Creating an account in EndNote Web
On-campus
If you are using a computer on a CSU campus, connected to the CSU network, go to http://www.myendnoteweb.com/ and register using your email address and choose a password.
Off-campus
From a home computer using a commercial Internet Service Providre (ISP):
If you are using a computer at home, with the Internet connection via a commercial Internet Service Provider, you can set up an account by going to the CSU Library Databases page
Navigate to the entry for the Web of Science (WoS) database, and use your CSU username and password to connect to the database. Once connected, register as a user and choose a password.
You will now be able to follow the links to access EndNote Web
Renewing your account
Once you have set up your account, you can access EndNote Web at http://www.myendnoteweb.com from any computer with an Internet connection for a period of twelve months. Login using your email address and password which you choose when you registered.
If at any time you access EndNote Web from a computer connected to the CSU computer network, your account is automatically extended for a further twelve months.
Using EndNote Web with Microsoft Word
To use EndNote Web to format Microsoft Word documents, you must download a plugin (toolbar) and intall it on your computer. See the help screen dealing with EndNote Web Plug-ins, and follow the instructions there.
If you have the full desktop version of EndNote X.0.2 (or a later version) on your computer, you will already have the necessary plugin for EndNote Web.
Once you have installed the plugin (toolbar), you will be able to display the EndNote Web Toolbar in Microsoft Word. This enables you to use the Cite While You Write function in EndNote Web. For more information on Cite While You Write, see the help screens in EndNote Web.
Using EndNote Web on CSU Computers
The Word EndNote plugin (toolbar) should be available on CSU computers on which EndNote is installed.
When you open Microsoft Word on a computer, look for the EndNote tab on the ribbon at the top of the screen. Click the EndNote tab to display the tools for the desktop version of EndNote
To access EndNote Web, click on the Preferences command in the EndNote tab. This will open a dialogue box.
In the dialogue box, click on the Application tab. now check the EndNote Web option. Enter the email address and password that you chose when you set up your EndNote Web account.
A connection is then established between Word and EndNote Web, so you will be asked to supply your normal CSU username and password. Finally you will again be asked to enter your EndNote Web account details.
When authentication is complete you will see the EndNote Web commands at the top of the screen in Microsoft Word.
Getting Help
Before using EndNote Web, you should view the tutorials on the EndNote Web website.
In EndNote Web click on the Help to access the help screens.
The CSU Library does not provide and training courses on EndNote Web, but you can contact the Thomson Reuters technical support staff
Downloading references from databases
Any database which supports direct export to the desktop version of EndNote should also support direct export to EndNote Web - see the help screen on direct export.
The EndNote Web browser toolbars also provide a screen capture function, which can save individual references to EndNote Web. This function only works well with certain databases. See the help screen on capture.
Important notes
- EndNote Web is a new product, and is still under development
- You cannot edit filters, output styles or connection files.
- You cannot set up your own reference types.
- You cannot use journal term lists to convert abbreviated journal titles into full titles (and vice versa).
- You cannot attach electronic copies of documents, eg. PDF files, to record in your EndNote Web library.
- If you are also using the full desktop version of EndNote, you can transfer references from the desktop to the web (and vice versa), but these will be separate databases of references. There is no automatic synchronisation between the desktop and the web. If you add or edit a reference in one database, you have to transfer the new or edited reference to the other database. The EndNote manual advises: 'You should plan to edit references in only one place, either the Web library or the desktop library. Duplicate references, found in both the EndNote Web library and the desktop library, cannot be synchronized. When you copy references from one library to another, the reference in the target library is overwritten.'
- Your references will be stored on a server in the United States. United States government agencies are able to access your data at any time, without notice. You should consider the privacy implications of this.
