EndNote

The University Library provides the students and employees of TUM with the EndNote reference management programme within the frame of a campus licence. EndNote is an internationally widely used reference management programme that offers you several features which enables you to search literature, manage reference and cite correctly in the desired style.

Overview

Download & Installation

Support & Help

Courses

Features

E-Tutorials

Tips & Tricks

Download & Installation

Students and employees of the TUM can download EndNote for free.

Download: EndNote version 2025 is available at https://eaccess.tum.edu/limited/EndnoteDownload.htm
Please authenticate yourself with your TUM ID. You can find the product key here.

Terms of Use & Licence Information

The EndNote licence is limited to a single user. You may, however use EndNote on up to three different devices.
At the end of your studies or your employment at the TUM, you may not use EndNote via the TUM campus licence any longer. You must either uninstall the programme or purchase a single user licence.

By using EndNote, you agree to the Private Policy and EndNote Terms of Use.

Features

EndNote is an internationally widely used reference management programme that offers you several features which enables you to search literature, manage reference and cite correctly in the desired style. The locally installed EndNote programme is complemented by a web version, which allows location-independent working and team work. EndNote has an English language interface and runs on both Windows and MAC OS.

What is EndNote capable of?

organising and managing references
integrating citation in text processing programmes
creating reference lists in over 6000 citation styles
searching in library catalogues and databases
importing titles from library catalogues and databases
synchronising between EndNote Desktop and EndNote Web
working in teams

EndNote Web

In addition to the local installation, the reference management programme offers a web version, which you can access from any workplace via internet. Set up your own EndNote web account.

Tips & Tricks

You can further customise your own EndNote installation to meet your needs:

Connection files allow you to search in additional catalogues and databases (e.g. Connection file to search Gateway Bayern).
Import filters allow you to import bibliographical references from additional catalogues and databases.
Output Styles (citation styles) that exceed the installation settings can be downloaded later.
Updates are not installed automatically. Please note that you must first uninstall EndNote before installing a newer version.

Instructions for the full-text search

To use the full-text search function, after the installation, add the following OpenURL path in the menu Edit > Preferences under the heading "Find Full Text": http://sfx.bib-bvb.de/sfx_tum.

Find full text articles (available at the TUM)

Go to the Edit menu and choose => Preferences => Find Full Text => „Authenticate with:“
Here you add https://eaccess.tum.edu/login.

If you now choose “Find full text” you will get to the eAccess page of the TUM where you log in with your TUM email address and your password. Click on “Log in” and on “Continue”.
Please note that you might not find all full texts that are available and that the search will take noticeably longer.

Support & Help

Question on EndNote features? Problems with download and installation of the software? EndNote and the TUM University Library provides you a range of information materials and support services.

support by EndNOte

Technical Support from our EndNote distrubiton partner Clarivate Analytics

Support by the university library

E-mail support via workshop@ub.tum.de
Reference Managment and Citation Consultation
E-Learning materials at mediaTUM and in our E-Course

E-Tutorials on EndNote

Courses on EndNote

EndNote Basics – Reference Management and Knowledge Organization

In this course, we will navigate together through the key functions of EndNote for structured reference management: entering literature data, citing in Word, and creating literature lists. Optimally organized literature for your academic work – with full control over all your sources!

Course Description & Dates

Reference Management and Citation Consultation Service

Are you currently writing your Bachelor's, Master's or doctoral thesis? Do tricky detailed questions keep coming up that you can't answer with the knowledge you gained from our courses or lecture notes? Then schedule an appointment with our consultation service for reference management and citation.

Course Description & Dates