Endnote Web is the new web-based application for managing references for research papers & other publications. There is very good online help available on the Endnote Web Help Page.
• The first time you use Endnote Web, you will need to set up an account. YOU MUST CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT EITHER WHILE USING A CAMPUS COMPUTER OR IF YOU ARE OFF-CAMPUS, YOU MUST GO THROUGH THE PROXY SERVER! Go to https://myendnoteweb.com. At top of screen there is a ‘New to Endnote Web? Sign up for an account ‘ message. Fill out the brief User Registration form and you will be ready to use Endnote Web.
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- Terri Freedman, Head, Collier Science Library (BMC)
- Dora Wong, Science Librarian (HC)
- Meg Spencer, Science Librarian (SC)
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Endnote Web: Biological/Medical Databases
Instructions for Using ENW with Life Sciences Databases:
Agricola [First Search/OCLC]
• Run your search.
• Mark the citations you want to save by selecting the box next to title.
• Select EXPORT button at top of page.
• Select Export Marked records from this search: #
• Select EndNote and Save to Disk. A file called DirectExport will be saved to your desktop.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the DirectExport file – type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select Agricola (OCLC) filter.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into your Endnote Web file.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
Biological Abstracts [Cambridge Scientific Abstracts]
• Run your search.
• Mark the citations you want to save by selecting the box next to title.
• Select Save, Print, Email.
• Scroll down page. SAVE: Choose PC/Mac. (select one).
• A file named csaresults.txt is created. Save this to disk.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the csaresults.txt file – type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select Biological Sciences (CSA) filter.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
Google Scholar
• Mark the citations you want to save by selecting the box next to title.
• Select Save, Print, Email.
• Scroll down page. SAVE: Choose PC/Mac. (select one).
• A file named csaresults.txt is created. Save this to disk.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the csaresults.txt file – type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select Biological Sciences (CSA) filter.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
Google Scholar
• Before running your search, select the SCHOLAR PREFERENCES link from the search screen.
• Scroll down to the bottom of the screen to Bibliography Manager. Select Show links to import citations into … and select ENDNOTE from the drop-down menu.
• Return to the search screen & run your search. There will now be an Import into Endnote link below each citation. When you select it, a text file called enw.txt appears on your desktop. There is no way to MARK citations in Google Scholar, so each citation must be saved as an individual file.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the citations.txt file - type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select Endnote filter.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
JSTOR
[NOTE: With the latest version of JSTOR, you will need to create your own MyJSTOR account. 4/08]
• Run your search.
• Mark the citations you want to save by selecting the box next to title.
• Select the Export article citations box.
• Select one option: Endnote.
• A file named downloadCitation is created. Save to disk.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the downloadCitation file – type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select JSTOR filter.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
• Mark the citations you want to save by selecting the box next to title.
• Select the Export article citations box.
• Select one option: Endnote.
• A file named downloadCitation is created. Save to disk.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the downloadCitation file – type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select JSTOR filter.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
Pubmed
• Run your search.
• Mark the citations you want to save by clicking the box next to the number.
• From the pull-down menu next to DISPLAY, select Medline.
• From the SEND TO pull-down menu, select File.
• A file named pubmed-result.txt is created. Save this to disk.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the pubmed-result.txt file – type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select PubMed (NLM) filter.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
• Mark the citations you want to save by clicking the box next to the number.
• From the pull-down menu next to DISPLAY, select Medline.
• From the SEND TO pull-down menu, select File.
• A file named pubmed-result.txt is created. Save this to disk.
• If it isn’t open already, log in to your Endnote Web account.
• Under COLLECT REFERENCES, select IMPORT.
• Locate the pubmed-result.txt file – type in the name or do a BROWSE on your computer.
• Select PubMed (NLM) filter.
• Select WHERE you want the records to go. You can: 1. create a new group 2. select an already created group or 3. select UnFiled.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into the file you selected.
Web of Science
• Run your search.
• Select the records you want to send to ENW. If you want to send ALL of the records, scroll to the bottom of the screen & select All records on page under Output Records. If you have multiple pages of records, you will need to do this on every page - OR – you can specify the RANGE of records and be sure to include 1 to the last record in your search. [You can also select your citations, then click SAVE TO MARKED LIST at the top of the page. Then when you have gone through all of your citations, select the MARKED LIST link at the very top of the page. From here you can export to Endnote Web.]
• Select how much of the citation you want to export: Author, Title, Source (with or without abstract) – or – Full Record (with or without CITED REFERENCES).
• Select the Save to EndNote Web. If you are not already logged in to ENW, you will be taken to a log in screen.
• You will then get a PROCESSING RECORDS screen which will record progress of records being exported to Endnote Web. At this point, you can go back to Web of Science to continue searching & sending more records to Endnote Web, or you can go directly to ENW by selecting the My Endnote Web tab at the top of this screen. (You may need to log again to your Endnote Web Account.)
• Select [Unfiled] and your records will show up. If you want to move them to a folder, select ALL and then select the file you want in the Move to … drop down menu.