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Using Endnote Web: Psychology Databases

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.

Instructions for Using ENW with Psychology & General Databases:

PsychInfo

• Run search – select citations to save.
• Save to disk.
• Select Save File when you are asked what to do with the download.dat file.
• Open your Endnote Web account.
• Select Import under Collect References.
• Browse for the download.dat file and select it.
• Select PSCYINFO under ‘type of file you want to import’.
• Click IMPORT. The references should then show up in the [unfiled] folder.
• You can then move those references from the unfiled folder into your Psychology folder.

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.
• 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.

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 Endnote Import filter.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into your Endnote Web file. They will show up under [Unfiled].
• 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.

Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (ERIC)

• 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 ERIC (CSA) under TYPE OF FILE.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into your Endnote Web file. They will show up under [Unfiled].
• 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.

WorldCat (to find BOOKS beyond Tripod…)

• Run your search.
• Mark the citations you want to save by clicking the box next to the number.
• Select MARKED RECORDS at top of screen.
• Select EXPORT. EXPORT TO text file (not Endnote – it’s not the correct version!)
• Select EXPORT again & a window will open – SAVE TO DISK. A file called DirectExport.txt Swill open on desktop.
• Go to ENW. Select Import.
• Select your file to import. Select Worldcat (OCLC) import filter. Click the IMPORT button and the records from the txtfile will come into your Endnote Web file. They will show up under [Unfiled].

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) under TYPE OF FILE.
• Click the import button and the records from the txtfile will come into your Endnote Web file. They will show up under [Unfiled].
• 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.