Library Notes

The Northwestern University Libraries allows free downloads of the popular reference management software EndNote to the Northwestern community. EndNote is software that resides on individual PCs and serves as a personal search tool, citation manager, and footnote, endnote, and bibliography formatter. It works closely with library databases such as Ovid MEDLINE, PubMed, Web of Science, and PsycINFO to gather and store citations in a personal library of information.The software is available for download to anyone who has a NetID, a category of users that comprises most faculty, staff, and students of the University and most residents at affiliated hospitals. If you don’t know your NetID or if you even have one, see NUIT’s NetID page at https://snap.it.northwestern.edu/ or contact NUIT at (847) 491-HELP.

Downloading EndNote is a 2-step process:

You must first add it to your cart and check out on the E-Academy site
Then you will be required to access the Chocolate server (the NU software depository server) to actually download the software. This involves configuring some settings on your computer. Full instructions are available on the Accessing the Chocolate File Server page. We suggest printing out these instructions.

You will have a 6 day window from checkout on the E-Academy site to complete the download. If you are off-campus, you will need to connect to NU using VPN (signing in to the Galter Library Web site is not sufficient). The licensing agreement allows users to download a copy of EndNote to both their work and home machines. Full instructions are provided when you check out on the E-Academy site.

Note to hospital-based users: If you are based at an NU-affiliated hospital, you may experience problems downloading the EndNote software to a hospital computer. This is usually due to download restrictions imposed on your computer by your Information Systems support. If you encounter this, please contact the Information Systems support at the hospital where you are based. A list of support contacts is available here. Please remember that you can also download EndNote to your home computer. Please follow the download instructions carefully.

The Galter Library offers regular EndNote classes and can get novice users off to a great start. See the Classes schedule on the Galter Library home page. We also have a guide available with handy video demonstrations so you can get started using EndNote quickly. If you’re quite familiar with EndNote but have more advanced questions or need a personal consultation, you can contact the Education Team at (312) 503-8109 or email galter-ed@northwestern.edu

A newsletter for patrons of the Galter Health Sciences Library

Summer 2005 New Series #37

Have You Downloaded EndNote Yet?

Linda O'Dwyer, MSLIS, Education Librarian, l-odwyer@northwestern.edu

Summer 2005

New Series #37