Cite While You Write (CWYW) is a plugin that allows you to use EndNote from within Microsoft Word. It should be installed when you install EndNote, but if you need to reinstall the instructions are available on the EndNote support website.
EndNote X9 is now available campus-wide, and is free for MSU students, faculty, and staff through a library subscription. EndNote is one of the most used citation managers. It is a bibliographic management and formatting program that can help you manage citations, PDFs, and in text references throughout the process of writing a research paper.
The exact installation steps vary depending on what browser you use and settings on your computer. Be sure to close Microsoft Word and other Microsoft Office programs before beginning.
Note: If you are prompted for a product key, start again and make sure the folder you downloaded is unzipped before running the installer. You can do this by right-clicking on the folder that you downloaded, then choosing "Extract All".
Problems?
Be sure that you saved and then extracted/unzipped. You should see that the Licensee is MSU Library as shown in this screenshot. It should not ask you to pay for a copy. If that happens, try the installation again, step-by-step as described above.
You may also want to try unsinstalling and then re-installing again. If the Licensee does not show as MSU Library, stop the install and try again being sure to extract the files and then click on the ENX9Inst file to start the installation. Be sure you are in the non-zipped folder (no zipper icon or 7zip icon).
On a Mac, follow these steps to install EndNote X9
Mac Notes:
* Recommendation: Remove the Installer file when finished since it looks just like the program icon
* Drag and drop downloaded citations onto the EndNote X9 icon on your dock to import. Otherwise, try Firefox rather than Chrome or Safari. to export citations directly into EndNote more easily.
EndNote X9 requires macOS 10.10 or above. If you have a Mac running an older macOS version, you should use EndNote X7 instead of X9. See the EndNote X7 installer below.
Read this article from EndNote if you have already updated to macOS Catalina.
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