ACM 

Databases:

• ACM Digital Library

1. Run search and click on title of a relevant article to see details..
2. In the Tools and Actions section, click on EndNote as your displat format (other options are BibTex and ACM Ref).
3. Copy and paste into a text document. Repeat for each elevant document.
4. Use EndNote import filter to pull the results into an EndNote library. If yu are an ACM member, you can save time by saving your results to a binder (account and login required).

Blackwell-Synergy 

1. Run search, mark results by clicking on Highlight box.
2. Download all highlighted abstracts to Reference
3. Include eitherCitation or Citation and abstract and be sure the EndNote format has been selected.
4. Check the Direct import box and click the Download references button.
5. Choose Open or Save. If you select Open, the EndNote program should launch. Choose your library and the references should import. If not, select Save and then import using the generic EndNote Library import filter.

CABI 

Databases:

• CABDirect

1. Run search, mark records, add to marked list.
2. Select Full Record, Tagged Text, then save output as a text file.
3. Use revised import filter available for download or edit the existing CAB Direct import filter.

CSA Illumina 

Over 50 databases. See list.

Grouped in the categories of Arts & Humanities, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, and Technology.

Login required for connection files. Server: Z3950.csa.com

• User ID = vpp5
• Password = vpp54

CSA Database Names

Edit the import filter if data is not processed correctly. Use the full option to see all available fields.

Can directly export to RefWorks only. For EndNote:

1. Run search, mark records.
2. Choose format option: short (basic bibliographic infomation), full (all fields), or custom (you pick what to include).
3. Save or email results.
4. Use appropriate import filter.

EBSCOhost 

Available databases:

• ABSEES
• CINAHL and Pre-CINAHL
• Communication & Mass Media Complete
• ERIC
• Hospitality & Tourism Index
• LiSTA
• MEDliNE
• PsycINFO
• PsycARTICLES
• Scientific American Archive
• Textile Technology Digest.

• User ID: s6184355.main.endnote
• Password: ebs3524

Z39.50 Support Materials
Database Names

If direct export does not work, try saving citations in a format that can be uploaded to bibliographic management software, then use appropriate import filter.

1. Run search, add selected records to folder.
2. Click on folder icon when records have been added.
3. Save to disk, click on Bibliographic Manager tab.
4. Choose citations in Direct Export format.
5. Click Save, choose EndNote Library, and references will import automatically.

FirstSearch 

VT subscribed databases.

Can connect directly to some FirstSearch databases. See list of all available Z39.50 databases.

Z39.50 Configuration Guide

1. Search, mark records.
2. Click on Export. You can export to EndNote or RefWorks.
3. Select your EndNote Library and then select the appropriate import filter. FirstSearch databases are listed in the filter category OCLC.

IEEE 

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on view selected itemsbutton.
3. In the Download Citations box, choose output format (Citation or Citation & Abstract) and select EndNote, ProCite, RefMan option.
4. Results will be imported into the EndNote library you specify.

ingenta - IngentaConnect - ConnectComplete 

Can export directly to EndNote

Perhaps rename import filter as ingenta. UnCover was former service name.

The export excludes the abstract field. Ingenta' is contractually prohibited from distributing the abstracts for storage on other systems.

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on export (EndNote).
3. Results will be imported into the EndNote library you specify.
   • If direct export does not work, use export (plain text) option, save results to disc, and import using UnCover [INGENTA] iimport filter.

Ovid 

Databases include:

• AARP AgeLine
• Journals@Ovid Full Text

Can directly connect to some Ovid databases. Login is not required. If connection file shows ? in user name and password boxes, delete them.

Server: z3950.ovid.com

Database parameters

If direct export does not work, try saving results in either BRS/Tagged or Reprint/Medlars format, then select appropriate import filter.

1. Run search, mark records, select fields to display or save.
2. Click on Direct Export option in Result Format column in the Results Manager at bottom of the screen.
3. Click Save and choose whcih software product to export to (EndNote, ProCite< Reference Manager, RefWorks).
4. Click Continue button, choose Library and appropriate import filter.

ProQuest 

Databases include:

• ABI/INFORM
• American Periodicals Series Online
• Ethnc NewsWatch
• GenderWatch
• Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, New York Times

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on the My Research tab at top of screen.
3. Click the Export citations into EndNote, ProCite, RefWorks or Reference Manager link.
4. You see the Export Citations page. Choose the direct export option.
5. Choose your EndNote Library and references are imported automatically.

ScienceDirect 

1. Run search, mark records.
2. Click on export citationsbutton.
3. Select Content Format (Citations Only or Citations and Abstracts) and Export Format (RIS format).
4. Click on the Export button.
5. The EndNote program should launch. Pick you rlibrary and the results are automatically imported.

SilverPlatter 

Databases include:

• Biological Abstracts
• Mental Measurements Yearbook

WebSpirs databases available at Va Tech.

Login required for connection files.

User ID: c133231
Password: oo2cafsuba
Server: z3950.silverplatter.com

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Choose output format: displayed fields, title only, citation only, citation and abstract, citation and descriptors, complete record, or choose specific fields.
3. Click on the disk icon to “Save.”
4. When the Save Records screen opens, click the radio button to “Export to Procite, EndNote or Reference Manager
5. This will automatically load saved records into the EndNote program.
   
   To work, you must have previously downloaded the file SilverPlatter.enl and added it to your EndNote Filters directory.

ScienceDirect 

Large collection of electronic journals from Elsevier Scientific.

As of Oct 2004, some fields do not import properly (EP - ending page).

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on export citations button.
3. Choose RIS format and hit the Export button.
4. Select EndNote Library and results will import automatically.

SciFinder 

campus use only (includes VPN and inbound modem pool access)

1. Run search, mark records, save results as a tagged .txt file.
2. Choose the SciFinder import filter.

SpringerLink 

1. Run search, mark records.
2. Click on RIS in the Export Selected Citations section.
3. You can Open or Save the file download. Select Open, choose an EndNote Library, and the results are imported.

Thomson Gale 

Databases, include:

• MLA International Bibliography
• National Newspaper Index

Thomson Gale connection files and import filters work very imperfectly, so you may need to edit or perform a lot of manual parsing.

For connection files, use this User ID: viva_vpi

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on Market items folder, then on Download.
3. Choose format option: Plain text with bibliographic tags (Z39.80)
4. Click on Download button.
5. Use appropriate import filter.

Web of Science 

ISI Citation indexes, which can be searched individually or together.

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Choose output format: Bibliographic Fields, Bibliographic + Abstract, Full Record, Full Record + Cited Refs
3. Click on Export button, choose EndNote Library and results are automatically imported.

WilsonWeb 

Databases include:

• Art FullText
• Library Literature

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on Exporting/Citing button.
3. Select the Export to RefWorks, EndNote softwareoption.
4. In the Download Record(s) into section, select The EndNote Filterand then click on the Export button.
5. You are asked to Open or Save the file HWWilson.ris
6. Use this revised import filter.