EndNote Import Filters

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In order to successfully transfer citation information from a bibliographic database to the proper EndNote field (e.g., article title), you need to capture the data correctly from the bibliographic database and use the proper EndNote filter. The EndNote program provides a number of preconfigured filters that are installed in the Filters folder when you install EndNote on your hard drive.

Importing Citations into EndNote

1. Open an EndNote library or create a new one to store the records
2. Under the File menu, select Import
3. Choose the downloaded data file for the "Import Data File" box
4. For "Import Option" select the proper import filter. If the filter is not included in the initially displayed menu items, select "Other filters" and choose the filter from EndNote's "Filters" folder.

Import Filters

Additional import filters, and perhaps updated versions from those installed with your copy of EndNote, are available from the EndNote Filters page.

Importing Instructions for Specific Databases:

Agricola (Community of Science)
See these instructions provided on the Community of Science website.

America: History and Life and Historical Abstracts (ABC-CLIO)

1. From the Output Options page, choose preferred format and entries and select ASCII Display or Tab-Delimited Display
2. Click on Submit
3. Under File select Save As
4. See directions for importing citations to EndNote

ARTbibliographies Modern, Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, Bibliography of the History of Art, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA)

1. Perform a search as usual, marking records to download
2. Click Save/Print/Email Records button
3. Select "Complete Record" and Save
4. Save the file in the format [filename].txt
5. See directions for importing citations to EndNote

FirstSearch (i.e. MLA, PsycINFO, WorldCat, etc.)
You can now directly export records from databases on FirstSearch to EndNote without using an import filter. See these instructions.

Standard import instructions:

1. Perform your search, marking records you want to keep
2. Click Email and select Detailed records and Send as plain text
3. From your email client, save the message as a file in the format [filename].txt
4. See directions for importing citations to EndNote

Ovid Online
See these instructions provided on the Washington University Becker Medical Library website.

Pubmed
See these instructions provided on the Pubmed website.

Web of Science (ISI)
Note: special functionality between Web of Science and EndNote allows you to transfer records from Web of Science directly to an EndNote library. See these instructions.

Standard Import Instructions:

1. Mark records to keep and copy them to the marked list using the Submit button
2. Select the Marked List button located on the top of the screen
3. From the menu on the bottom of the screen select "Document Type" and any of the other parts of the record you want to keep
4. Select Save to File
5. In EndNote, under the File menu, select Import
6. Choose the downloaded file and, for Import Option, select "Web of Science" from the ISI folder
7. Click Import

Most of the information on the page is adapted from EndNote: Import Filters, created and maintained at the Yale University Library.