Using EndNote with Library Resources

We offer this support page to help users of the EndNote bibliographic reference manager software in importing records from Library e-resources. We have tested these procedures with EndNote X2 and X4, but they will probably work with other versions of EndNote too.

EndNote is available to all staff and students using the ICS Standard Operating Environment, and may be obtained from ICS for installation on other computers in the University. To use EndNote on your own computer outside the University you must purchase a personal licence from Adept Scientific. This can be done on-line using the following link.

Adept Scientific (Adept4Education). Enter Dundee as the organisation name and proceed to the login box.

Distance learning students and those working off-campus can set up a free account to use EndNote Web through our subscription to ISI Web of Knowledge, thus saving themselves the cost of buying EndNote through the software licensing scheme, currently anything between £68 and £83, depending on whether or not the licence and manual is wanted in hardcopy.

Further information can be found at the ISI web of Knowledge web site.

Importing records from e-resources

You can import records for books and journal articles into EndNote in one of two basic ways:

connecting to the resource from within EndNote itself (via the menu Tools → Connect)
searching the resource via its normal interface and downloading records into EndNote.

Connection files

EndNote uses connection files to define links which allow you to search remote resources from within EndNote and to import records direct into EndNote. Although many connection files are distributed with EndNote, they do not cover all the resources available at the University of Dundee.

We have put together a package of connection files (a zip file) covering most major resources, including the University of Dundee Library catalogue. You can download it and copy the connection files for the resources you need into your connections folder in EndNote. If you are using the ICS Standard Operating Environment, these connections will have already been installed for you.

Download connection files (last updated 30 July 2008)

After downloading the zip file, open it, and double-click on the connection file you wish to install. It should open in EndNote: to save it in your installation of EndNote for future use, just choose from the menu File → Save As and save the file in the default location.

The connection files for most subscription databases will only work for computers on the campus network, but those for library catalogues and free resources like the RHS Bibliography should work anywhere.

For further information about connection files see the EndNote manual, available from the Help menu.

Downloading records to import into EndNote

Most bibliographic databases allow you to download records in a form suitable for loading into EndNote, but the procedure is very different from one resource to another. Depending on the resource and how your web browser is configured, you may be able to open the records into EndNote straight from the web, or you may have to save them to disc and use the Import option from EndNote's File menu.

The table below gives a summary of the methods available for each resource.

Database	Connection file available?	Method for downloading
Art Bibliographies Modern	yes	See under Proquest
Art Full Text	no	See under EBSCO
Art Index Retrospective	no	See under EBSCO
ASSIA	yes	See under Proquest
Australian Education Index	no	See under Proquest
Avery	yes	See under Proquest
Blackwell Synergy	no	See under Wiley InterScience
British Education Index	no	See under Proquest
British Humanities Index	yes	See under Proquest
CINAHL	no	See under EBSCO
Design and Applied Arts Index	yes	See under Proquest
EBSCO	no	Select your references by clicking the 'Add' button to the right hand side. Records will be saved to the folder immediately above the results. Click on the folder. Select the references you wish to export by ticking the checkboxes on the left. Choose the Export option, then select the radio button for 'Direct export to Endnote' and 'Save'. The records will be exported into Endnote and downloaded to your chosen library.
Econlit	no	See under EBSCO
EEBO: Early English Books Online	no	Save the records you require to the Marked List. Click on the link to view the Marked List. Press the Download Records button. Use the link to export directly into 'Procite, EndNote or Reference Manager'.
ERIC	no	See under Proquest
JSTOR	no	Use 'Save Citation' to store each record. Click on 'View Saved Citations' to be able to save them. Follow the link to export citations into EndNote.
LION: Literature Online	no	Use the 'Download citation' link (from the full record view or the marked list). The option to 'Export directly to ProCite, EndNote or Reference Manager' should load the results direct into EndNote.
MLA Bibliography	no	See under Proquest
MEDLINE	no	See under EBSCO
Proquest	no	Select references, and Export, changing dropdown menu to Export to - Endnote, then click on continue, and open the file download, to save directly into Endnote.
Science Direct	no	Use the 'Export citation' link. Select 'RIS format' from the list of export formats. Click the 'Export' button to load the records direct into EndNote.
Scopus	no	Select your citations for downloading and click on the 'Output' button. Ensure the 'Export' option is chosen in box 1 for output method. Select 'RIS format' from the drop-down menu. Choose the output format and fields as desired. Click the 'Export' button to load the records into EndNote.
University of Dundee Library Catalogue	yes	Select the references as usual. Then click on Save/Mail from the menu above, and on the following screen change the record format to "ISI research...(for EndNote)", and click GO. On the following screen click on the Save Selected button, and EndNote will open and prompt you to select a Library.
Web of Knowledge	yes, for Web of Science only	If you are searching one database at a time: Tick the records you require. Click on the 'Export to Reference Software' button. If you are cross-searching several databases: Tick the records you require and click on the 'Submit Marks' button. Follow the 'View Marked Lists' link, and then 'View Marked Records'. Adjust the fields to be included in the output, if required. Click on the 'Export to Reference Software' button.
Wiley InterScience Journals	no	Use the 'Download citations' link from the bottom of the results screen or the top of the full record view. Change the Format to EndNote. Choose 'Citation' or 'Abstract and citation' as required. Press the 'Go' button to download direct into EndNote.