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Importing from Databases

'Importing' is the term used to describe a number of methods available for transferring references from a database into an EndNote library, without having to manually type in each record. These include:

direct export from a database
the use of import filters
the use of connection files

While these methods can save you time, it is important to understand that importing is not possible from all databases, and importing is seldom one hundred percent accurate. It is therefore essential that you always check the quality of any references you have imported, and edit them where necessary.

Please refer to the EndNote Tutorial for more tips on transferring references from databases into EndNote.

DIRECT EXPORT

Using direct export is usually straightforward, and generally involves the following steps:

searching a database
marking the records you want to save
selecting the database's direct export option
selecting the EndNote library you wish to export the records to

The table below indicates which of our Library databases offer a direct export option, and contains direct export instructions for each of these.

February 2009 - The Library is progressively updating these guides to reflect changes with EndNote X2 and Microsoft Word 2007. If you need assistance importing references from a database please contact a Library Information Desk.

Database	Instructions
ABI Inform
ACM Digital Library
AMED
Annual Reviews Online
Anthropology Plus
Art Index
ASCE Research Library
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Biological Abstracts
C19
CINAHL
Current Contents
Dissertations & Theses
Education Journals ProQuest
EI Compendex
Embase
Environment Complete (previously Environmental Issues & Policy Index)
FIAF
FSTA
Google Scholar
IEEE Xplore
Informaworld
IngentaConnect
Inspec
Institute of Physics
Journals@Ovid
JSTOR
Libraries Australia
MEDLINE
MegaFile Premier
MLA
Physical Review Online Archive
Project Muse
ProQuest 5000
PsycINFO
Science Journals ProQuest
ScienceDirect
Scopus
Social Science Journals ProQuest
SPORTDiscus
SpringerLink
Synthesis
Virtual Journals
Web of Science
Wiley Interscience

THE USE OF IMPORT FILTERS

This process is slightly more involved than the direct export process. It involves the following steps:

searching a database
marking the records you want to save
saving these records in a text file (i.e. a file with the extension .txt)
importing the text file into your EndNote library, using the required filter, as illustrated:

The table below indicates which of our Library databases allow you to save results in a format which can be imported into your EndNote library using a filter, and contains instructions on how to do so for each of these.

Where the import process requires a filter that is not supplied with EndNote, the required filter is made available for you to download. Downloaded filters should be saved on your computer in C:\Program Files\EndNote X2\Filters

Database	Instructions	Filter
AGIS Plus Text
ARCH-BUILD
ASFA 3
Books@Ovid
Cochrane Library
Design & Applied Arts Index
Emerald
Get-it
Legal Periodicals Full Text
LLBA
Meditext
PEDro
PsycBooks
PubMed
SCANFile
SciFinder Scholar
Water Resources Abstracts