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EndNote Download

The Gould Library has purchased an EndNote software site license for the Carleton College community. EndNote may be installed on any computer owned by Carleton, its students, or its employees using the links on this page. Please contact the appropriate person listed below if you have any questions.

Students: EndNote is available in ITS student computing labs. Ask at the SCIC, or make an appointment with a librarian to install EndNote on your own computer.

Faculty and academic staff: Please contact your librarian if you have any questions about installing EndNote on your own computer.

Administrative staff: Contact ITS Rapid Response to have EndNote installed on the computer in your office.

Get EndNote!

The new EndNote X2 version is now available! - scroll down the page for older versions

EndNote X2 for Windows

EndNote X2 installer for Windows (49.6 MB - requires Carleton login)
License file (1 KB - requires Carleton login)

 You MUST download both the installer and the license file to the same directory on your computer.

Upgrading from a previous version of EndNote?

While it is not strictly required, we recommend that you uninstall older versions of EndNote before installing your new version of EndNote.  Before you begin, it is important to back up your EndNote libraries (including corresponding .DATA folders), custom styles, import filters, connection files, and spell check dictionaries, as well as any Word documents that use Cite While You Write.

To uninstall the older version of EndNote:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Control Panel, or choose Settings and then Control Panel.
  2. Select Add or Remove Programs.
  3. In the list of currently installed programs, select your currently installed version of EndNote.
  4. Click the Remove button.

Updating old libraries

EndNote will create a copy of any old EndNote libraries in the new format, and leave the original version untouched.  Upon opening an old library with the new version of EndNote, you will be asked for permission to convert the library.  Click OK to create the new version of the library.

To Install EndNote

  1. Make sure no applications are running—including virus protection software and Microsoft Word.
  2. Double-click the EndNote installer to start the installation program.
  3. Follow the instructions on screen to complete the installation. Use the Next button to move forward between the installation dialogs.
  4. Open EndNote to use the EndNote Program Updates to install any updates
  5. In EndNote, go to the Help menu and choose EndNote Program Updates.  This will download and install any updates.  Follow the prompts.

System Requirements:

  • Windows XP with Service Pack 2, or Windows Vista

Hardware Requirements:

  • Pentium 450 MHz or faster processor
  • A minimum of 256 MB of available RAM
  • A hard drive with at least 180 MB of free space

Word Processor Compatibility:

  • Microsoft Word for Windows 2003, 2007
  • RTF files created with most word processors, including: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice,

EndNote X2 for Macintosh

EndNote X2 installer for Macs (71.0 MB - requires Carleton login)

Upgrading from a previous version of EndNote?

While it is not strictly required, we recommend that you uninstall older versions of EndNote before installing your new version of EndNote.  Before you begin, it is important to back up your EndNote libraries (including corresponding .DATA folders), custom styles, import filters, connection files, and spell check dictionaries, as well as any Word documents that use Cite While You Write.

To uninstall the older version of EndNote:

  1. Start the older version.
  2. From the EndNote menu, select Customizer.
  3. Select all of the options and click Uninstall.
  4. Click Next and follow the prompts.

Updating old libraries

EndNote will create a copy of any old EndNote libraries in the new format, and leave the original version untouched.  Upon opening an old library with the new version of EndNote, you will be asked for permission to convert the library.  Click OK to create the new version of the library.

To install EndNote:

  1. Make sure no applications are running—including virus protection software and Microsoft Word.
  2. Start the EndNote installation program.  If you downloaded the EndNote installer: Double click the disk image to display an EndNote X2 folder
  3. Drag the EndNote X2 folder to the Applications folder on your hard drive.
  4. Double click on the Applications folder, then the EndNote X2 folder, then the EndNote X2 application icon in order to launch EndNote and a Customizer program.
  5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Use the Next button to move forward as needed through the installation dialogs

EndNote X2 patch for Word 2008 on Macs:

  1. Download the patcher file (29.3 MB).  You will find the update in the Download folder.
  2. Close EndNote.
  3. Open the "EndNoteX2.0.1 Patch Installer" folder. Double-click on the "EndNote X2.0.1 Patcher" file and follow the prompts.
  4. Download the file "CWYW_ENX201_Mac.zip" (5.2 MB)
  5. Unzip the new "Cite While You Write" folder and place it in the Applications:EndNote X2 folder.
  6. Open EndNote, and go to the EndNote menu.
  7. Select "Customizer" from the EndNote menu.
  8. Check the box in front of the "Cite While You Write" option.
  9. Click next until the Customizer is finished.
  10. Open a library.
  11. Open Word and check the Tools menu for the EndNote submenu.

