What is EndNote?

EndNote is bibliographic management software that organizes and manages book and journal article citations. Versions 3+ allow you to search databases using EndNote in place of the databases' native search interface.

Note: Boston University students, faculty and staff may purchase EndNote at a discounted price from University Computers in Kenmore Square. The discounted price is $99 (students) $179 (faculty/staff). EndNote's Support Site offers an interactive tutorial, tip sheets, and other materials designed to familiarize users with the software.

What Databases Interact With EndNote?

EndNote can be used to manage citations from many different databases including indexes and databases licensed for use by Boston University students, faculty and staff. Citations can be imported into EndNote using:

• filters
• connection files
• browser "search and save" interfaces

Using EndNote Filters

EndNote filters may be designed to import bibliographic citations from almost any database.

• Search a database from your web browser
• Save the search results to a file
• Use an import "filter" to bring the citations into EndNote

Filters are available on the EndNote website or they can be created using the EndNote program. EndNote filters work with virtually all bibliographic databases.

Using EndNote Filters: Notes for BU-Subscribed Databases & the BU Online Catalog

Boston University Online Catalog

Database:  Innopac

• Mark your items by clicking the box next to each citation. Click on "save-marked-records". Continue until you are ready to export all your saved records.
• Click on "view saved"
• For "Format of List" choose EndNote/RefWorks
• In "Send List To" select Local-Disk and click SUBMIT
• Save the file as export.txt
• Start EndNote and select a Reference Library
• Select Import from under the File menu
• In the Import-Option box select Innopac.  If Innopac is not listed, click on OtherFilters and then select Innopac
• In the Import-Data-File box use the Choose-File button to select the citation file you previously downloaded
• Click on Import and your citations will be imported

If the Innopac filter is not listed, download it from the EndNote website and put it in the EndNote Filters folder.  On a pc this folder is: C:\ProgramFiles\EndNote\Filters

COS [Community of Science]

Note: Commerce Business Daily/FedBizOps, COS Funding Opportunities, and Federal Register,  may be downloaded in an easy to read ascii/text format, but there is no filter that can easily import these citations into EndNote.

Databases:  Agricola, US Patents

• Select your items by clicking the selection box next to each entry
• Click on "download multiple citations"
• In the Citation Manager box select format EndNote
• Click on Download.
  • If your browser opens the downloaded file, from the File menu choose "save-as", choose a download directory, and save the text with the filename results.txt and as type TextFile
  • Or, if your browser asks you what to do with the file, choose "save-as", choose a download directory, and save the text with the filename results.txt and as type TextFile
• Start up EndNote, open a "reference library", select Import [from File menu]
• Select the Import-Option "Refer/BiblX"
• Navigate to folder that contains your downloaded references and select your file
• Click on Import and your citations will be imported

CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - Internet Database Service

Databases:  ARTbibliographies Modern, ASFA I: Biological Sciences and Living Resources, Criminal Justice Abstracts, ERIC, GeoRef, LLBA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts), National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts, PAIS International, Philosophers Index, Political Science, Pollution Abstracts, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

• Mark your items by clicking the box next to the title of each citation
• When you are finished marking records, click on MarkedRecords [just to the right of the Browse tab]
• Click on "save/print/email"
• Choose your format (e.g. Full Format)
• Look to the right of the Save button, and select your "file format" (pc, macintosh, unix)
• Click on Save and choose a location for your saved file (e.g. desktop)
• Start EndNote and select a Reference Library
• Select Import from under the File menu
• Use the Choose-File button to select the citation file you previously downloaded
• Make sure the box that says "import option" lists the filter for your database
  • If the correct filter is not listed, click on the down-arrow, select Other Filters, and look for the CSA filter that matches your database [e.g. ERIC(CSA).enf]
  • If you do not see a filter for the CSA database you are using, look at the EndNote website, and download the correct filter into your EndNote filters folder
• Click on Import, and your citations will be imported

For more information on using EndNote filters with CSA databases, see: CSA Support: Bibliographic Managers

JSTOR

• Export your citations
  • Select your items by clicking the save-citation button underneath each entry
  • Click on View-Saved-Citations
  • Export citations "as a text file"  in "citation-manager" format
  • Save your citations on your hard disk as a text file
• Download the JSTOR EndNote filter "JSTOR.enf" and put it in your EndNote filters folder
  • See: http://www.jstor.org/help/endnote_filters.html
• Start EndNote and select a Reference Library
• Select Import from under the File menu
• Use the Choose-File button to select the citation file you previously downloaded
• Make sure the box that says "import option" says JSTOR and click on Import
• Your citations will be imported
• For additional information see the "saving citations" section of the JSTOR help pages at: http://www.jstor.org/help/

WilsonWeb

Databases:  Applied Science Full Text, Art Index, Art Retrospective, Business Full Text, Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full Text

