Filters and Connection Files for Databases at UC Davis (Macintosh)

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Database [Producer]	Best Methods for Saving and Importing Citations into EndNote
Agricola [SilverPlatter]	The filter that came with your EndNote program will no longer work with Agricola (SP)'s Direct Export. Open the Filters folder of your EndNote program, delete the Agricola (SP) filter by dragging it to the trash, and download this filter by Control-clicking it and choosing Save Target As... (in Internet Explorer), Save Link As ... (in Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari): http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/cab-abstracts.enf Mark desired records. Click on the floppy disk icon on the right. Go to Save These Fields:, click on the pulldown menu and select Complete Record. Under Save or Export These Records:, make sure the citations you selected are included for export. You can also select All Records or specify a range of citations. At the top of the screen, select Save to disk. Do not select Export to Procite, EndNote or Reference Manager. Open the EndNote library you want to put citations into. Go to File and choose Import. To the right of the box marked Import Data File: click Choose File ... Under Import Option: click on the pulldown menu and select Other Filters ... Click the Find button and select Ovid. Choose CAB Abstracts and click OK
Agriculture & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts [CSA]	Open EndNote and go to Edit → Import Filters. Click on the Find button and select Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Scroll down to Oceanic Abstracts and select Edit. Go to File and choose Save As. Name the new filter Agr&EnvBiotechAb or something like that. In the Category box put Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. Save the filter in the Filters folder of your EndNote program. In the database, click citations you wish to download into an EndNote library you have created. When ready, click on Save/Print/Email Records. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record.Click on Save. Open EndNote and go to the library where you want to save your citations. Go to File → Import. Click on Choose File and go to where on your hard drive you downloaded citations. Under Import Option click on the pulldown menu and choose Other Filters. Click on Find, choosing Cambridge Scientific Abstracts, and scroll to Agr&EnvBiotechAb (or whatever you have named the filter). Click on Import.
America: History and Life [ABC-CLIO]	Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), then saving it in the Filters folder of your EndNote program: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/Mac/filters/ABC-CLIO.hqx. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Tag desired references. Click on Tagged Results button to view just the tagged records. Click on Output Options button and choose Full Entry for Entry Format and ASCII Display for Output Type. Click submit, and then from the browser file menu, select Save As, to save as a text file.
Anthropology Plus [via OCLC/FirstSearch]	Do your search in the database. You can either click the leftside boxes of citations you want to download into Endnote or you can click the Mark All box at the bottom of the window, which selects all citations in the window. When done, click Export. Make sure that the citations you selected are selected for export; you can either export the last ten citations or all marked citations. Make sure the button marked Export to: EndNote is selected. EndNote will open, asking you to select the library you want to put the citations into. Navigate on your hard drive to where it is and click Open. The Choose an Import Filter window will open. Click the Find by button to the right and go to OCLC. Select the ArticleFirst (OCLC) filter. Click Choose.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts ASFA) [CSA]	If you don't have the ASFA (CSA) filter in the Filters folder of your EndNote program, download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/ASFA_(CSA).hqx See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
Art Abstracts [H.W.Wilson]	Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari). Save it in the Filters folder of your EndNote program: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/wilsonweb.sea See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark references by placing a check mark in the box directly to the left of a citation. Click on the Print Email Save button in the left margin. Select Save from the Destination choices Place a check in the box to the left of Record numbers under Include. Choose rtf (MS Word) under email & Save Format Choose Marked records under Which records do you want to Print Email Save? Click on the Start button to begin save process.
Art Index Retrospective [H.W. Wilson]	Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari). Save it in the Filters folder of your EndNote program: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/wilsonweb.sea See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark references by placing a check mark in the box directly to the left of a citation. Click on the Print Email Save button in the left margin. Select Save from the Destination choices Place a check in the box to the left of Record numbers under Include... Choose rtf (MS Word) under Email & Save Format Choose Marked records under Which records do you want to Print Email Save? Click on the Start button to begin save process.
