EndNote - EndNote Connection Files, Filters, and Direct Export Instructions

EndNote Connection Files, Filters, and Direct Export Instructions

Customized Connection Files, Filters, and Direct Export Instructions Available

Database Endnote Information

ABI/INFORM Complete (at ProQuest) To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote
3. Click "view marked documents"
4. Click "export citations into EndNote, ProCite, RefWorks or Reference Manager"
5. Click "export directly to ProCite, EndNote or Reference Manager"

NOTE: EndNote does not pull the year data into citations exported from ABI/Inform. In order to get the year to display, do the following:
1. In your EndNote library, select all of the citations you have just exported from ABI/Inform.
2. Go to the References menu>Change and move fields...
3. On the tab, you want to move the data From: Date To: Year
The date information should now display in the Year field, which will allow you to sort your citations by date.

Ageline Connection file: AgeLine.enz

AGRICOLA To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

America: History & Life To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by ticking the "Tagged" box beside each citation
3. Click "export options" tab at the top of the page
4. Select the "short entry" radio button
5. Select the "tagged entries" radio button
6. Select the radio button beside the EndNote logo
7. Click "Export Records"

Art Abstracts To direct export citations using the WilsonWeb filter:

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by tickin the checkbox in front of each citation.
3. Click "print email save"
4. Expand the "export to bibliographic software..." section
5. Select the " The [# of] records in your marked set" option radio button
6. Select the "the EndNote filter" radio button
7. Click "Export"
8. EndNote will open and prompt you to choose a library, then to choose an import filter from the list--select the WilsonWeb filter.

Biological Abstracts To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote
3. Click "submit"
4. Click "[# of] records marked"
5. Click "export to reference software" at the bottom of the page
6. Click "export"

CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Nursing and Allied Health (at EBSCOhost) To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

ComAbstracts To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Click "add to folder" beside each of the citations you wish to export into EndNote (a new window will open each time you do this)
3. In the last of your folder windows, tick the check-box beside each of the citations you wish to export
4. In the drop-down menu, choose "Download checked items in RIS format (for Procite, EndNote, etc.)"
5. Click "Submit"
6. Save the file to your desktop.
7. Right-click on the file, and go to "Open with"
8. Choose EndNote from the programs listed or, if EndNote it not listed, select "Choose program..." from the list--then select EndNote from the "Open with" list that appears.

Communication and Mass Media Complete To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

Current Contents Connect To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote
3. Click "update list" to add the records to your marked list
4. Click "my list" at the top of the page
5. Click "export to reference software" at the bottom of the page
6. Click "export"

EBSCOhost Databases To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

EconLit To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

Education Abstracts To direct export citations using the WilsonWeb filter:

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by tickin the checkbox in front of each citation.
3. Click "print email save"
4. Expand the "export to bibliographic software..." section
5. Select the " The [# of] records in your marked set" option radio button
6. Select the "the EndNote filter" radio button
7. Click "Export"
8. EndNote will open and prompt you to choose a library, then to choose an import filter from the list--select the WilsonWeb filter.

ERIC (at EBSCOhost) Filter: ERIC_(EBSCO).enf

Global Health To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

Historical Abstracts To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by ticking the "Tagged" box beside each citation
3. Click "export options" tab at the top of the page
4. Select the "short entry" radio button
5. Select the "tagged entries" radio button
6. Select the radio button beside the EndNote logo
7. Click "Export Records"

Humanities International Index To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

JSTOR Filter files (link to JSTOR web page of information): JSTOR EndNote Page

Mental Measurements Yearbook To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

Philosopher's Index Connection file: philosophers_index_sp.enz

Project Muse To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote
3. Click "save marked results"
4. Click "email/export saved results"
5. Select the EndNote radio button under "export marked results to:"
6. Click "Export"

PsycARTICLES (at EBSCOhost) To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

PsycINFO (at EBSCOhost) To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon
3. Click "folder has items"
4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list
5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab
6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button
7. Click "Save"

PubMed
In PubMed:

Run your search

Mark the articles you want to export

From the Display dropdown menu, select MEDLINE

From the Send to dropdown menu, select File. Save your references as a text file (*txt).

In EndNote:

From the File menu, select Import

In the Import Data File box, select the text (*.txt) file you just saved.

In the Import Option box, click on Other Filters, and select PubMed (NLM).

ScienceDirect To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote
3. Click "display checked docs"
4. Click "export citations"
5. Select "citations" or "citations+abstracts" to export
6. Select "RIS format" as your file format
7. Click "Export"

SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts) Filter file: scifinder.enf

Social Work Abstracts Connection file: swa.enz

Web of Science To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed):

1. Perform your search
2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote
3. Click "submit"
4. Click "[# of] records marked"
5. Click "export to reference software" at the bottom of the page
6. Click "export"

World Shakespeare Bibliography Filter file: world_shakespeare_bibliography.enf

Worldwide Political Science Abstracts Filter file: worldwide-pol-sci-abs-CSA.enf

DIRECT EXPORT to Endnote

Several database vendors support direct export to Endnote. Using this option eliminates the need for a connection file or a filter. Database vendors that currently support direct export include EBSCO, Web of Science, Project Muse and Science Direct. Basic instructions for using direct export include the following:

execute your search
mark your citations
view your marked items
select the direct export option to EndNote

This process will vary slightly among database vendors. For further information or assistance, please contact Joel Glogowski.