System Requirements

  • Mac OS X (10.4.x or 10.5.x)

Hardware Requirements

  • PwerPC or Intel Macintosh 450 MHz or higher
  • A hard drive with at least 180 MB of free space
  • A minimum of 256 MB of available memory (RAM)

 

EndNote X1 for Windows

EndNote X1 installer for Windows (43.5 MB - requires Carleton login)
License file (1 KB - requires Carleton login)

 You MUST download both the installer and the license file to the same directory on your computer.

Upgrading from a previous version of EndNote?

While it is not strictly required, we recommend that you uninstall older versions of EndNote before installing your new version of EndNote.  Before you begin, it is important to back up your EndNote libraries (including corresponding .DATA folders), custom styles, import filters, connection files, and spell check dictionaries, as well as any Word documents that use Cite While You Write.

To uninstall the older version of EndNote:

  1. From the Windows Start menu, select Control Panel, or choose Settings and then Control Panel.
  2. Select Add or Remove Programs.
  3. In the list of currently installed programs, select your currently installed version of EndNote.
  4. Click the Remove button.

Updating old libraries

EndNote will create a copy of any old EndNote libraries in the new format, and leave the original version untouched.  Upon opening an old library with the new version of EndNote, you will be asked for permission to convert the library.  Click OK to create the new version of the library.

To Install EndNote

  1. Make sure no applications are running—including virus protection software and Microsoft Word.
  2. Double-click the EndNote installer to start the installation program.
  3. Follow the instructions on screen to complete the installation. Use the Next button to move forward between the installation dialogs.

System Requirements:

  • Windows 2000, with Service Pack 3 (some interface elements are not supported)
  • Windows XP, with Service Pack 2
  • Windows Vista

Hardware Requirements:

  • A personal computer with a Pentium (or compatible) 450-MHz or faster processor
  • A minimum of 256 MB of available RAM
  • A hard drive with at least 180 MB of free space

Word Processor Compatibility:

  • Microsoft Word for Windows 2000, XP (2002), 2003, 2007
  • RTF files created with most word processors, including: Microsoft Word, WordPerfect, OpenOffice,

EndNote X1 for Macintosh

EndNote X1 installer for Macs (47.5 MB - requires Carleton login)

Upgrading from a previous version of EndNote?

While it is not strictly required, we recommend that you uninstall older versions of EndNote before installing your new version of EndNote.  Before you begin, it is important to back up your EndNote libraries (including corresponding .DATA folders), custom styles, import filters, connection files, and spell check dictionaries, as well as any Word documents that use Cite While You Write.

To uninstall the older version of EndNote:

  1. Start the older version.
  2. From the EndNote menu, select Customizer.
  3. Select all of the options and click Uninstall.
  4. Click Next and follow the prompts.

Updating old libraries

EndNote will create a copy of any old EndNote libraries in the new format, and leave the original version untouched.  Upon opening an old library with the new version of EndNote, you will be asked for permission to convert the library.  Click OK to create the new version of the library.

To install EndNote:

  1. Make sure no applications are running—including virus protection software and Microsoft Word.
  2. Start the EndNote installation program.  If you downloaded the EndNote installer: Double click the disk image to display an EndNote X1 folder
  3. Drag the EndNote X1 folder to the Applications folder on your hard drive.
  4. Double click on the Applications folder, then the EndNote X1 folder, then the EndNote X1 application icon in order to launch EndNote and a Customizer program.
  5. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Use the Next button to move forward as needed through the installation dialogs

EndNote X1 patch for Word 2008 on Macs:

  • Download the file "CWYW_Word_2008.dmg" (2 MB).
  • Close EndNote and Microsoft Word 2008.
  • Double-click the "CWYW_Word_2008.dmg" file to mount.
  • Double-click the "CWYW For Word 2008" Disk Image to open.
  • Double-click the "CWYW For Word 2008.pkg" file to start the installer.
  • Follow the installer prompts to update Word 2008.
  • If you do not see the tools after installing, get troubleshooting steps for EndNote X1 and Word 2008.

