EndNote Click: An Essential PDF Access Tool

EndNote Click is an article access tool developed by Clarivate. It provides users direct access to the full text of articles to which their institutions subscribe from PubMed as well as from many journal websites. It is currently compatible with the following navigators: Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. Download EndNote Click here.

Why use it? – Who should use it? – How does it work? – What does it look like? – For more information

Why use it?

Simply put, it saves time. Normally, it can take three or more clicks to access the full text of articles. EndNote Click reduces this to one step.

Who should use it?

	MUHC Staff	McGill Staff, Students & Affiliates
On-site	Yes, use EndNote Click.	Yes, use EndNote Click.
Remotely	No. Do not use EndNote Click. Instead, log in to the library’s proxy for remote access to articles.	Yes, use EndNote Click.

How does it work?

Once you register with EndNote Click, you will be prompted to choose your institution.

Afterwards, whenever you view an article on PubMed or a journal’s site, EndNote Click will search your institution’s library to verify whether you have access.

If your institution has access to the article:

You will see this icon at the bottom left of the screen:

A purple button that reads "View PDF"

Once you click View PDF, a new tab will open with the PDF in an EndNote Click viewer (if you are a McGill affiliate working off-campus, you may be asked for your authentication information). From this viewer, you can:

add the article to a collection (called Locker),
download the PDF, and
export the article record to a bibliographic management software (EndNote, Zotero, etc.)