Adding references to your Endnote Library from electronic journals

You can add references into an EndNote library from various electronic journals|. This enables you to create large libraries very quickly as you do not need add the references manually. However, depending on the source of the records, editing is sometimes required after the references have been downloaded in order to make them tidy and consistent.

References can also be added to your Library from our online bibliographic resources|. These enable you to search for citations from many different publishers, whereas electronic journal sites are usually limited to a single or small groups of publishers.

References for online journals can be added using either the Direct Export| or Importing| method.

Many electronic journals allow you to add references via the Direct Export method- allowing you to search your resource and then save your results directly into Endnote without having to choose an import filter. This method will only work if you have Endnote installed on your PC.

Direct Export also makes it very easy to use EndNote's global changes| features to add extra information to your search results. You could add keywords, the name of the database you have searched, or the date you made the search. Do this when your results first appear in your EndNote library before displaying your complete Library.

Some titles will require you to use an import filter. In this case you must save the references in the correct format and then import them into Endnote using the correct import filter

Please note that the entire text of the article will not be downloaded-although sometimes a link to to article will be transferred to the URL field

Note that some databases store records in UPPERCASE. In this instance references will also appear in Endnote in Uppercase.|

Electronic Journals publisher list

• Annual Reviews & Annual Review Backfile
• Cambridge Journals Online
• Duke University Press
• Emerald Journals
• Highwire Press
• InformaWorld
• Institute of Physics Archives
• JSTOR
• MathSciNet
• MetaPress Complete
• PAO-Periodicals Archive Online
• Project MUSE
• SAGE Publications
• ScienceDirect  
• SpringerLink Contemporary
• Swetswise
• University of California Press Journals
• Wiley Online Library

Annual Reviews & Annual Review Backfile

1. Perform your search in Annual reviews
2. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by accessing each individual 
3. Click on the Citation: Download option Download to Citation Manager link
4. The Citation Manager options screen will open and you can scroll down to choose your options
5. Under Include you can choose which information you wish to download e.g. citations & abstracts. Under Citation manager or file format choose Endnote. Make sure the Enable quick import into citation manager box is ticked
6. Click on the Download Chapter Metadata button
7. The File Download Dialog box will open. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).  Click allow
8. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

Some references may be transferred in upper case. See our page| on this for further details

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Cambridge Journals Online

1. Perform your search in Cambridge Journals Online
2. When the results appear you can select those you wish to save by ticking in the checkbox
3. Click on the Export Citations button
4. Choose RIS format and click on Download
5. The File Download box will open. Choose 
6. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).  Click allow
7. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

Some references may be transferred in upper case. See our page| on this for further details.

Watch out for any book reviews in Cambridge Journals Online. These tend to be displayed in uppercase and do not transfer well into Endnote as the book publication details will transferred in the title field and html coding may also be transferred.

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Duke University Press & Highwire Press

1. Perform your search in this joint publisher site
2. When the results appear you can select those you wish to save by ticking in the checkboxes next to each article
3. Choose the Download to citation manager option and click on Go-you will need to repeat this process for each page of results
4. Click on the Download all selected citations to Citation Manager link
5. Choose the Endnote option
6. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open.
7. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).  Click allow
8. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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Emerald Journals

1. Perform your search in Emerald Journals
2. Click on the material type (Journals, Book etc) tab at the top of the results screen to be able to add results.  You cannot do it for the All option
3. When the results appear you can mark all those that you wish to save by clicking in the checkboxes and then click on the Add to My List link
4. Choose the Marked List option from the left hand side of the screen and then click on the Export Citations  option 
5. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open.
6. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).  Click allow
7. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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InformaWorld

1. Perform your search in InformaWorld
2. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by ticking on the checkboxes next to each article
3. Select the Add to Marked List option from the Choose an Action drop down menu and click Go. You must repeat this for each page of results so as to build up your marked list
4. Click on the View Marked List link-you will need to recheck the citations you wish to download-there is a top level checkbox which will allow you to select your entire marked list.
5. Select the Download Citation option from the Choose an Action drop down menu and click Go
6. The Save options screen will open and you can scroll down to choose your options
7. Under Choose a Format choose Endnote Direct Export, under Choose Detail you can choose to include the abstract by selecting Citation and Abstract. Under Choose Delivery Method select Download File and click on Go
8. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open
9. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).  Click allow
10. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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Institute of Physics Archives

1. Perform your search in the Institute of Physics Archives
2. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by ticking on the checkboxes next to each article
3. You will need to repeat this method for each page of results-scroll down to the bottom of the screen to see the download options
4. Click on Export Results
5. Choose RIS Format from the export format menu
6. Click on Export Records
7. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open
8. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).  Click allow
9. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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JSTOR

