Yes, for members of the University. You can download EndNote to your personal computer via the Software Store https://software.soton.ac.uk
Dos and Don'ts
Install EndNote on your computer by clicking on Additional Software (you'll find the icon on your desktop). If you can't install the software yourself, ask Serviceline for help or visit the Tech Hub at Hartley Library (building 36); for other Tech Hubs please see https://www.southampton.ac.uk/isolutions/getting-help/tech-hubs.page.
If you are based at NOC, you can download EndNote from https://software.soton.ac.uk
NOCS staff should contact IT on installing EndNote to their NOCS owned computer.
The University of Southampton styles have been developed to match the referencing styles agreed by various academic units and disciplines.
They include all the common resource types (eg. book, journal article, book chapter etc)
Follow your academic unit's requirements for overall layout, as these cannot be set within individual networked styles.
Select a tab to access the style you need.
This Harvard style Harvard_SotonCiteThemRight2021 is suitable for general use and follows the version of Harvard found in Cite Them Right .
If your academic unit or discipline recommends the Harvard style, check whether they have any specific referencing requirements. If not, you can use this style.
This style is available in EndNote on all public workstations and on EndNote Online.
Follow the instructions to install this style on a staff PC or on your own computer (PC or MAC) if it already has EndNote installed.
Installing an EndNote style instructions for PC
Download the style you want to install.
Double-click the style file. It should open in EndNote.In EndNote, go to “File Menu” and choose “Save As”.
Replace the word “copy” with your style’s name and click “Save”.
If you are using the American Chemical Society [ACS] referencing style, we recommend that you use the Royal Society of Chemistry [RSC] style in Endnote rather than 'ACS' or 'ACS - no title' (which do not deal with multiple references in one place correctly).
Installing an EndNote style instructions for PC
Download the style you want to install.
Double-click the style file. It should open in EndNote.In EndNote, go to “File Menu” and choose “Save As”.
Replace the word “copy” with your style’s name and click “Save”.
If the RSC style is not already available in Endnote, it can be downloaded from under RSC Endnote style files on the RSC website.
Both ACS and RSC use abbreviated titles based on the Chemical Abstracts Service Source Index (CASSI). If you cannot find a recognized abbreviation for a journal, and it is not obvious how the title should be abbreviated, cite the full journal title.
Most databases will export references with full journal titles. To get abbreviated titles in your references, you will need to edit the term lists within Endnote following the guide below.
The EndNote style for English, Film and History at Southampton is MHRA_SotonHUMS2017. This style follows the standard version of MHRA.
This style is available in Endnote on all public workstations and on Endnote Online.
Follow the instructions to install this style on a staff PC or on your own computer (PC or MAC) if it already has EndNote installed.
Installing an EndNote style instructions for PC
Download the style you want to install.
Double-click the style file. It should open in EndNote.In EndNote, go to “File Menu” and choose “Save As”.
Replace the word “copy” with your style’s name and click “Save”.
The style developed in consultation with the School of Law at Southampton is OSCOLA_2_SotonLAW2015. This style follows the OSCOLA 2 4th ed referencing system.
Follow the instructions to add this style to your My Documents folder so that it can be accessed on public workstations.
Use the same instructions to install this style on a staff PC or on your own computer (PC or MAC) if it already has EndNote installed.
This style is available in Endnote on all public workstations and on Endnote Online.
Installing an EndNote style instructions for PC
Download the style you want to install.
Double-click the style file. It should open in EndNote.In EndNote, go to “File Menu” and choose “Save As”.
Replace the word “copy” with your style’s name and click “Save”.
OSCOLA requires the use of standard abbreviations for journal titles in footnotes and bibliography entries.
Insert the full journal title in the EndNote record.
Follow the instructions in the PDF file below to set up your EndNote software to convert full titles to abbreviations.
You can add new abbreviations and change back to using full journal titles at any time.
Useful resource
Use the Cardiff Index to find out what a law report or journal title abbreviation stands for, or use it to find out the preferred way of abbreviating publications in your own work.
You may need to sort your end of text bibliography into primary and secondary sources. Any changes must be made using the tools within EndNote - manual amendments are ignored by the software. See the notes below and email libenqs@soton.ac.uk if you need more help.
The OSCOLA_2_SotonLAW2015 style is available on EndNote Online. However, it is not possible to make the journal abbreviations file available in Endnote Online.
This information was updated on 11th June 2024. Please check with your module lead about which referencing style to use and any specific guidelines.
If using the Vancouver referencing style, the closest EndNote style is called Citing Medicine, which we have adapted slightly for your download on this page. This style follows the Vancouver style in Cite Them Right Online
Installing an EndNote style instructions for PC
Installing an EndNote style instructions for PC
Different sources (databases) use variations on the BibTeX standard which can cause some issues.
Here are the latest filter for importing BibTex files into EndNote and the latest style for outputting references from EndNote in a BibTeX format.
With thanks to Angela Goldfinch at Imperial College London and Bob Green at Clarivate Analytics.
The current version at the University is EndNote 2025
EndNote guidance is available at https://proquest.libguides.com/endnote
Contact Clarivate's EndNote support here
Before using a reference manager, ensure that you understand the OSCOLA referencing style, use Cite Them Right Online for guidance. Colleagues at Newcastle University Library have produced some excellent guidance for working with EndNote and OSCOLA at https://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/endnote/oscola