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Referencing & Citation Tools

The Glucksman Library's guide to referencing and using EndNote in the University of Limerick.

The Endnote desktop software stores the program and your citation library locally on your computer.  EndNote Desktop has more functionality than EndNote online, including customising output styles for specific publications. Synchronise it with EndNote online to continue to work on any PC on or off-campus.

What is EndNote?

EndNote is a a type of reference management software which allows you to create your own reference database and then to use that database to generate a bibliography in your papers, books and theses. It is available in both Desktop and Online versions with EndNote 25 being the current Desktop version.

EndNote helps users:

  • Gather references automatically from databases;
  • Format  documents and citations instantly in a variety of styles;
  • Generate bibliographies;
  • Create and organise a personal research database of references, images and PDFs;
  • Share citations with colleagues.

Installing EndNote Desktop

UL Students and Staff members can install EndNote 25 on their personally owned computers as well as UL owned computers.

EndNote can only be installed on computers running windows or Mac operating systems. It does not work on chromebooks. 

  • If you wish to install EndNote 25 on your personal computer you can request the installation files by contacting the Library using Ask Us 

EndNote Guides & Videos

Harvard UL EndNote Style

The Harvard UL EndNote style has been updated to reflect the changes made to the Harvard style that UL uses as laid out in the 2016 edition of Cite It Right 4th Edition.

  • To install Harvard UL_2016, download Harvard UL_2016 style above.
  • Browse to the location on your computer where you downloaded the style.
  • Double-click on the style file to open it.
  • The style should open in EndNote.
  • In EndNote, go to the File menu and select Save as.
  • Click on the Save button.
  • You should then be able to select your style by going back to Word and using the drop-down Style menu to Select another style. You should now be able to see your style in the list and to select it.

The PDF document above details some additional instructions on how to use the different reference types in EndNote Harvard UL_2016 style in order to match exactly the item types included in the Cite It Right 4th Edition.

In EndNote Online, Harvard UL_2016 should be available as a style in the drop-down list in Word (or by choosing "Select Another Style"). If it is not listed then go to EndNote Online and select Format > Bibliography and click on "Select Favorites". Then select Harvard UL_2016 and copy to "My Favorites". Harvard UL_2016 will now be available in the drop-down list in Word.

EndNote Tutorial

A short course for EndNote for Windows. This video is hosted on ULs MS stream. You must be logged into your UL Microsoft 365 account to view it.

Below this video you will see a link for a quick introduction to EndNote for Mac.