ArticleFirst [FirstSearch/OCLC]	When searching from the computer which contains your EndNote library, use the Export feature. Mark desired citations. Click Export button. Choose Marked records from this search option. Choose EndNote option. Click on Export button. EndNote program will open and ask you to choose which Library to import the citations. Then you will be asked which filter to use. Select ArticleFirst (OCLC). When searching away from your EndNote library, you must save records to a file and use a filter which, if not installed in your Filters folder, you can download onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), then saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/ArticleFirst_(OCLC).hqx See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark desired citations. Click on Export button. Choose Marked records from this search option. Choose Text file option. Click on Export button. Give file appropriate name and save to disk.
Arts & Humanities Citation Index [Web of Knowledge]	When searching from the computer which contains your EndNote library, use the Export to Reference Software feature. In the database: Mark desired citations. Click on Submit Marks button. Click on Marked List button to view only marked items. Check off additional information you would like included with the basic citation. Do not select cited references as this will cause a very large, long download that will results in the reference lists from your marked articles to be loaded into the notes field. Click Export to Reference Software button. A dialog box will open asking you if you want to open the file using ciwfile. Click on OK. EndNote will open, and allow you to select the library to which you wish to import the citations. When searching away from your EndNote library, save text file and use the ISI Web of Science filter available at the following URL: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/Web_of_Science_(ISI).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), then save to the Filters folder of your EndNote program: In the database: Mark desired citations. Click on Submit Marks button. Click on Marked List button to view only marked items. Check off additional information you would like included with the basic citation. Do not select cited references as this will cause a very large, long download that will result in the reference lists from your marked articles to be loaded into the notes field. Click Save to File button. Change file type from .cgi to all files. Save file with a .txt format. Connection file available here: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/connections/Web_of_Science_AHCI_(ISI).hqx Once downloaded, drag this connection file to the Connections folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instgructions.
BIOSIS Previews [ISI]	Select Biosis [ISI] from Electronic Databases by clicking B or typing Biosis in the Keywords box. Note: This will work in Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla or Firefox; it will not work in Safari. Select General Search. Do your search by topic or author. Once search results have appeared, click the boxes of citations you want to download into an EndNote library you have created. You may also go to the right column and select All records on this page (unless you have changed your display to show 25 or 50 records per page, this is 10 record); you may also click the radio button saying Records __ to __ and type a range of citations. Then click on Submit Marks. Go to the top of the window and click on Marked List. Under Step 1. Select the fields to include in the output, select fields you want downloaded. Remember to click Abstracts if you want abstracts in your EndNote library citations. In Step 2. Select an option click on Export to Reference Software. In Internet Explorer EndNote will open, asking you to open the library you want citations to download into; in Netscape, Mozilla and Firefox a window will open; click on the radio button that says Open it with and navigate on your hard drive to where you have EndNote and select it. The file should be called EndNote.app (in OS 10.4) or simply EndNote (in earlier OSs). EndNote will open, asking you to open the library you citations to download into.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)	Do your search in the database, being sure to apply any limits you may want (e.g. whether peer-reviewed, a range of publication dates, whether to limit to one periodical title, publication types). When your search result appears, click the boxes that say Add of citations you want to download into an EndNote library you have created. You may click Add 1-10 (if there are that many citations in your search result), but bear in mind that you are limited to a total download of fifty items. Click on the icon that says Folder has items toward the top right of the screen. Click on Save to Disk. Click on the blue tab Bibliographic Manager in the next window. Click on the radio button that says Citations in a format that can be uploaded to bibliographic management software. Click Save. In the next window, go to File and choose Save As. Click the Format: pulldown menu and select Plain Text. Open EndNote to the library you want to download citations into. Go to File and choose Import. In the next window, navigate on your hard drive to where you have saved your search result and select it. Click on the pulldown menu that reads Import Options:, select Other Filters ... and scroll to Refman RIS.enf Click OK. Due to the way EBSCO presents data in Business Source Premier, dates may not display in your EndNote library as you might want them to. Dates (e.g. June 15, 2006) are presented numerically; 2006 appears in the Year field as expected, but June 15 appears in the Date field as 06 15. If you want the month to display as a word, you must go through downloaded search results and correct the Date field manually.
CAB Abstracts [SilverPlatter]	Do not use the Direct Export feature; it will lose valuable data for any format other than journal articles. Instead, select the floppy disc iron to the right and choose Save to Disk. Save your search results somewhere on your hard drive. Then open the Endnote library you want to save your search results to and go to File —> Import. Select the file you have just downloaded somewhere on your drive. Then click the Find button and select SilverPlatter and scroll to CAB and select it. Click OK.
