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EndNote 21 for Windows

Instructions for using EndNote for Windows

EndNote Web

Sign up for an EndNote Web online  account so you can access your research from anywhere by syncing your EndNote Library across your desktop and other devices.

Available free to current Macquarie University students and staff. Account access will expire once you have finished your studies or employment at Macquarie.

  • Open your EndNote desktop
  • Using the Edit menu select Preferences
  • The EndNote Preferences box will pop up
  • Click Sync > Enable sync > Sign up

When signing up:

  • Sign up with your MQ email address.
  • Choose your own password. 

After submitting your registration information, you can download and install the EndNote 21 Cite While You Write for Word Online and you can use EndNote Web immediately.


Further information is available below

This is an EndNote Training production published on March 2024. The video discusses the new ‘EndNote Cite While You Write’ extension for Google Docs. This innovative tool enhances the efficiency of accessing and utilizing citations. It streamlines the process of referencing, making academic and professional writing more straightforward and effective.

This overview video looks at the EndNote Web platform at web.endnote.com.

EndNote Online (Classic)

EndNote Online (Classic) is available to users of EndNote 20 and earlier versions.

EndNote for Android

There is currently no EndNote app for Android devices. Instead, if you have an EndNote 21 Web or EndNote Online account, you can use the device's browser to log into your online EndNote library. In this way you can then use EndNote with the Android device.