EndNote Tutorials

EndNote is a citation management tool used by researchers, faculty, and students to store, organize and cite references. This guide is to show how to use EndNote effectively.

Import References from PubMed

Importing references from PubMed into an EndNote library is easy. Below is the instruction on how to export references from PubMed to EndNote. Please be aware that the following steps were based on the Chrome web browser.

Connect to PubMed with the Rutgers specific link.
Perform a search.
On the top of the search results page, you have three options to work with the search results: Save, Email, Send To. To export to EndNote, you need to choose Send To.
Then click Citation Manager.
Choose All results on the page, or All results, or Selection (whichever option that suits your needs) to export. Note, in New PubMed, you don't choose the # of references to display in a pull-down menu. Instead, you can display more references on the page by clicking Show more at the bottom of the screen. When choosing All results, you may export up to 10,000 references at once.
Click the Create file blue button.
An NBIB Formatted File (PubMed) (.nbib) will be saved in your Downloads folder and shown at the lower left corner of the screen (in Edge, it will be at the upper right corner). Clicking the file will automatically place all the exported references in your pre-chosen EndNote library. If you did not choose one, the default EndNote library will be the one you last worked with. So it is important that you make sure you have the right EndNote library ready before exporting.

Import References from CINAHL

The following steps were based on Chrome:

Perform a search in CINAHL via EBSCOhost.
On the search results page, select the desired references by clicking the folers on the right side of the screen.
Then click the open folder icon on the top of the screen.
Click in the box next to Select/deselect All to include all the selected references.
On the right hand of the screen, click on Export.
On the next Export Manager page, under "Save citations to a file formatted for: ", click in the radio button for Direct Export in RIS Format. Then click the Save button of the left side.
A delivery.ris file will be placed at the lower left corner of the screen.
Click on the .ris file. The selected references will be imported into your library.

See below for steps to exporting references from CINAHL via EBSCO to EndNote:

Import References from RUL QuickSearch

Exporting references from EndNote is easy. Here are the steps:

Go to any of the RUL homepages. (Here I used the RUL Health Sciences Libraries homepage - https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/health-sciences)
Perform a search in the QuickSearch box.
On the search results page, select the references by clicking the Pin icon to the right of the desired references. The selected references will be placed in your favorites marked with a Pin icon on the upper right corner of the screen.
Once you complete selecting the references, go to your favorites by clicking the Pin icon (Go to my favorites) on the upper right corner. Your selected references will be displayed.
Click the box under SAVED RECODS to include all the selected ones. Then the ... icon ("Push to" actions) above will be enabled.
Click the ... icon ("Push to" actions) to display the action options. Choose EXPORT_RIS. A file named Primo_RIS_Export.ris will be saved in your Downloads folder.
Click that .ris file. The references will be placed in the EndNote library that you worked on previously.

Note: Make sure the library you want to hold these references are made ready before you export the references.

Illustrated steps for exporting references from RUL QuickSearch to EndNote:

Import References from Web of Science

The following steps were based on the Chrome browser.

Perform a search in Web of Science.
On the search results page, select the desired references.
In the pulldown menu next to Export, choose EndNote desktop. The Export Records to EndNote Desktop popup window then appears.
In the Export Records to EndNote Desktop popup window, you have three options to choose records for exporting: 1) the selected references (default option if you have selected references), 2) All records on page, 3) Range of records, i.e. Records from __ to __. Choose an option. You can export no more than 1000 references at a time.
In the Content pulldown menu, choose either Full Record or Full Record and Cited References. Then click the Export button below. A savedrecs.ciw file will be placed at the lower left corner of the screen (in the Downloads folder).
Clicking the .ciw file will automatically place the selected references in your EndNote library that you last worked with or the one you have it open.

Import References from APA PsycInfo via Ovid

Perform a search in PsycINFO via Ovid.
On the search results page, select the desired references.
On the top of the displayed search results, click on Export.
On the popup window called Export Citation List, choose EndNote in the box next to Export to.
Under Fields to Display, choose Complete Reference.
Then click on Export Citation(s).
An ovidewb.ovd file will be placed at the lower left corner of the screen.
Click on the .ovd file. You will be asked to choose destination: EndNote or EndNote Online?
Choose EndNote and the selected references will be placed in your library.

To Import References from Cochrane Library

To export references from Cochrane Library into EndNote, here are the steps:

Perform a search in Cochrane Library
Choose the references you want to keep
Click Export selected citation(s)
Choose RIS (EndNote)
Click Include abstract
Click Download
A RIS file will be saved at lower left of the screen. Clicking it will automatically place the references in your EndNote library.

Import References from Scopus

The following steps were based on Chrome:

Perform a search in Scopus.
On the search results page, select the desired references.
On the top of results display page, click on Export (alt/mouse over text: Export the selected documents.)
On the next Export Document Settings page, choose RIS Format (EndNote, Reference Manager).
Under Customize export, select the fields that you would like to include. Then click on the Export button.
A scopus.ris file will be placed at the lower left corner of the screen.
Click on the .ris file. The selected references will be imported into your EndNote library.

Import References from Ovid Medline

NOTE: the following steps were written based on a search performed in Ovid Medline by using Chrome.

Perform a search in Ovid Medline.
On the search results page, select the desired references.
On the top of the displayed search results, click on Export.
On the popup Export Citation List window, in the box next to Export to, choose EndNote.
Under Fields to Display, choose Complete Reference.
Then click on Export Citation(s).
An ovidewb.ovd file will be placed at the lower left corner of the screen.
Click on the .ovd file. You will be asked to choose destination: EndNote or EndNote Online?
Choose EndNote and the selected references will be placed in your library.