Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD): EndNote (Faculty/Staff Only)

EndNote is a reference management tool designed to organize, store, and manage citations efficiently. Users have access to a range of helpful features that support organizing, citing, and managing research materials more effectively. EndNote has been updated to the 2025 version. 

Key Features of EndNote 2025:

• AI-powered research summaries
• Journal recommendations
• Enhanced collaboration tools
• Real-time library sync
• Progress tracking in the redesigned Summary Panel
• Research Assistant upgrades
• Cassyni seminar alert integration
• EndNote Web enhancements
• Access full-text research articles with one click. 
• Read, review, annotate and search PDFs in your library. 
• Create rules to automatically organize references as you write. 
• Insert in-text citations from your library with the Cite While You Write feature in Microsoft® Word.

We have a limited number of EndNote licenses for ACHE faculty and staff. To request EndNote installation on your computer, please contact your librarians at library@achehealth.edu.

Access full-text PDFs in EndNote with EndNote Click browser plugin. 

EndNote Click works with multiple browsers like Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Edge. (For Opera, you'll need to add an extension called Chrome extensions for Opera first, then get EndNote Click for Chrome.)

It takes two minutes to get started with EndNote Click. 

1. Create your EndNote Click account.
2. Find your institution to access your library's subscriptions.

On-campus access

EndNote Click automatically detects your library subscriptions when you are on campus based on your IP address. You don't need to do anything.

Off-campus access

EndNote Click can connect to your library subscriptions when you are off-campus based on authentication software. You'll need to log in to your library the first time you use EndNote Click off-campus.

Click here for common questions and the link to their support.

View the videos below for information on exporting your citations from databases to EndNote. 

Google Scholar will need to be configured to send references to EndNote. You will be able to send references to EndNote by clicking the "Import into EndNote link.

Steps to configure Google Scholar to send references to EndNote:

Go to Google Scholar homepage

Click the three horizontal bars  or hamburger icon in the upper left-hand corner

Click the gear icon, "Settings".

Under the bibliography manager, select the option show links to import citations into and select EndNote in the dropdown box. 

Click the save button. 

Steps to Import search results into EndNote:

After completing a search on Google Scholar click on the "import into Endnote" link. 

If you are presented with a window asking if you want to open or save the file, select open the file. 

A select reference library window will appear. Use this window to select the EndNote library you want the reference imported into. 

You can export references directly into EndNote from EBSCO. 

How do I export citations to EndNote?

To export citations to EndNote:

1. After selecting the items to export from the result list or from your dashboard, click the Export tool.

Note: If you select articles from the result list page, click the Cite tool icon () and then select the Export citation tab in the Cite tool screen. 

2. On the Export citation screen, click Export in RIS format.

If you use EndNote Web, click Export to EndNote Web. A new browser tab or window opens where you can sign in to EndNote Web and save your exported citations.

3. The citation file is downloaded to your computer. Navigate to your Downloads folder and click on the downloaded file.

4. On the Select an app box, click EndNote.

5. Click Always at the bottom of the window to bypass this prompt in the future.

6. The Citations are opened in EndNote.

Source: EBSCO Connect