Connection Files

The Online Search (Connect) command in EndNote lets you

connect directly to online bibliographic databases
search for the references that you need
retrieve those references from within EndNote.

The online search function uses the Z39.50 internet protocol. Many databases do not support the Z39.50 protocol, and those databases cannot be searched with an EndNote connection file.

In addition to the connection files listed below, there are many connection files for library catalogues supplied with the EndNote software or available for download from the EndNote website.

If you download a connection file from the list below or from the EndNote website, you must insert the connection file in the correct folder. See our FAQ on folder locations.

Because connection files use a special internet protocol (Z39.50), there are security restrictions on their use:

On public computers in the library

You can only use the connection files for Pubmed, the UQ Library Catalogue and the ISI Web of Knowledge databases.

On a home computer, using a commercial Internet Service Provider

You should be able to use all connection files, except those which have the note Can only be used from computers on a UQ campus in the list below.

On staff computers in departments and schools on a UQ campus

This depends on the security restrictions of the departmental network. You may be able to use all connection files.

For more information on using connection files, see the section on Searching Online Databases in the EndNote Help function.

List of Databases A_Z

EbscoHost

Connection files can be downloaded from the links below. Click on a link and save the connection file to your Connections folder.

When using these connection files, you will be prompted for a username and password.

Informit

Connection files can be downloaded from the Informit website.
Click on the name of the database to see full details, including a link to the EndNote connection file.
When using these connection files, you will be prompted for a username and password.

ISI Web of Knowledge

Connection files for these databases are normally installed with your EndNote software. If not, you can download them from the EndNote website.

The names of these connection files include the abbreviation (TS), standing for Thomson Scientific. For example, if you want to search the Biosis Previews database, you will need the connection file named BIOSIS Previews (TS).

These connection files can only be used from computers on a UQ campus. No username or password is required. On public computers in the UQ Library, you must first use your web browser to connect to any website external to UQ. This is to establish download quota authentication.

Libraries Australia

Click on the link and save the file to your Connections folder: Libraries Australia connection file.

When using this connection file, you will be prompted for a username and password.

Mura (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies)

Click on the link and save the file to your Connections folder: Mura connection file.

No username or password required.

National Library of Australia

Click on the link and save the file to your Connections folder: NLA connection file.

No username or password required.

OvidSP

Connection files can be downloaded from the EndNote website.

For example, if you are using the Medline database, you must download the connection file named Medline (OvidSP).

These connection files can only be used from computers on a UQ campus. No username or password required.

Proquest

Click on the link and save the file to your Connections folder: Proquest connection file.

When using these connection files, you will be prompted for a username and password. Obtain the username and password from one of the links below. The username and password which you input will determine which Proquest database you are searching.

Pubmed

Use the connect file supplied with the software, or download it from the EndNote website.

No username or password required.

State Library of Queensland

Click on the link and save the file to your Connections folder: SLQ connection file.

No username or password required.

UQ Library Catalogue

Click on the link and save the connection file to your Connections folder: UQ Library Catalogue connection file.

No username or password required.

WilsonWeb

Connection files can be downloaded from the EndNote website.

For example, if you are using the Humanities Index database, you must download the connection file named Humanities Index (WW).