System Requirements

  • EndNote runs under the Macintosh operating system versions 10.3.9+ and 10.4.x.
  • See the readme file or our Web site at http://www.endnote.com for the latest compatibility information about EndNote and released Apple operating systems.

Hardware Requirements

  • At least a Power Macintosh G4, 450 MHz or higher
  • A hard drive with at least 180 MB of free space
  • A minimum of 256 MB of available memory (RAM)
  • In order to use EndNote’s Connect command, an Internet connection is required. To use the Open Link command to access a Web site, you also need a web browser installed.

 EndNote X

EndNote 10 for Windows Installer (77.1 MB) (requires Carleton login)

Extract all files from the compressed folder and run the EndNote setup.

Windows Reqirements:

  • Windows 2000 (service pack 3), XP (service pack 2), Vista
  • Pentium 450-megahertz (MHz) or faster processor
  • 180MB hard disk space available
  • 256 MB RAM
  • Cite While You Write feature: Microsoft Word 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007.

EndNote 10 for Mac Installer - (50 MB) Ctrl-click and choose "Save Link As" (requires Carleton login).

Open the disk image and drag the EndNote 10 folder to your Applications folder.

Note: you must uninstall EndNote 9 before installing EndNote 10.

  1. Log off of all servers
  2. Quit ALL applications!
  3. Launch EndNote 9, click Cancel when the first EndNote screen comes up.
  4. Go to the EndNote 9 menu and choose "Customizer"
  5. Check the box that says “Remove EndNote From This Computer”
  6. Click Next -- Note: if have any EndNote Libraries in the EndNote folder, move them to another folder now.
  7. Click Exit
  8. Go to the Applications Folder and drag the EndNote 9 folder to the trash.
  9. Empty the trash
  10. Now install EndNote X.0.2 by dragging the EndNote folder to your Applications folder, making sure once again that there are no programs running.

Mac Requirements:

  • Mac OS X (10.3.9 - 10.4.x)
  • PowerPC or Intel Macintosh 450 MHz or higher
  • Hard disk with 180 MB available
  • Minimum 256 MB of available RAM
  • Cite While You Write: Microsoft Word X, 2004.

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EndNote Support Files: Styles, Filters, Connection Files

The EndNote program uses hundreds of support files for transferring bibliographic data between your EndNote Library and your word processor (Microsoft Word), reference databases, and library catalogs.

Output Styles control how citations will be formatted in your Microsoft Word document;

Filters control how citations exported from particular reference databases and library catalogs are imported into your EndNote Library; and

Connection Files are used for interactively searching reference databases and library catalogs from within EndNote.

Gould librarians support and update the style, filter and connection files to make sure they work correctly with our resources. The most recent versions of the files are on kept on Collab at COLLAB\Departments\LIBR\Common\Applications\Windows in folders named PCStyles, PCFilters and PCConnections. The files here work for both Macs and PCs.

On Campus: To make sure you are using the most current copies of the files

  1. Open EndNote.
  2. Go to EndNote -> Preferences on a Mac, or Edit -> Preferences on a PC.
  3. Choose Folder Locations from the left side of the preferences window.
  4. Set the folder locations to the appropriate folders on Collab (COLLAB\Departments\LIBR\Common\Applications\Windows) for Connections, Filters and Styles.
  5. Click OK.

Off Campus: You should download a recent set of the Gould Library styles, filters and connections to your computer using the links below.

  1. Follow the instructions below to download styles, filters and connection files.
  2. Open EndNote.
  3. Go to EndNote -> Preferences on a Mac, or Edit -> Preferences on a PC.
  4. Choose Folder Locations from the left side of the preferences window.
  5. Set the folder locations to the appropriate folders on your computer.
  6. Click OK.

