EndNote for Health Sciences & Medicine

CINAHL

1. Perform a literature search in CINAHL
2. Click the checkbox next to the article you want.
3. Click the Cite icon (looks like quotation marks) - Only if you have 50 or less citations selected! If you have more than 50 citations you want to download, please repeat the steps for each set of citations. If you want to export all the citations retrieved with the search (e.g., systematic reviews, scoping reviews, etc.), please see the alternative step 3 & 4 at the bottom of this page.
4. Click on Export Citation and then click on Export in RIS format. 
5. An RIS file should have downloaded and you should be able to locate it in your downloads folder.
6. In EndNote (make sure your correct library is open), select File >> Import >> File
7. 
8. Click Choose, next to the Import File box, and navigate to your downloaded file. Select the file and open it.
9. From the Import Option: pull-down menu and select Reference Manager (RIS). Click Import.

You reference(s) from CINAHL are now in your EndNote Library.

Exporting All Citations:

If you are doing an evidence synthesis project (e.g., systematic review, scoping review, etc.) then you need to export all the citations captured by the literature search.

3. Click the arrow found near the selection box and then select Export results (Up to 25,000). 

4. You will need an EBSCO account (this is different from your USD account, if you don't have one you can easily create one, there are instructions on the CINAHL video on the Wegner YouTube page).

5. Enter your email address that you would like the results link sent to and then select RIS and click Send. 

6. You will receive an email with the link to download the RIS file.  Continue following steps 5-9 in the first set of instructions.

Cochrane Library

1. Perform your search in Cochrane Library.
2. Select your desired citations.
3. Click on Export Selected Citation(s).
4. The Export Selected Citation(s) pop-up box will appear.  Select RIS (EndNote). Then click Download.

         5. Click Choose, next to the Import File box, and navigate to your downloaded file. Select the file and open it.

         6. From the Import Option: pull-down menu and select Reference Manager (RIS). Click Import.

You reference(s) from Cochrane Library are now in your EndNote Library.

JBI

1. Perform your search in JBI.
2. Select your desired citations. Then click Export.
3. The Export Citation(s) pop-up box will appear. Select EndNote from the Format options and Complete Reference from the Fields options. Click Export. A .cgi file will download.

         5. Click Choose, next to the Import File box, and navigate to your downloaded file. Select the file and open it.

         6. From the Import Option: pull-down menu and select Joanna Briggs Inst EBP (OvidSP). Click Import. 

*Note – if the Joanna Briggs Inst EBP option is not an available choice, find it by selecting Other Filters and browse to select.

You reference(s) from JBI are now in your EndNote Library.

Web of Science

1. Perform your search in Web of Science.
2. Select your desired citations. Click Export >> EndNote desktop. 
3. From the export options pop-up box, confirm your records selection, select the record content you want exported, click Export. A .ciw file will download.

         4. Click Choose, next to the Import File box, and navigate to your downloaded file. Select the file and open it.

         5. From the Import Option: pull-down menu and select Web of Science Core Collection (Clarivate). Click Import. 

*Note – if the Web of Science Core Collection option is not an available choice, find it by selecting Other Filters and browse to select.

You reference(s) from Web of Science are now in your EndNote Library.

Google Scholar

To import references from Google Scholar into an EndNote desktop library, you need to configure Google Scholar first to make the EndNote option available in the search results.

Configure Google Scholar to Export References to EndNote

1. Go to Google Scholar
2. Click on the menu button  on the upper left corner of the screen.
3. Click Settings
4. On the Settings page, under Bibliography Manager, click in the radio button next to Show links to import citations into and choose EndNote in the drop down menu.
5. Then click on the “Save” button in the lower right corner.  
6. The “Import into EndNote” option will be shown in Google Scholar search results display.

Export a Reference from Google Scholar to EndNote

1. Perform your search in Google Scholar.
2. At your chosen citation, click on Cite. 
3. A citation styles box will pop-up, select EndNote at the bottom of the box. An EndNote Import File (.enw) will download.

         4. In EndNote (make sure your correct library is open), select File >> Import >> File.
         5. Select Choose to find your downloaded file. In Import Option, select EndNote Import. Click Import. 

NOTE: Using this method, you can export only one reference at a time. Not all of the information in the reference can be exported, such as keywords and abstracts. Therefore, if a reference is available in PubMed or another database, it will be better to export the reference from one of those resources.

Export a Batch of References from Google Scholar to EndNote

1. Perform your search in Google Scholar.
2. At your chosen citations, click on the Save (star icon).
3. Create a new label, to help you identify this group of citations, when the Saved to My Library box pops up. Then click Done.
4. Click My library on the upper right corner of the screen. This will display all your selected references.
5. Click Export all >> EndNote.
6.  In EndNote (make sure your correct library is open), select File >> Import >> File.
7. Select Choose to find your downloaded file. In Import Option, select EndNote Import. Click Import. 

NOTE: You must be signed into a Google account to export batch records.

Manually Adding a New Reference

To manually add a reference to your library, you can do one of the following commands:

1. Go to Reference and select New Reference

2. CTRL + N

3. Click on the New Reference Icon 

Once your new reference form has opened, select your reference type and fill in the known fields.

Here is an example with some field entry tips:

1. Reference Type
   1. The default selection is Journal Article. Use the drop-down menu to select a different reference type, if necessary.
2.  Author(s)  
   1. Author names can be entered "First Middle Last" or "Last, First Middle" When entering manually, try and be consistent in the way you enter them.
   2. If there are multiple authors, hit "Enter" after each author's name is typed. 
   3. When entering group or corporate author names, put a comma after the entry. The training comma does not appear within your formatted references but ensures it does not get parsed like it would a person. Alternatively, if your group or corporate author name includes a comma in the name itself, use two commas in place of the first comma 
      1. American Dental Hygienists' Association, 
      2. University of California,, Irvine
3.  Year 
   1. Year of publication – enter as a four-digit numeral (e.g., 2017)
4. Title 
   1. Enter the full title.
5.  Journal
   1. This field refers to the Journal Title. Enter the whole journal title.
6.  Volume 
   1. Only put numerical data in these fields. Do not include letters or abbreviations (e.g., 5. Do not enter vol. 5, #5, no. 5, etc.)
7.  Issue
   1. Only put numerical data in these fields. Do not include letters or abbreviations (e.g., 5. Do not enter vol. 5, #5, no. 5, etc.)
8. Pages 
   1. Do not use commas (e.g., 1000 not 1,000)
9.  When done entering information, click on Save.