Database	Endnote Information
ABI/INFORM Complete (at ProQuest)	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote 3. Click "view marked documents" 4. Click "export citations into EndNote, ProCite, RefWorks or Reference Manager" 5. Click "export directly to ProCite, EndNote or Reference Manager" NOTE: EndNote does not pull the year data into citations exported from ABI/Inform. In order to get the year to display, do the following: 1. In your EndNote library, select all of the citations you have just exported from ABI/Inform. 2. Go to the References menu>Change and move fields... 3. On the tab, you want to move the data From: Date To: Year The date information should now display in the Year field, which will allow you to sort your citations by date.
Ageline	Connection file: AgeLine.enz
AGRICOLA	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
America: History & Life	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by ticking the "Tagged" box beside each citation 3. Click "export options" tab at the top of the page 4. Select the "short entry" radio button 5. Select the "tagged entries" radio button 6. Select the radio button beside the EndNote logo 7. Click "Export Records"
Art Abstracts	To direct export citations using the WilsonWeb filter: 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by tickin the checkbox in front of each citation. 3. Click "print email save" 4. Expand the "export to bibliographic software..." section 5. Select the " The [# of] records in your marked set" option radio button 6. Select the "the EndNote filter" radio button 7. Click "Export" 8. EndNote will open and prompt you to choose a library, then to choose an import filter from the list--select the WilsonWeb filter.
Biological Abstracts	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote 3. Click "submit" 4. Click "[# of] records marked" 5. Click "export to reference software" at the bottom of the page 6. Click "export"
CINAHL Plus with Full Text: Nursing and Allied Health (at EBSCOhost)	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
ComAbstracts	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Click "add to folder" beside each of the citations you wish to export into EndNote (a new window will open each time you do this) 3. In the last of your folder windows, tick the check-box beside each of the citations you wish to export 4. In the drop-down menu, choose "Download checked items in RIS format (for Procite, EndNote, etc.)" 5. Click "Submit" 6. Save the file to your desktop. 7. Right-click on the file, and go to "Open with" 8. Choose EndNote from the programs listed or, if EndNote it not listed, select "Choose program..." from the list--then select EndNote from the "Open with" list that appears.
Communication and Mass Media Complete	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
Current Contents Connect	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote 3. Click "update list" to add the records to your marked list 4. Click "my list" at the top of the page 5. Click "export to reference software" at the bottom of the page 6. Click "export"
EBSCOhost Databases	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
EconLit	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
Education Abstracts	To direct export citations using the WilsonWeb filter: 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by tickin the checkbox in front of each citation. 3. Click "print email save" 4. Expand the "export to bibliographic software..." section 5. Select the " The [# of] records in your marked set" option radio button 6. Select the "the EndNote filter" radio button 7. Click "Export" 8. EndNote will open and prompt you to choose a library, then to choose an import filter from the list--select the WilsonWeb filter.
ERIC (at EBSCOhost)	Filter: ERIC_(EBSCO).enf
Global Health	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
Historical Abstracts	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by ticking the "Tagged" box beside each citation 3. Click "export options" tab at the top of the page 4. Select the "short entry" radio button 5. Select the "tagged entries" radio button 6. Select the radio button beside the EndNote logo 7. Click "Export Records"
Humanities International Index	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
JSTOR	Filter files (link to JSTOR web page of information): JSTOR EndNote Page
Mental Measurements Yearbook	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
Philosopher's Index	Connection file: philosophers_index_sp.enz
Project Muse	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote 3. Click "save marked results" 4. Click "email/export saved results" 5. Select the EndNote radio button under "export marked results to:" 6. Click "Export"
PsycARTICLES (at EBSCOhost)	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
PsycINFO (at EBSCOhost)	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote by clicking on the "Add" folder icon 3. Click "folder has items" 4. Click "save to disk" at the top of the result list 5. Click on the "bibliographic manager" tab 6. Select the "citations in direct export format" radio button 7. Click "Save"
PubMed	In PubMed: Run your search Mark the articles you want to export From the Display dropdown menu, select MEDLINE From the Send to dropdown menu, select File. Save your references as a text file (txt). In EndNote: From the File* menu, select Import In the Import Data File box, select the text (.txt) file you just saved. In the Import Option box, click on Other Filters*, and select PubMed (NLM).
ScienceDirect	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote 3. Click "display checked docs" 4. Click "export citations" 5. Select "citations" or "citations+abstracts" to export 6. Select "RIS format" as your file format 7. Click "Export"
SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts)	Filter file: scifinder.enf
Social Work Abstracts	Connection file: swa.enz
Web of Science	To direct export citations (no connection file or filter needed): 1. Perform your search 2. Mark the citations you wish to export into EndNote 3. Click "submit" 4. Click "[# of] records marked" 5. Click "export to reference software" at the bottom of the page 6. Click "export"
World Shakespeare Bibliography	Filter file: world_shakespeare_bibliography.enf
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts	Filter file: worldwide-pol-sci-abs-CSA.enf