Conference Papers Index [CSA]	Filter, if not installed in your Filters file, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/Mac/filters/Conf_Papers_Index_(CSA).hqx Download by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
Ecology Abstracts [CSA]	Download filter here: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/ecology-abstracts-csa-mac.enf by Control+clicking on the link, choosing Save Target As... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As... (in Netscape or Mozilla), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. Do your search in Ecology Abstracts, checking boxes of citations you wish to download into an EndNote library you have created. When finished, click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Save file to local disk as a text file. Open the EndNote library you want to download citations into. Go to File menu and choose Import. Under Choose File go to where on your hard drive you have saved your search result and select it. Under Filter Options go to Other Filters and navigate to where in your Filters folder you have saved Ecology Abstracts and select it. Click on Import.
EconLit [SilverPlatter]	Filter available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/EconLit_(SP).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark desired records. Click on Show Marked Records button. Click on Save button. Under Which fields? section, choose All fields. Under Include: section, make sure Record number and database name is checked and Field labels is checked with Short labels option selected. Click on Save Records button to save as a text (.txt) file.
Ei Compendex Plus [Ovid]	When searching from the computer which contains your EndNote library, use the Direct Export feature. Configure your web browser. If using Internet Explorer, choose Edit>Preferences. Select File Helpers from the left column. On the right column, search for EndNote. If you find it, click on Change. If you don't, click on Add: EndNote Direct Export Ovid; Extension-.cgi; MIME Type-Application/x-bibliographic; File Type- Click Browse and navigate on your hard drive to where EndNote is located. Click on Open. Under Handling click on pulldown menu and choose View With Application. Click on OK. Click on OK in the next window. If using Netscape or Mozilla, choose Edit>Preferences and select Navigator/Applications. Click New and enter: Description-Ovid Direct Export; MIME Type-Application/x-bibliographic; Suffixes-.cgi; Handled by-Application (Click Choose and select EndNote); File Type-Text. Mark desired citations. Click on Results Manager link. In Citations box, choose selected citations. In Citation Format box, choose Direct Export. Click on Save button. If using Netscape, a dialog box will open, and you will be asked to Open using ovdfile. Click OK. If using IE, this step is skipped. EndNote will open and ask you to select the library into which you want to import the citations. Select the library and click Open. When searching away from your EndNote library, use the Compendex_(OVID) filter, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/Ei_Compendex_(Ovid).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark desired citations. Click on Results Manager link. In Citations box, choose selected citations. In Fields box, choose from one of the 4 field options or click on the select fields button to customize which field are imported into your library. In Citation Format box, choose Reprint/Medlars. Click on Save button. Choose Macintosh Style Linefeeds. Click on the Continue button to begin save process. If you are using Safari as your web browser, the direct export feature will not work. Either use Internet Explorer, Netscape or Mozilla, configuring it as given in the instructions in 1. above, or email search results to yourself, selecting Reprint/Medlars under Citation Format as described in 2. above.
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements [CSA]	Filter, if not already installed in your Filters folder, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/EIS_(CSA).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
Environmental Sciences & Pollution Management [CSA]	Filter, if not already loaded in your Filters folder, available at: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/Environmental_Sci_(CSA).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) [CSA]	Use the ERIC_CSA filter available here: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/eric-csa.sea Download this file by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari). Drag the filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file. Choose the ERIC (CSA) filter as your import option. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions.
Expanded Academic ASAP [Thomson/Gale]	Download filter http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/expanded-academic.enf by Control-clicking it and choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As ... (in Netscape, Mozilla or Firefox) or Download Linked File (in Safari). Then drag the filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. Citations from Expanded Academic can be emailed only, not downloaded. After you have done your search, check boxes of citations you want to put in your EndNote library; remember that checking Mark All at the upper left of the window will mark only the citations in the present screen, and a maximum of fifty citations may be checked per search. Once you have finished marking citations, click on Marked Items at the top center. Then choose E-mail. In the next window, under E-mail Format, click the radio buttons for Plain Text and Citation. Under Bibliographic Citation Format, click the radio button that says Plain Text with Bibliographic Tags (Z39.80). Once you have received your email and saved your message, open EndNote, go to File, then Import, then Choose File ... and go to where on your hard drive you saved your email result. Click on Filter Options, choose Other Filters ... and scroll through the list of filters to Expanded Academic. Select it, and click on Import.
