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EndNote

This guide provides an overview of EndNote along with training options, support and access information for EndNote.

Getting References into EndNote

To get references into EndNote: 

  1. export references from databases and search tools (article databases, journal websites, library catalogs, Google Scholar, etc.)
    • find the export instructions for commonly used search tool/database providers using the list below (HINT: Use Ctrl+F or Command+F to search the page)
    • If you need to select an Import Filter to complete the export process, the proper filter is noted at the bottom of each set of instructions.
  2. import those references into EndNote (mostly this happens automatically with Direct Export once you click on the export file created in Step 1 above)
    • to enable Direct Export  for your browser for the export files you are creating, follow the Enabling Direct Export instructions from EndNote

 


Databases and Search Tools List

 

CABI Digital Library

(CAB Abstracts)

  • Create the CABI export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  CABDirect (CABI) or RIS

 

EBSCOHost

(e.g., Academic Search Complete, Business Source Complete, Computer Source, Education Source, ERIC, Fish, Fisheries & Aquatic Biodiversity Worldwide, GeoRef, Health Source, Historical Abstracts, LGBTQ+ Source, MLA International Bibliography, Newspaper Source, SocIndex, SportDiscus, Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide, Women's Studies International, and many others)

  • Create the EBSCOhost export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  RIS

 

ExLibris Primo

(1Search / OSU Library Catalog) 

  • Create the Primo export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

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  • Import Filter:  RIS

  

Gale

(e.g., Academic OneFile, Criminal Justice, Educator's Reference Complete, Environmental Studies, Fine Arts, Opposing Viewpoints, War and Terrorism, and many others)

  • Create the Gale export file (no instructions online)

    • open each individual record

    • click the Cite icon (near upper right of screen)

    • In Citation Tools screen, in the bottom Export To menu, click the Download RIS button

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  RIS

 

Google Scholar

  • Create the Google Scholar export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  EndNote Import

 

JSTOR

  • Create the JSTOR export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  RIS

 

PubMed / MEDLINE

  • Create the PubMed export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  PubMed (NLM)

 

ProQuest

(e.g., American Periodicals‎, Aquatic Sciences & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Civil Rights and Black Freedom Struggle, History Vault, Indian Claims Insight,Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)‎, Leftist Newspapers, Oceanic Abstracts, PAIS Index, Historical Newspapers, New York TimesSociological Abstracts‎, Vogue Archive, Toxline, Wall Street Journal...and many others)

  • Create the ProQuest export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  RIS

 

ScienceDirect

 

SciFinder

  • Create the SciFinder export file (see the Citation (.ris) page section for more details)

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import FilterRIS

 

Web of Science

(Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Dissertation & Theses Citation Index, Emerging Sources Index, Grants Index, Preprint Citation Index, SciELO Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index)

  • Create the Web of Science export file

  • Click the export file to Direct Export the references to EndNote

  • Import Filter:  Web of Science (TS)

Find Full Text For EndNote

EndNote's Find Full Text feature can be configured and used to search most of the full-text publications to which you have access as a member of the OSU community.

Set Up Find Full Text

  • From EndNote's Edit menu, select Preferences; then (see image below):
    • 1. From the Preferences options, select Find Full Text.
    • 2.Enter OSU’s OpenURL Path address:
      • https://search.library.oregonstate.edu/openurl/01ALLIANCE_OSU/01ALLIANCE_OSU:OSU
    • 3. Enter OSU’s Authentication URL address:
      • https://oregonstate.idm.oclc.org/login
  • Click Apply, then click OK.

endnote find full text dialog box with open url and proxy info boxes highlighted

 

Use Find Full Text to Retrieve PDFs

  • Select/highlight the reference(s) for which you want to find full-text.
  • From the References menu (or right-click menu), select Find Full Text.
  • If presented with the Sign In window, select Current OSU student, faculty, and staff link to proceed with Duo authentication inside the sign in window. Do not press the Continue button at the bottom right of the window.

 

osu sign-in window in endnote fulltext

 

  • Once you are authenticated, you will be presented with a Database menu in the window. Click the Continue or Done button in bottom right to get past the page.

  • EndNote will then begin to search OSU's collection of full text and pull the PDFs it finds into your EndNote library if it makes a match with a citation in your library. When it adds the full text, a paperclip icon will appear to the left of the entry in your library.

 

 

Export References from EndNote for Import into Zotero

If you or colleagues or collaborators are working with the citation manager, Zotero, you need to export your library or references from it in a form suitable for import in Zotero. Instructions can found in the Zotero help documents.

Filters & Styles

If you don't find the import option (filter) or output (citation) style you need in the pre-loaded options, try searching the extensive menu of both filters and styles available on EndNote's website.  Simply download the file to the appropriate EndNote/Filter or EndNote/Styles folder in C://Program Files/EndNote.