Search up to 25 favorite databases (note: you can change databases in the favorite list).To use EndNote basic, you need first to create a free online account by either going to and clicking Login on the top right of the screen, or going to directly to log in. It also allows you to cite references while writing a paper and identify an appropriate journal to submit your manuscript for publishing. It was previously called (often still being referred to as) EndNote online or EndNote web.ĮndNote basic is free to use and it enables you to collect, manage and share reference directly from EndNote basic or from a desktop library via syncing. Please see the appropriate manual for your style for additional formatting requirements.EndNote basic is a cloud-based and limited version of EndNote. It does not format the rest of the paper: title page, headers, footers, captions, etc. Note: EndNote Web only formats citations and references. Customizing your style list will also limit the number of styles that appear when using the MS Word toolbar.

On any page showing the Bibliographic Styles drop down list, click on the Customize this list link to the right of the drop down box. If there are a few format styles that you use often, you can Customize your style list to see only those commonly used styles.

To choose a formatting style in any of these cases, you will need to select your prefered style from the list. You must prepare your paper carefully according to the instructions for the automatic formatting to work. Please see the Help section on formatting for instructions.

If you do not have MS Word or cannot download the plugin, it is possible to have EndNote Web format the paper for you.

See the EndNote Web Help section for instructions on downloading and using the plugin.

Use the 'Cite While You Write' MS Word plugin to format in text citations and a bibliography within Word.

Format an entire folder in a particular style.

In EndNote Web, there are three methods of formatting citations. These are all in the (long) alphabetical list available in EndNote Web, plus dozens of other styles from journals, publishers, and associations in all fields of study.

The major formatting styles used are MLA (English and other Humanities), APA (most Social Sciences, including Education), Chicago (History), ASA (Sociology), JAMA or NLM (Health and Medicine), and CSE-formerlly CBE-(Sciences). If you need another, please contact Rebecca Hedreen. We've edited the list down to the most commonly used styles on campus. EndNote Web has hundreds of formatting options so many that's it's confusing.

Endnote basic citation format