CMU Smart Search
- Perform a search in the database
- Select the reference(s) you wish to export by clicking the box in front of the citation(s)
- Click on the ellipses (…) in the upper right corner of the search results (NOTE: If you select the ellipses (...) for an individual citation, only that reference will be downloaded)
- Select “EndNote”
- Login to EndNote Basic (if needed)
- If the export is successful, you should see a message indicating so (e.g. “Primo Import Results –Number of records imported: 5”
- From EndNote Web, move the references to the desired folder.
- Exported references should be in the [Unfiled] folder under All My References
EBSCOHost Databases (CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, etc.)
- Perform a search in the database
- Select the records you wish to download by clicking the blue folder
to the right of each record
- Click the Folder option (indicated by a yellow folder icon) in the top navigation bar
- Mark the Select/deselect all box
- Click Export
- Select the “Remove these items from folder after saving” option
- Select Direct Export to EndNote Web under Save citations to a file formatted for:
- Click Save
- Log into EndNote Basic
- If the export is successful, you should see a message indicating so (e.g. “EBSCOhost Import Results –Number of records imported: 5”
- Access EndNote Basic and exported references should be in the [Unfiled] folder under All My References
Gale Databases
- Perform a search in the database
- Select a record from the list of results by clicking the title
- Click the Cite icon in the upper navigation bar
- Select the citation style (defaults to MLA)
- Select Download RIS* to save the RIS file to your computer
- Click the citations.ris file
- Log into EndNote Basic
- If the export is successful, a pop-up box will indicate the number of references exported to my.endnote.com (e.g. “3 references exported to my.endnote.com)
- Access EndNote Basic and exported references should be in the [Unfiled] folder under All My References
Google Scholar
Follow the instructions for configuring Scholar to save references in a format EndNote Basic can import.
JSTOR
- Perform a search in the database
- Select the reference(s) you wish to export by clicking in the box in front of the citation(s)
- From the Export Selected Citations button, select Export a RIS file to save the RIS file to your computer
- Click the citations.ris file
- Log into EndNote Basic
- If the export is successful, a pop-up box will indicate the number of references exported to my.endnote.com (e.g. “3 references exported to my.endnote.com)
- Access EndNote Basic and exported references should be in the [Unfiled] folder under All My References
Ovid
- Perform a search in the database
- Select the reference(s) you wish to export by clicking on the box in front of the citation(s)
- Click Export from the top navigation bar
- Select RIS from the Format pull-down menu
- Optional: Select additional fields to be included in the citation
- Click Export to save the RIS file to your computer
- Click the ris.ris file
- Log into EndNote Basic
- If the export is successful, a pop-up box will indicate the number of references exported to my.endnote.com (e.g. “3 references exported to my.endnote.com)
- Access EndNote Basic and exported references should be in the [Unfiled] folder under All My References
ProQuest Databases (ABI/INFORM, PsycINFO, etc.)
- Perform a search in the database
- Select the reference(s) you wish to export by clicking on the box in front of the citation(s)
- Click the All save options icon (the three periods or ellipses) on the right
- From the pop-up window, select the RIS (Endnote, Citavi, etc.) icon under Citation Export
- From the pop-up window, select the “Deselect items when done” option
- Click “continue” to save the RIS file to your computer
- Click the citation-export file.ris
- Log into EndNote Basic
- If the export is successful, a pop-up box will indicate the number of references exported to my.endnote.com (e.g. “3 references exported to my.endnote.com)
- Access EndNote Basic and exported references should be in the [Unfiled] folder under All My References
PubMed
- Perform a search in the database
- Select the reference(s) you wish to export by clicking on the box in front of the citation(s)
- Click “Send to”
- Select “Citation manager”
- Click on “Create File” to save the RIS file to your computer
- Click the citation-export file.ris
- Log into EndNote Basic
- If the export is successful, a pop-up box will indicate the number of references exported to my.endnote.com (e.g. “3 references exported to my.endnote.com)
- Access EndNote Basic and exported references should be in the [Unfiled] folder under All My References
Web of Science
- Perform a search in the database
- Select the reference(s) you wish to export by clicking on the box in front of the citation(s)
- Click the Export button and select EndNote online
- Login to your EndNote Basic account, if prompted
- Confirm your export options from the pop-up window and select Export
- Citations will be directly exported to your EndNote Basic account
- Citations successfully exported to your EndNote Basic account will be indicated in the list of search results with
. Click the icon to view the citatioon in your EndNote Basic account.