Importing bibliographic references into
Endnote
Bibliographic data (such as references to journal articles, book chapters,
conference abstracts etc.) may be typed
or be "copy-pasted"
manually into an EndNote library.
However it is preferable to import these data from the original information
database into Endnote electronically.
There are three different ways to do this. Which one is appropriate depends on
the provided tools that come with the original information source and the facilities developed by the library
for that purpose, as shown in the import-table. Please refer to the help
manual to find out more details on the functionality of these three options.
- DIRECT IMPORT
A growing number of information resources facilitate a "Direct Export"
option. Once a set of references has been made - by using the search engine of
the information resource - the "Direct Export" command leads to:
- Automatic startup of the Endnote program, and a popup screen (Select a
reference library) appears
- A practical tip now is to press the little arrow button of the "File
Name" dropdown menu that is shown at the bottom. A list of recently opened
Endote libraries shows up, from which you can choose the target library
- In case you already have opened one or more Endnote libraries,
Endnote will still ask you where to enter the data in the same way.
- IMPORTFILTER
Once a file is put into
the proper format (a text file) and an import option or filter is used, the
import procedures are the same.
Go to
importfilters
- CONNECT
Normally one searches bibliographies (e.g. PubMed, PsycInfo) and catalogues
and import downloads from these using the specific import filters. For some
reasons it might be convenient to use the endnote search engine itself as
search engine for (remote) databases as described. This functionality comes
with the so-called "connection-files" in endnote. For the
University Library situation the "library catalogue connection
file" may be of special interest. Go
to connection files