Fish and Fisheries Worldwide [NISC]	The Direct Export feature in Fish and Fisheries Worldwide does not work with Macs. You must use a filter. Download this filter onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari): http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/fish-fisheries.sea Drag the filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote folder. Check boxes of citations you wish to download into an EndNote library you have created. Under Select Display Format at the top of the page, choose Marked Full Records. Click Export. In the next window, click EndNote. A tagged display will result; choose Save As and save the search result as a text file somewhere on your hard drive. Open EndNote to the library you want to download your citations into. Go to the File menu and choose Import. Under File Name..., click on the Choose File... button and navigate on your hand drive to where your search result is saved. Under Import Options, click on the button, select Other Filters... and navigate to the Filters folder of your EndNote folder, choosing Fish & Fisheries Worldwide. Click Import.
Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA) [SilverPlatter]	Filter available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/FSTA_(SP).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark desired records. Click on Show Marked Records button. Click on Save button. Under Which fields? section, choose All fields. Under Include: section, make sure Record number and database name is checked and Field labels is checked with Short labels option selected. Click on Save Records button to save as a text (.txt) file.
GeoRef [CSA]	Filter: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/GeoRef_(CSA).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
Harvest: UC Davis Library Catalog [University of California, Davis]	If you want call numbers to download into your EndNote library with citations, first download this current Harvest filter by control-clicking the link and choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As ... (in Netscape, Mozilla or Firefox): http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/harvest-ucdavis.enf and then dragging it to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. Make sure you delete any U_of_California-Davis.enf or harvest-ucdavis.enf that is already there. After doing that, go to Harvest UC Davis Catalog under Research Tools. DIRECT DOWNLOAD OF HARVEST RECORDS INTO ENDNOTE DOES NOT WORK WITH INTERNET EXPLORER OR ANY OF THE NETSCAPE SUITE OF WEB BROWSERS (FIREFOX, MOZILLA OR SEAMONKEY). YOU MUST USE SAFARI. Do your search in Harvest; either select individual citatations for download by checking the boxes to the left or select Select All above Title. Once you have selected desired citations, click Add to My E-Shelf. Click My E-Shelf on the upper right of the window. Click Select All above Title. Click Save/Mail. In the next window, under Records:, click the All (BASKET) radio button. Under Record format, go to Select Predefined Format: and click on the pulldown menu, selecting EndNote/RIS Tagged Output Format. Under Encoding:, click the radio button ISO 8859-1. Scroll down and click Go. The Downloads window will open, showing progress of the download. Your search results will be saved wherever you have configured Safari to put downloads. If you are unsure of where that is, check under Preferences, then Save Downloaded Files to. Open EndNote, open the library you want your Harvest citations to go into, go to File and then Import. In the new window that opens, under Import File Name choose the file you just downloaded. Under Import Options: click on the pulldown menu and scroll to RefMan RIS.enf. Under Text Translation: choose Unicode (UTF-8). Click Import. If you want UCD call numbers in your citations, bear in mind that call numbers will download into the Notes field, not the Call Number field. You must cut and paste call numbers into that field.
