You must have Administrative Rights on your computer to install the EndNote program. If you don't, please ask your school or department's IT personnel to help you install EndNote.
Instructions for downloading and installing EndNote 2025 for Windows and Macs are below.
Downloading and Installing EndNote 2025 for Windows
- To start, download EndNote 2025 for Windows.
Login is required to download the EndNote program. On the Login page, click NetID and Password if you are affiliated with Rutgers. If not, but you have permission to access Rutgers restricted library resources, click Library Barcode and Password.
- Once you log in, a zip file will be downloaded to your computer.
The zip file is placed in the Downloads folder by default. Open the folder and locate the endnote25 zip file.
For Windows, it is important to extract the files and place the extracted files in a separate folder. Mouse over endnote25.zip and then right click to choose Extract All....
You will be prompted to select a destination. You may select Desktop or Documents, or any folder that is different from where the zip file is. We choose to make a new Endnote25 folder. Select a destination to place the extracted files and then click Extract.
Inside the new folder, you will see two files: EN20251Inst.msi and License.dat. Please click the EN2025Inst.msi file to install EndNote 2025. Before you start installing, make sure you have Administrative Rights to install programs on your computer and make sure all Microsoft (MS) programs are closed (e.g. Word, Outlook, Excel, etc.) so that your installation process will not be disrupted.
Then follow the prompts to go through the installation process.
Click the radio button next to "I accept the license agreement.
Typical is fine. Just leave it as is and proceed by clicking Next
Usually by default, your EndNote 2025 will be placed in the directory as: C:\Program Files(x86)\EndNote 25\
If there are Microsoft (MS) files running (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.), the Installation process will not be continued as shown below. Make sure you close these files and then Retry. After closing all MS files, you click Retry. Then you should be able to continue the installation process.
You now have EndNote 2025 installed on your computer. Click the Finish button to exit the installation.
At this time, if you check your C drive under Program Files (x86), EndNote 2025 should be listed there.
Open MS Word, you now should see the EndNote tab (the EndNote CWYW Add-on) is added. If it does not appear, please contact your librarians at citationmgr@libraries.rutgers.edu for help.
A Sample EndNote 2025 Library for Windows
Downloading and Installing EndNote 2025 for Mac
- To start, download EndNote 2025 for Mac.
Login is required to download the EndNote program. On the Login page, click NetID and Password if you are affiliated with Rutgers. If not, but you have permission to access Rutgers restricted library resources, click Library Barcode and Password.
Once you log in, the EndNote 2025 installer will be downloaded. Click the EN button to start installing:
Click the Install button to install the program, then follow the prompts to go through the installation process.
Enter the password at the administrator login prompt and click the OK button.
When you see the Summary screen, click the Done button to complete the installation of EndNote 2025 for Mac.
You are now ready to use EndNote 2025 on your Mac computer by either opening an existing library or creating a new library.
- A Sample EndNote 2025 Library for Mac:
