Databases available to Virginia Tech EndNote users

1. Go to the Google Scholar home page and click on the Scholar Preferences link
2. Under Bibliography Manager select the option "Show links to import citations into" and choose EndNote in the drop down box. Click on the Save Preferences button.
3. Run search, locate items of interest and click on the Import into EndNote link. The file name is scholar.enw and the EndNote import filter is used to process the record.

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.

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] import filter.

If the results include a persistent URL that begins with http://muse.jhu.ed, this link will work when on-campus, but off-campus users will have to modify it to work successfully.

Prepend the library's EZproxy string to the URL: http://ezproxy.lib.vt.edu:8080/login?url=

Following the ?url= you add the document URL that was imported into your EndNote library.

Example:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/elh/v069/69.2fox.html

JSTOR filter was updated on 7/12/2006.

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on View Saved Citationslink.
3. Select Directly export citations into EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager from the Export Options.
4. You are asked to Open or Save.
   If you choose Open, you are then asked to specify an EndNote library and the results will be automatically imported.
   If you choose Save, the results are saved to disk with the filename Citations. RIS (which you can change). Use the JSTOR or RefMan RIS import filter to pull the saved records into your EndNote library.

OvidSP

Databases include:

• AARP AgeLine
• Biological Abstracts
• FSTA - Food Science & Technology Abstracts
• Journals@Ovid Full Text
• Mental Measurements Yearbook
• Zoological Record

Formed by the merger of Ovid and SilverPlatter databases.

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 which software product to export to (EndNote, ProCite< Reference Manager, RefWorks).
4. Click Continue button, choose Library and appropriate import filter.

1. Search or browse, then mark items of interest.
2. Click on Download All Selected Citations to Citation Manager.
3. Choose EndNote.
4. You are asked to Open or Save this file. Choose Open.
5. Choose your EndNote Library and references are imported automatically.

If the results will include a persistent URL that begins with http://muse.jhu.edu, this link will work when on-campus, but off-campus users will have to modify it to work successfully. Prepend the library's EZproxy string to the URL: http://ezproxy.lib.vt.edu:8080/login?url=

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on Save Marked Records.
3. Click on Email/Export Saved Records.
4. Export marked results to: EndNote. Click the Export button.
5. Results will be imported into the EndNote library you specify.

ProQuest

Databases include:

• ABI/INFORM
• American Periodicals Series Online (APS)
• Ethnic NewsWatch (ENW)
• GenderWatch (GW)
• Historical Newspapers (HNP):
  - Chicago Tribune
  / - Los Angeles Times
  - New York Times

Connection files require logins.

ABI, ENW, GW:
Server: proquest-z3950.umi.com
Database Name: PQ_current
User Name and Password: Please contact the Ask a librarian service.

APS, HNP:
Server: hnz39.umi.com
Database Name: PQHNP
User Name and Password: Please contact the Ask a librarian service.

To use import filters:

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.

If direct export does not work, choose the EndNote compatible format and save the RIS file as a text file. The file downloaded from ProQuest is organized using the RIS structure.

PubMed from the National Library of Medicine

(See also CSA, EBSCOhost, FirstSearch instructions as MEDLINE is available there as well)

Latest Windows version is 9/25/2006.

1. In your search results, use the citation check boxes to select citations. If you do not make any selections, PubMed will select all citations on the current page.
2. From the Display pull-down menu, select MEDLINE.
3. From the Send to pull-down menu, select File. Save as a text file.
4. Import this file using PubMed import filter

1. Run search, mark records.
2. Click on export citations button.
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 your library and the results are automatically imported.

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.

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.
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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 - Additional Databases

Databases, include:

• Business Index ASAP
• MLA International Bibliography
• National Newspaper Index
• Times Digital Archive

There are two interfaces, the Cross Searchable Databases and the so-called Additional databases (original InfoTrac format).

Thomson Gale connection files and import filters work very imperfectly, so you may need to edit or perform a lot of manual parsing or even copy and paste elements from an email.

For connection files, use this User ID: viva_vpi

1. Run search, then click on View to see results.
2. Mark results.
3. Click on View mark list.
4. At bottom of the list you see an E-mail Delivery section. Enter your E-mail address and a Subject, then click the Submit E-mail Request button.
5. Once the e-mail has been received, save as a text file.
6. Import using appropriate import filter.

Thomson Gale - Cross Searchable Databases

Databases, include:

• Academic OneFile
• Computer Database
• Expanded Academic ASAP
• Gale Virtual ReferenceLibrary
• General BusinessFile ASAP
• General OneFile
• General Reference Center Gold
• Health Reference Center Academic

There are two interfaces, the Cross Searchable Databases and the so-called Additional databases (original InfoTrac format).

Thomson Gale connection files and import filters work very imperfectly, so you may need to edit or perform a lot of manual parsing or even copy and paste elements from an email.

For connection files, use this User ID: viva_vpi

1. Run search, mark results.
2. Click on Marked items folder, then on Citation Tools.
3. Select EndNote in the Export to third party software section.
4. Click the Export button.
5. You are asked to Open or Save. Choose Open, select an EndNote library, and the references are automatically imported.

1. Run search, mark records.
2. Click on Download to Citation Manager.
3. The Include option allws you to choose between: Citation for this lecture, References cited in this lecture, or Both lecture citation and reference list.
4. Choose EndNote format and check Direct import box.
5. Click the Download lecture metadata button.
6. You are aske to Save or Open.
7. Choose Open, specify an EndNote library, and the records will be automatically imported into that library.

1. Run search, mark records.
2. Click on View Marked Records button.
3. Choose Download as EndNote option.
4. You can Open or Save. Choose Save.
5. Use EndNote Import Filter.

Web of Science

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

To choose specific fields to include in exported results, add records to Marked List and then select the output fields from the display of the Marked List Be sure the output format is set to Field Tagged before clicking on Export to Reference Software.

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

NOTE: The WilsonWeb import filter available at EndNote dated 3/23/06 uses long field labels and the direct export uses short field labels, which results in a failure to import records. Use this revised import filter instead.

1. Run search, mark results
2. Click on Print Email Save button.
3. Select Export to bibliographic software: EndNote, RefWorks...
4. Select Download Record(s) to The EndNote filter and click Export button.
5. Save file as am RIS formatted file.
6. Use this revised import filter.