To use EndNote with Google Docs you must first have an EndNote 2025 account. See this entry on how to get EndNote 2025 free of charge through the university. You can also access EndNote 2025 and create an account using a university networked PC.
Cite While You Write directly integrates with your Endnote 2025 or Endnote 21 Web Account. Endnote Web is where you can store your reference library for use with Google Docs.
More information about how to install the Endnote Cite While you Write extension is available from Clarivate here.
The next step is to get the EndNote Cite While you Write extension for your google docs and sign in using your EndNote credentials. With that done, you are presented with a more streamlined interface for inserting and editing citations. As with Word the reference list is added automatically.
Note: You don’t need the EndNote 2025 application open or even installed on the device you’re using to use EndNote with Google Docs.
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- Click Extensions > Add-ons > Get add-ons > search for EndNote Cite While You Write
- EndNote Cite While You Write will now be in your extension menu. (You may need to refresh the page.) Hover over it and click open.
- You will be prompted to login to your account
- Once logged in you will be able to easily choose and insert citations.
- Click on the burger menu to change reference style, for example "Cite Them Right - Harvard".
- The citations and references inserted can be manually edited.
Although Endnote 2025 is the preference. Endnote 21 is still available through IT Services.