EndNote

EndNote is a reference management software package produced by Clarivate Analytics. It is designed to help researchers collect, organize, and format bibliographic references and citations for scholarly writing. Users build a personal library of references, attach PDFs and notes, and manage full texts alongside metadata. The software supports importing records from many databases, importing from files, and manual entry, making it possible to assemble comprehensive literature collections.

It offers organizational tools such as groups and smart groups, keyword tagging, and search within a library. EndNote includes thousands of bibliographic styles and can automatically format in-text citations and reference lists as a document is prepared. The Cite While You Write feature integrates with word processors, most notably Microsoft Word, enabling you to insert citations from the library and generate bibliographies in real time.

EndNote also provides an online companion service, EndNote Online (EndNote Web), which allows access to a cloud-based library via a web browser and can synchronize with desktop libraries. EndNote Sync keeps references, PDFs, and notes up to date across devices and supports sharing libraries or groups with collaborators.

EndNote is available for Windows and macOS as desktop applications, and it is commonly used in universities and research institutions. It competes with other reference managers such as Zotero and Mendeley and is offered under institutional licenses and personal purchases, with a free, limited EndNote Basic online option available.