INSPEC [Ovid]	When searching from the computer which contains your EndNote library, use the Direct Export feature. Configure your web browser. If using Internet Explorer, choose Edit>Preferences. Select File Helpers from the left column. On the right column, search for EndNote. If you find it, click on Change. If you don't, click on Add: EndNote Direct Export Ovid; Extension-.cgi; MIME Type-Application/x-bibliographic; File Type- Click Browse and navigate on your hard drive to where EndNote is located. Click on Open. Under Handling click on pulldown menu and choose View With Application. Click on OK. Click on OK in the next window. If using Netscape or Mozilla, choose Edit>Preferences and select Navigator/Applications. Click New and enter: Description-Ovid Direct Export; MIME Type-Application/x-bibliographic; Suffixes-.cgi; Handled by-Application (Click Choose and select EndNote); File Type-Text. Mark desired citations. Click on Results Manager link. In Citations box, choose selected citations. In Citation Format box, choose Direct Export. Click on Save button. If using Netscape, a dialogue box will open, and you will be asked to Open using ovdfile. Click OK. If using IE, this step is skipped. EndNote will open and ask you to select the library into which you want to import the citations. Select the library and click Open. When searching away from your EndNote library, use the INSPEC_(OVID) filter, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/INSPEC_(OVID).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark desired citations. Click on Results Manager link In Citations box, choose selected citations. In Fields box, choose from one of the 4 field options or click on the select fields button to customize which field are imported into your library. In Citation Format box, choose Reprint/Medlars. Click on Save button. Choose Macintosh Style Linefeeds. Click on the Continue button to begin save process. If you are using Safari as your web browser, the direct export feature will not work. Either use Internet Explorer, Netscape or Mozilla, configuring it as given in the instructions in 1. above, or email search results to yourself, selecting Reprint/Medlars under Citation Format as described in 2. above.
JSTOR	Download this filter by Control+clicking it and choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer), Save Link As ... (in Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari): http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/jstor.enf. After downloading it, drag it to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. After doing your search, click on Save All Citations on This Page (it is unfortunately not possible to select individual citations; you must select all 25 per page). Click on View Saved Citations. Select View and Save Citations; select Citation Manager from the pulldown menu if it is not already selected. In the next window, in File select Save As ... and save your search results as a Text file. Open the EndNote library you want to import these citations into. Go to File, then Import; Under Import Options select the download file wherever you have saved it on your hard drive; click on View. Choose Save As ... and save your search result as a Text file. In EndNote, go to File → Import →, select the file you just downloaded; Under Import Option choose the JSTOR filter you just downloaded and click OK.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts [CSA]	Filter: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/llba-csa.enf The filter that came with EndNote XI is defective and will import all search results as books. Delete the LLBA filter from the Filters folder of your EndNote program and substitute this edited filter by Control+clicking it, choosing Download Linked File (in Safari) or Save Link Target As ... (in Firefox or SeaMonkey), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. In the database: Select references. You can download all citations if you wish, but the limit in this database is 500. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Choose appropriate File format (Mac) and click on Save. Open EndNote; choose File and Import. In the window that opens, under Import File Name select the file you just downloaded. Under Import Options: choose Other Filters ... and scroll to LLBA (CSA). Click Import. Due to irregularities in the way data is presented, you may still find information not landing in the proper fields, so review of downloads is recommended.
MELVYL [University of California]	Filter available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/Mac/filters/U_of_California.hqx. Download filter by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), and dragging filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. Connection file available here: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/connections/U_of_California.hqx. Download this file by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), and then dragging the connection file to the Connections folder of your EndNote program. Connect to Melvyl by choosing Connect... from the Tools menu.
MLA Bibliography [Ovid]	The UC contract with Ovid for MLA Bibliography expires June 30, 2005. After that date use MLA Bibliography [CSA].