1. Use the browse option in JSTOR to navigate to a particular issue of a journal, or use the Advanced search option to look for particular keywords or authors.
2. When the results appear you can choose those that you wish to save by clicking in the checkboxes next to each reference. You can select all references by clicking in the select/unselect all box at the top of the results list.
3. Click Export Citation option
4. Select RIS format
5. A File Download box will appear. Choose 'open'
6. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).  Click allow
7. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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MathSciNet

You will need to use the importing method to download citations from MathSciNet

1. Perform your search in MathSciNet
2. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by ticking on the checkboxes next to each article
3. From the Batch Download drop down menu choose Citations (Endnote)
4. Click on Retrieve Marked to select your marked citations
5. The citations will be displayed in download format-choose File/Save As from the web browser to save your citations as a .txt file
6. In Endnote go to the File > Import > File option
7. Select browse and navigate to the required .txt file
8. Set the import filter to Endnote Import and click ok
9. Your references will then be added to your open Endnote library

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Metapress

1. Perform your search in Metapress
2. When the results appear, click on the Add to Marked items link to select your citations
3. From the left hand side of the screen click on the Marked Items link to see your list of results
4. Click on the Download this list icon
5. Ignore the download options at the top of the screen-under Export the citations from your current list of items choose RIS
6. A dialog box will open up with the option to open or save your results file. Choose Open 
7. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).
8. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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PAO-Periodicals Archive Online

1. Perform your search in PAO. When the results appear you can choose to mark any you wish to save by clicking in the checkboxes next to each item or in the Mark all on the page option at the top of the list
2. Click on the Marked List link to see your citations-you can choose to deselect any items you no longer need if you wish
3. Click on Download Selected Citations the click on Export directly to ProCite, EndNote or Reference Manager
4. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open
5. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).
6. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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Project MUSE

1. Perform your search in ProjectMUSE
2. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by ticking on the checkboxes next to each article and click Save marked results
3. Click on View saved results
4. Choose the Endnote option and click on the Export button
5. The File Download Dialog box will open.
6. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).
7. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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SAGE Publications

1. Perform your search in SAGE
2. When the results appear you can select the citations you wish to save by ticking in the check item box, and then by clicking on the Add to my marked citations button
3. Choose the Email/Download/Save/Print My Marked citations option and click on Go
4. Under Format you can choose to save the abstracts if you wish-the default is to save the citation only
5. Check that the PC option next to Save to my computer has been selected
6. Click on the Download citations button
7. A new page will appear-select the Reference Manager **option
8. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open
9. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).
10. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library.

**Choosing the Reference Manager is the correct option, even though an Endnote option is visible. The Endnote option no longer gives good results.

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ScienceDirect-Direct Export

1. Perform your search as usual in ScienceDirect. When the results appear you can choose to mark any you wish to save by clicking in the checkboxes
2. Click on Export Citations
3. You can now choose to export all the records, a number range or the ones you have previously checked
4. Under Content Format you can choose citations only or citations with abstracts
5. Under Export Format choose RIS Format and then click on the Export button
6. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote).
7. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library.

Any records which are listed as being In Press or Corrected Proof will be transferred with e.g. the text In Press in the Volume field. It is recommended that you transfer this information to the year field instead.
If you are storing this information in your Library long term you will need to add the full volume and number information once the article is published

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SpringerLink

1. Perform your search in SpringerLink. When the results appear go into the first result you need
2. Click Export Citation
3. Under Citation Manager select Endnote 
4. Click Export Citation  
5. A dialog box will open up.  Choose open 
6. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote). 
7. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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Swetswise

1. Perform your search in Swetswise. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by clicking on the Add to Filing Cabinet link. Each time you add a citation you will get a confirmation screen-click on OK to return to your results list
2. Click on the Filing Cabinet link at the top right hand side of the results screen
3. Click on the Download Filing Cabinet button
4. You will need to select which fields you wish to download e.g. Author, article title etc. Be sure to select the link field if you wish to have a URL to the full article in your Endnote references.
5. Under File type choose RIS do not choose the Endnote option!
6. Click on the Download button
7. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open
8. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote). 
9. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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University of California Press Journals via Caliber

1. Perform your search in University of California Journals. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by ticking on the checkboxes next to each article.
2. Click on the Download to Citation Manager link
3. Under Format choose Endnote. Make sure the Direct Import box is ticked. Click on the Download Article Metadata button
4. The File Download Dialog box will open. Choose Open
5. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote). 
6. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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Wiley Online Library

1. Perform your search in Wiley Online Library
2. When the results appear you can select the ones you wish to download by ticking on the checkboxes next to each article
3. Click on the Export Citations button at the bottom of the screen
4. The Citations export screen will open and you can scroll down to choose your options
5. Under Format choose Endnote. Under Export Type you can choose which information you wish to download e.g. abstracts & citations.
6. Click on the Submit button
7. A File Download box will appear. Choose open
8. You will be prompted to allow Windows acess to a Thomson Reuters product (Endnote). 
9. Your references will then be added to either your open or last used Endnote library

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