You can obtain a personal copy (at a reduced price) from two places.

1.  A copy can be purchased from the Site Licence Software Office in the Learning Centre, more information and prices can be found at http://www.softwaresales.bham.ac.uk/az/endnote.shtml 

2.  A copy can be purchased from Adept Scientific.  Log in where it says "My Institution is a member of the UK Access Management Federation" and use your Active Directory University username and password.  You will then see a list of prices at a reduced rate.

You can also download a trial version from the ISI ResearchSoft homepage.

Many Schools make software available on University computers - check with your own School for details.

Versions of Endnote

The latest version of Endnote is version X2 for Windows and Mac OS X.

Additions to Endnote X2 include:

• Finds full text articles automatically.  Endnote X2 will scan for full text availability and downloads and link it to the appropriate reference automatically.
• Smart Groups.  You can save a search strategy and attach it to a smart group.  Any references matching the search strategy will be added to the Smart Group.
• You can instantly connect to an online database and search for information.
• Recover deleted references from the Trash.
• Transfer Endnote web groups to and from the desktop easily
• Uses new reference types, including aggregated database, Blog, Catalogue, Pamphlet, Serial publications and Standards

If you are unable to attend a course you can download course notes for Endnote X2

Improvements to Endnote XI include:

• Designed for use with Windows 2000, XP and Vista
• Customise groups to view and manage subsets of references
• Cite While You Write with Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows
• Interacts with Endnote Web to aid collaboration with colleagues and students
• View and manage more reference details

  • view all authors for a reference in the Main Display list
  • organise up to 45 files - PDFs, graphics, PowerPoints and more - per reference using the "file attachment" field
  • transfer customised reference types between computers 

More information about Endnote XI can be found on the Thomson Scientific web site.

Improvements to Endnote X include:

• Easy linkage to PDF full text files
• Up to 8 fields can be shown in the reference list display
• Empty fields in the reference window can be hidden to avoid scrolling
• Saving libraries to compressed files for backup or for sending to colleagues

You can download course notes for Endnote X.

Improvements to Endnote 9 include:

• Improved speed and performance
• Expanded multilingual support
• Compatibility with Microsoft's Word "Track Changes" feature
• Endnote 9 is currently available on all Information Services clusters and is the version taught on the course Endnote: an introduction.

Compatibility Issues

• Versions 8,  9 and X for Windows only runs under Windows 2000 and XP
• MS Word must be 2000 or above for versions 8 and 9
• Endnote 8 and 9 are not backwards compatible.  This means that libraries created in Endnote 8 and 9 are not compatible with libraries created in version 7 or below.
• Libraries or databases created in earlier versions will be converted to the new format when opened in version 9

If you need to convert a library or database back to an older version see the instructions from Adept Scientific.

Courses on Endnote

Information Services regularly run courses on Endnote.   For more information about the courses, plus dates and venues go to the IS Training and Skills Development web site and book yourself a place.

User Guide and Help

For more information about reference software please consult the skills guide Reference Management Software

A good place to look for help with the more technical queries is Adept Science Knowledge Database http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/kb/.  Select Advanced Search and complete the form.