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What is direct export?
Some databases are able to export references in a format which can be automatically recognised by EndNote and imported directly into an EndNote library.
How does it work?
The database will format the references in one of several standard formats. The most commonly used formats are RIS and EndNote Import.
Your EndNote software includes a helper application called ResearchSoft Direct Export Helper (or Web Export Helper in earlier versions of EndNote). This application identifies the file of references that are being exported from the database, and chooses the appropriate EndNote filter, and imports the references into your library.
How do I know if a database will provide direct export to EndNote?
It is not always obvious that a database supports direct export to EndNote. The help documentation for the database may tell you more about how to save and download references.
If the database does support direct export, it will have some way of letting you mark or choose references. Sometimes this means that you add them to a folder, or to a marked list.
Then you normally display your selected references. Sometimes you have to do this before going on to the next page of results, because the database will clear your selected references when you move to the next page.
When you have displayed the selected references, you sometimes have to select them again, to confirm that these are the references that you want to download.
Now look for a command that allows you to export or download or save your references. Normally you will be asked about the format or file type of the references. Look for options such as EndNote or RIS.
When the download begins, you may be asked what you want to do with the file. If you choose to open the file, your EndNote helper application should be able to complete the rest of the process.
Sometimes opening the file does not work, because EndNote is unable to import it directly. In these cases, save the file. Always save files as text files (*.txt). Open the file in your word processor. Does the layout match one of the standard formats shown below? If so, you should be able to use the File>Import command in EndNote to import it with the corresponding filter.
Standard Export Formats
These are plain text files which have names with file extensions such as .ris or .txt
Note that this format has two spaces after the two-letter field tag.
These files are imported into EndNote using the filter called Reference Manager (RIS).
TY - JOUR
AU - Horrell, J Scott
T1 - In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: toward a trinitarian worldview
JO - Bibliotheca sacra
JF - Bibliotheca sacra
Y1 - 2009
VL - 166
IS - 662
SP - 131
SN - 0006-1921
N1 - Language(s): English
KW - Trinity--History of doctrines
KW - Creation--History of doctrines
KW - Ethics, Christian
KW - Peer reviewed
ER -
These are plain text files which have names with file extensions such as .enw or .txt
The percentage symbol in the field tag is the distinctive feature of this format.
These files are imported into EndNote using the filter called EndNote Import.
%0 Journal Article
%A Banda,L. T.
%A Parkin,D. M.
%A Dzamalala,C. P.
%A Liomba,N. G.
%T Cancer incidence in Blantyre, Malawi 1994-1998
%D 2001
%J Tropical Medicine & International Health
%P 296-304
%V 6
%N 4
%R doi:10.1046/j.1365-3156.2001.00707.x
%X In this paper, we report the first results from the population-based cancer registry for Blantyre district, Malawi,
for the period 1994-1998.
ISI-CE
This is the format used by the Web of Knowledge (Web of Science) databases.
These are plain text files which have names with file extensions such as .ciw or .txt
These files are imported into EndNote using the filer called ISI-CE.
PT J
AU Chessman, BC
Jones, HA
AF Chessman, Bruce C.
Jones, Hugh A.
TI Assessing effects of flow alteration on macroinvertebrate assemblages
in Australian dryland rivers
SO Freshwater Biology
DE arid; macroinvertebrate; river; taxonomic resolution; water use
AB Possible impacts of water-resource development on assemblages of
freshwater macroinvertebrates were investigated in the upper Darling
River and some of its tributaries in north-western New South Wales
(Australia), an arid and semi-arid region of low relief where
alteration of river flows has intensified through expansion of
irrigated agriculture.
C1 [Chessman, Bruce C.; Jones, Hugh A.] New S Wales Dept Environm
Climate Change & Water, Parramatta, NSW 2124, Australia.
SN 0046-5070
PD AUG
PY 2010
VL 55
IS 8
BP 1780
EP 1800
DI 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02403.x
ER
