Version Update (2025.10.03)

EndNote 2025 has been updated to version 2025.1 and can now be upgraded directly within the software by clicking the update option.

EndNote 2025.1 introduces a generative AI tool—EndNote Research Assistant—which supports users in “conversing” with full-text literature, transforming documents into an interactive AI-powered experience. Its key features include:

• Review Key Takeaway: Automatically generates the main points of a single PDF article.

• Chat with a document: Enables users to “converse” with full-text literature by asking questions in simple, easy-to-understand natural language and receiving relevant answers from AI.

• Translate a PDF document: Translates the full text of an entire PDF document, reducing language barriers in understanding research literature.

• Summarize selected text: Quickly summarizes the main points covered in selected text passages within a document.

• Translate selected text: Translates selected text passages, helping reduce language barriers in understanding research literature.

In addition, to further enhance and improve the user experience, EndNote 2025 includes the following updates:

• Cite from a PDF: Directly cite content from a PDF while writing and automatically generate the corresponding reference.

• Integration with the Web of Science (WoS) database: Provides links to Related Records and Citing Articles in the WoS database, ensuring that researchers can access more comprehensive references.

• Integration with the Cassyni database: Links conference videos with literature, guiding researchers directly to the core of reading, writing, and citing, and assisting them in retrieving, evaluating, and using literature.

• Updated Summary interface design: Adds easy-to-read category classifications in the literature summary section, helping users quickly review important article details.

• Updated Edit interface design: Makes it easier for researchers to find reference updates and full text for further use.

• Find a Journal: Enter a title and an abstract of up to 100 words, and the system will suggest suitable journals for submission.

Download the Installation File

Installation Guide:

1. Close Microsoft Word or Apple Pages before proceeding as the EndNote installation will halt otherwise.

2. Download the compressed file of EndNote from your affiliated organization, and then extract it. The EN21nst.msi and License.dat files should be located in the same folder in order for the installation to work. 

3. Double click on the EN20Inst file, which is the EndNote installation file (Note: Do not delete License.dat).

4. During the installation process, users can select the installation type based on their own needs:

(1) Typical: Basic installation (recommended option), there are over 500 of the most commonly used citation styles. 

(2) Custom: Customized installation,  there are over 7,000 citation styles to choose from.

5. Click "Next" at each step until the "Finish" screen appears to complete the installation.

6. Notes on downloading:

(1) The link to download the installation file may not be opened in the Chrome browser. Please right-click and choose 'Save link as.'when this situation occurs.

(2)  If the message 'Cannot download securely' appears 'Discard', please click the down-pointing arrow on the right and select 'Keep' to save the file.

(3) Before proceeding with the installation, make sure to unzip the files to facilitate authorization.

Note: When you're connected to the internet and see EndNote prompt you, asking if you want to update, simply follow the on-screen instructions to complete the update.  

Instructions

Contact: Knowledge Services
Tel: 11633 (Ext.)
E-Mail: pu105b0@pu.edu.tw