• Mark your items by clicking the selection box next to each entry
• Click on Print-Email-Save
• Click + sign next to Export To Bibliographic Software: EndNote, Refworks
• Select "The EndNote Filter"
• Click Export
• Save the file to your hard disk
• Download the WilsonWeb filter from the EndNote website and put it in your EndNote filters folder
• Start EndNote and select a Reference Library
• Select Import from under the File menu
• Use the Choose-File button to select the citation file you previously downloaded
• Select the WilsonWeb filter as the "import option" -- You may need to click on "other filters" to see the WilsonWeb filter
• Click on Import and your citations will be imported

EndNote versions 3+ have a built-in Z39.50 client that allows you to:

• Directly connect to Z39.50 compatible databases
• Search electronic indexes and databases
• Import bibliographic citations into EndNote

A "connection file" is used to facilitate the connection between EndNote and a database. Connection files for many library catalogs and publicly accessible databases are included in EndNote. However, subscription databases, licensed for use by Boston University students, faculty and staff, require specially modified connection files. Listed below are the connection files for several licensed databases. For each database you wish to access, click on the appropriate file below and follow the download instructions

Note: Z39.50 connections to the databases listed below are only allowed from computers directly connected to the University's campus network, or computers that have connected to the campus network modem pool using PPP, or computers that have connected to the BU Virtual Private Network [VPN].   Users of cable modems such as AT&T Broadband will want to use the VPN network. The Proxy Server will not work with Z39.50 connections, and can not be used by EndNote to connect to Z39.50 accessible databases.

If you are using a PC, click the EndNote connection file for your desired database. You will be prompted to save the file. Select a "temp" directory [e.g. C:\TEMP]. Exit from your web browser and use your Windows browser to navigate to the Temp directory where you saved the file. Double-click on the saved file [e.g. atla.exe]. The "winzip self-extractor" window will appear. Click on the browse button and navigate to the folder that contains your EndNote connection files. This folder will probably be C:\PROGRAMFILES\ENDNOTE\CONNECTIONS. Select this location as the "unzip to folder". Click on unzip. Close the "winzip self-extractor" window. You are now ready to try out the connection.

If you are using a MAC, click the EndNote connection file for your desired database. You may be prompted for a location to save the file on your MAC. Select the directory that contains your EndNote connection files. If you are not prompted for a location, the file was probably automatically downloaded to your default download directory. Use the find command [see under the Finder's File menu] to search for the first few letters of the file. Then move the file to your EndNote Connections folder. The Macintosh files are in a "stuffit" format to allow for their easy transfer to your MAC. Your browser should unstuff the file automatically as it is downloaded. If the file is not unstuffed automatically, just double-click on it and the MAC will unstuff the file. Once the unstuffed file is located in the EndNote connections folder, you are ready to try out the connection.

Note: These EndNote connection files are only for use by currently registered Boston University students, faculty and staff.

Using Browser "Search and Save" Interfaces

Listed below are database providers that use special "search and save" interfaces to import citations directly into EndNote. EndNote [Windows versions 4+] may require a special "export plug-in" to assist web browsers in exporting references directly into EndNote. First try importing citations without using the plug-in. If citations are not imported automatically, try the plug-in from Thomson.   [The plug-in is listed for use with ProCite, but it should also work with EndNote.] Once you have installed the plug-in, use the newest version of Internet Explorer or Netscape to connect to your desired database from the Indexes and Databases list. Then follow the instructions below to import your selected citations into EndNote.

EBSCO

Databases:  ATLA, Econlit, MLA Bibliography, PsycARTICLES, PsycINFO, SPORTDiscus

• Select your items by clicking the folder icon next to each entry
• Click on "folder has items"
• In the Folder Contents screen select items you want to export
• Click on "Export"
• Select "Direct Export to EndNote, ProCite or ReferenceManager"
• Click on "Save"
• If your browser prompts you to open the file or save it to disk, select OPEN
• EndNote will start up and prompt you to select a "reference library"
• Your citations will be imported

ENGINEERING VILLAGE

Databases:  Compendex, Inspec

• Select your items by marking the check boxes, or by "select all on this page", or by "select range"
• Select an output format: citation, abstract, or detailed-record
• Select the "download" output action
• In the popup window select the RIS download format and click download
• EndNote will start automatically, and prompt you to "select a reference library"
• Once you select a library the records are automatically imported

PROQUEST

Databases:  ABI/INFORM, Dissertation Abstracts

• Select your items by clicking the selection box next to each entry
• Click the Marked List tab on the top row of the screen
• From the Marked List screen click on Export Citations
• Click on Export Directly To ProCite, EndNote or Reference Manager
• If your browser prompts you to open the file or save it to disk, select OPEN
• EndNote will start up and prompt you to select a "reference library"
• When you select a library the citations are automatically imported

THOMSON ISI

Databases:  Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, Web of Science

• Select your items by clicking the selection box next to each entry
• In the MARK citations box, click SUBMIT
• Click on the MARKED LIST button
• The Web Of Science Marked Records Output Options menu displays
• Under Step 1 select the bibliographic info you wish to export
• Under Step 2 click the button EXPORT TO REFERENCE SOFWARE
• If your browser prompts you to open the file or save it to disk, select OPEN
• EndNote will start up and prompt you to select a "reference library"
• Your citations will be imported

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