username and password.
  2. Double-click on the installer (STO-ENX-update.exe) to install the updated files.
For Macintosh Computers
  1. Download the St. Olaf EndNote updater (EndNote_update.zip). When prompted, enter your St. Olaf username and password. Safari Users: The installer should automatically launch once it is downloaded.
  2. Double-click on the installer (EndNote_update.pkg) to install the updated files.

 

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