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EndNote

This article is about the reference management software. For other uses of the word, see Endnote (disambiguation).

EndNote is a commercial reference management software package, used to manage bibliographies and references when writing essays, reports and articles. EndNote was written by Richard Niles, and ownership changed hands several times since it was launched in 1989 by Niles & Associates: in 2000 it was acquired by Institute for Scientific Information’s ResearchSoft Division, part of Thomson Corporation, and in 2016 by Clarivate (then named Clarivate Analytics). EndNote's main competitors are Mendeley and Zotero. Unlike Mendeley and Zotero, EndNote is neither free-to-use nor offers a freemium model.

EndNote
Original author(s)Niles Software
Developer(s)Clarivate
Stable release
21.2 (MacOS)
21.2 (Windows)[1] / October 17, 2023; 13 months ago (2023-10-17)
Operating systemWindows, macOS
TypeReference management
LicenseClosed-source and commercial software
Websiteendnote.com

Features

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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 into their EndNote libraries. This enables the user to select multiple citations and saves the user from having to manually enter citation information and abstracts of papers. Some databases (e.g., PubMed) require 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 two MySQL files pdb.eni and sdb.eni. 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.[2]

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.

EndNote can also find full-text PDFs on-line (for non–open access publications, subscription credentials are required) and automatically attach PDF files from user's computer, provided that the PDF files have a DOI on the first page.[3]

History

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EndNote Version 1 was released as a ”Reference Database and Bibliography Maker” for Apple Macintosh in c. 1989 by Niles & Associates near Emeryville at a list price of US $129 plus shipping.[4] However, starting with version 2.1. in 1995, EndNote has been available for Windows.[5][6]

Libraries created with EndNote 7 and earlier are restricted to the size of 32,767 references, or 32 megabytes, whichever comes first. In the early 1990s, software reviewers stated, that “EndNote is a citation manager, not a personal online catalog. Its focus is on inserting citations into written documents,” although it has had the “ability to import formatted references from other databases” from its very early days.[7][5][8]

Starting with version 2 in c. 1995, many EndNote users considered the product as “a dual purpose program”, that "functions as a database manager and as a bibliography maker to insert citations into word processing documents and later compiles the bibliography in the required format”.[9] With the release of version 4.0 in c. 2000, EndNote attained most of its current functionality.[10][11][12] EndNote's database size limit has been increased several times.[13]

In 2000 EndNote was acquired by Institute for Scientific Information’s (ISI) Research Soft Division, part of Thomson Corporation.[12] In 2016, EndNote was transferred from Thomson Reuters to a spin-off company, Clarivate.

In 1992, there were four other products competing with EndNote: ProCite, Reference Manager, Papyrus[14] and Bibilostax.[15] In 1998–2015 Biblioscape was on this list as well.[16] Zotero was added to this list in 2006 and Mendeley in 2008.

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.[17][18] 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 website.[18][failed verification – see discussion] 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."[19] The journal Nature editorialized that "the virtues of interoperability and easy data-sharing among researchers are worth restating. Imagine if Microsoft Word or Excel files could be opened and saved only in these proprietary formats, for example. It would be impossible for OpenOffice and other such software to read and save these files using open standards — as they can legally do."[20] The case was dismissed on June 4, 2009.[21]

EndNote Web

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EndNote Web, a web-based implementation of EndNote, offers integration with the ISI Web of Knowledge.[22]

See also

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Data schemes

  • BibTeX – a text-based data format used by LaTeX
  • refer – a similar, but not identical, data scheme supported on UNIX-like systems
  • RIS – a text-based data scheme from Research Information Systems

Software

References

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  1. ^ "Available Updates / EndNote". Clarivate.
  2. ^ "Library Sharing - EndNote - Thomson Reuters". EndNote. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  3. ^ "Library Guides: Which reference manager?: Comparison of EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero".
  4. ^ Miller, S., EndNote. Computers and the Humanities 1989, 23 (6), 489-491.
  5. ^ a b Scott, P. J., EndNote Plus 2.1 for Windows 3.1. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 1997, 37 (2), 410-410.
  6. ^ "EndNote obviously is abandoning Mac users". 13 January 2023.
  7. ^ Finnegan, G. A.; Klemperer, K. E., EndNote at Dartmouth: A Double Review. The Public-Access Computer Systems Review 1990.
  8. ^ Warling, B., Endnote Plus - Enhanced Reference Database and Bibliography Maker. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 1992, 32 (6), 755-756.
  9. ^ Beckman, R., EndNote Plus 2.3. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 1997, 37 (5), 957-958.
  10. ^ Etter, S. C., Endnote 4.0. Journal of Computing in Higher Education 2001, 12 (2), 91-93.
  11. ^ Reiß, M.; Reiß, G.; Pausch, N. C., Database manager EndNote 4 - Further development and functions. Radiologe 2001, 41 (6), 511-514.
  12. ^ a b Herbert, T. L., EndNote 5 for windows. Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences 2002, 42 (1), 134.
  13. ^ "Endnote". support.clarivate.com. Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  14. ^ Cox, J., Endnote Plus. International Journal of Information Management 1992, 12 (4), 329-330.
  15. ^ Myers, C. J.; Lessmann, J. J.; Musselman, R. L., A chemical literature management system using endnote. Science and Technology Libraries 1992, 12 (2), 17-27.
  16. ^ Sandford, P., Evaluation of EndNote 4 Reference Management Software. VINE 2000, 30 (4), 55-59.
  17. ^ "Reuters Says George Mason University Is Handing Out Its Proprietary Software". Courthouse News Service. 2008-09-17. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19.
  18. ^ a b Young, Jeffrey R. (2008-09-29). "Wired Campus: Maker of EndNote Citation Software Sues George Mason U. - Chronicle.com". Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  19. ^ Owens, Trevor (2008-10-29). "Official Statement". Zotero: The Next-Generation Research Tool. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
  20. ^ Anon (2008). "Beta blockers? Proprietary data formats may be legally defensible but open standards can be a better spur for innovation". Nature. 455 (7214): 708. doi:10.1038/455708a. PMID 18843308.
  21. ^ Takats, Sean (2009-06-04). "Thomson Reuters Lawsuit Dismissed". The Quintessence of Ham. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  22. ^ Williamson, Iain (November 2007), "EndNote", Software for Small Business, 2008 Edition: Windows and Vista Programs to Help You Improve Efficiency and Productivity, Productive Publications (published 2007), pp. 77–78, 380, ISBN 9781552703250, retrieved 2012-05-14, EndNote Web is a companion product which is a Web-based reference organizer incorporated into the ISI Web of Knowledge [...].
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