Please contact your liaison librarian to report problems with a particular style, filter, or connection file, or to request that a file be created for a particular resource.

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Output Styles Download

Output Styles control how citations will be formatted in your Microsoft Word document.

Here is the latest set of styles supported by the Gould Library liaison librarians.

Gould Library EndNote Styles Set, Mac format 660K June 10, 2008. Install instructions:

  1. Quit EndNote.
  2. Locate your Styles folder, located in your EndNote folder on your hard drive.
  3. Open your Styles folder, and trash all of the styles in it (but do not trash the Styles folder).
  4. Click on the link to download the new styles set.
  5. Stuffit Expander should automatically expand the download into a folder called MacStyles containing the new set of styles.
  6. Move the styles into your Styles folder where your previous styles were.
  7. Trash the now-empty MacStyles folder.

Gould Library EndNote Styles Set, PC format 582K June 10, 2008. Install instructions:

  1. Close EndNote.
  2. Locate your Styles folder, probably C:\Windows\Program Files\EndNote\Styles\
  3. Open your Styles folder, and delete all of the styles in it (but do not delete the Styles folder).
  4. Click on the link to download the new styles set.
  5. Double-click on the PCStyles11_30_04.zip file that you downloaded.
  6. Click on Extract all Files.
  7. When the Extraction Wizard comes up, click Next, then browse to your now empty Styles folder. Click Next. The styles will be put in your styles folder.
  8. Click Finish when the extraction is complete.

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Import Filters Download

Filters control how citations exported from particular reference databases and library catalogs are imported into your EndNote Library.

Here is the latest set of filters supported by the Gould Library liaison librarians.

Gould Library EndNote Filters Set, Mac format 468K June 10, 2008. Install instructions:

  1. Quit EndNote.
  2. Locate your Filters folder, located in your EndNote folder on your hard drive.
  3. Open your Filters folder, and trash all of the filters in it (but do not trash the Filters folder).
  4. Click on the link to download the new filters set.
  5. Stuffit Expander should automatically expand the download into a folder called MacFilters containing the new set of filters.
  6. Move the filters into your Filters folder where your previous filters were.
  7. Trash the now-empty MacFilters folder.

Gould Library EndNote Filters Set, PC format 407K June 10, 2008. Install instructions:

  1. Close EndNote.
  2. Locate your Filters folder, probably C:\Windows\Program Files\EndNote\Filters\
  3. Open your Filters folder, and delete all of the filters in it (but do not delete the Filters folder).
  4. Click on the link to download the new filters set.
  5. Double-click on the PCFilters11_30_04.zip file that you downloaded.
  6. Click on Extract all Files.
  7. When the Extraction Wizard comes up, click Next, then browse to your now empty Filters folder. Click Next. The filters will be put in your Filters folder.
  8. Click Finish when the extraction is complete.

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Connection Files Download

Connection Files are used for interactively searching reference databases and library catalogs from within EndNote.

Here is the latest set of connection files supported by the Gould Library liaison librarians.

Gould Library EndNote Connection Files Set, Mac format 988K June 10, 2008. Install instructions:

  1. Quit EndNote.
  2. Locate your Connections folder, located in your EndNote folder on your hard drive.
  3. Open your Connections folder, and trash all of the connection files in it (but do not trash the Connections folder).
  4. Click on the link to download the new connection files set.
  5. Stuffit Expander should automatically expand the download into a folder called MacConnections containing the new set of connection files.
  6. Move the connection files into your Connections folder where your previous connection files were.
  7. Trash the now-empty MacConnections folder.

Gould Library EndNote Connection Files Set, PC format 402K June 10, 2008. Install instructions:

  1. Close EndNote.
  2. Locate your Connections folder, probably C:\Windows\Program Files\EndNote\Connections\
  3. Open your Connections folder, and delete all of the connections in it (but do not delete the Connections folder).
  4. Click on the link to download the new connections set.
  5. Double-click on the PCConnections11_30_04.zip file that you downloaded.
  6. Click on Extract all Files.
  7. When the Extraction Wizard comes up, click Next, then browse to your now empty Connections folder. Click Next. The connections will be put in your Connections folder.
  8. Click Finish when the extraction is complete.

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