MLA Bibliography [CSA]	Filter: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/mla-csa.enf The filter that came with EndNote XI is faulty; it will import book chapters and journal articles improperly. Delete the MLA (CSA) filter from the Filters folder of your EndNote program and substitute this one by Control+clicking the link and choosing Download Linked File (in Safari) or Save Link As ... (in Firefox or SeaMonkey). Select citations in MLA for download. You may import entire search results up to a limit of 500. Click Save/Print/Email. Set File Format to Mac and click Save. In Safari, TextEdit will open. Click Save As and save your search result, usually to your Desktop. Open EndNote, go to the File menu and choose Import. In the window that opens, click Choose File ... and go to where you have saved your search result. Under Import Option, click the pulldown menu and choose Other Filters ... In the window that opens, click Find by and select CSA. Scroll to MLA (CSA) and click Import. In Firefox or SeaMonkey, a window will open. Click the radio button marked Open With ... Click on the pulldown menu, select Other ... and navigate on your hard drive to where Endnote resides. Click OK. EndNote will open; find the library you want to download the citations into. Doubleclick it. Another window will open, asking you to select the proper filter. Click Find by and select CSA. Scroll to MLA (CSA) and click Choose.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS) [CSA]	Filter, if not already loaded in your Filters folder, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/NTIS_(CSA).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
Oceanic Abstracts [CSA]	Filter available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/Oceanic_Abs_(CSA).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
PAIS [CSA]	Filter available here: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/pais-csa.sea; download by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), and saving to your desktop. Drag this filter from your desktop to the Filters folder of your EndNote folder Do your search in PAIS, checking boxes of citations you wish to download into an EndNote library you have created Choose Save/Print/Email Records. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose File Format: Macintosh. Choose Save. Open your EndNote library, go to the File menu and choose Import. Under File Name , navigate on your hard drive to where you bave saved your PAIS search result (usually the Desktop) Select it Under Import Options, navigate on your hard drive to the Filters folder of your EndNote folder and choose PAIS (CSA) Click Import
PapersFirst [FirstSearch/OCLC]	When searching from the computer which contains your EndNote library, use the Export feature Mark desired citations Click on Export button In Export section, choose Marked records. In Export to section, choose EndNote. Click on Export button EndNote will open with a window to choose the library into which you want to import the citations. Select appropriate library and click on Open. When searching away from your EndNote library, use the PapersFirst_(OCLC) filter available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/PapersFirst_(OCLC).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions In the database: Mark desired citations Click on Export button In Export section, choose Marked records In Export to section, choose Text File. Click on Export button. Save file to local disk as a text file.
Philosopher's Index [SilverPlatter]	Filter available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/Philosophers_Index_(SP).hqx, if not already loaded in your Filters folder Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions In the database: Mark desired records Click on Show Marked Records button. Click on Save button. Under Which fields? section, choose All fields. Under Include: section, make sure Record number and database name are checked and Field labels is checked with Short labels option selected Click on Save Records button to save as a text (.txt) file
Proceedings [FirstSearch/OCLC]	When searching from the computer which contains your EndNote library, use the Export feature Mark desired citations Click on Export button. In Export section, choose Marked records. In Export to section, choose EndNote. Click on Export button. EndNote will open with a window to choose the library into which you want to import the citations. Select appropriate library and click on Open. When searching away from your EndNote library, use the PapersFirst_(OCLC) filter available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/ProceedingsFirst_(OCLC).hqx if not already loaded in your Filters folder Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions In the database: Mark desired citations Click on Export button In Export section, choose Marked records. In Export to section, choose Text File. Click on Export button. Save file to local disk as a text file.
PsycINFO [CSA]	Filter, if not already loaded in your Filters folder, available at: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/PsycINFO_(CSA).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions.
PubMed [National Library of Medicine]	Filter, if not already loaded in your Filters folder, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/PubMed_(NLM).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari); drag filter to the Filters folder of your EndNote program See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select desired citations Use the pulldown menu to change display from Summary to MEDLINE and click on the Display button to redisplay only selected items in the MEDLINE format. Click on the Send to button, making sure the pull down menu is set to text. Continue with the file saving process. Connection file that works only with EndNote version 6.0 and beyond is available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/connections/PubMed_(NLM).hqx by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari). Once downloaded onto your desktop, drag the connection file to the Connections folder of your EndNote program. You must also install a patch located at http://www.endnote.com/support/EN602_Mac_updater.asp See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for step-by-step instructions for using connection files.
Readers Guide Retrospective [WilsonWeb]	Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari). After downloading and expanding the filter, drag it to the Filters folder of your EndNote program: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/readers-guide-retrospective.sea See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Mark references by placing a check mark in the box directly to the left of a citation. Click on the Print Email Save button in the left margin. Select Save Options. Select Export to Bibliographic Software. Choose Save As and save search result somewhere on your hard drive. Open EndNote to the library you want to download search result to. Open File and then Import. Under Choose File... navigate on your hard drive to where you have saved search result. Under Import Options choose Other Filters... and navigate alphabetically to RGR. Click on Import.
RILM [NISC]	The Direct Export feature in RILM does not work with Macs. You must use a filter. Download this filter onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari): http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/rilm.sea Install this filter in the Filters folder of your EndNote folder. Check boxes of citations you wish to download in an EndNote library you have created. Under Select Display Format at the top of the page, choose Marked Full Records. Click Export. In the next window, click EndNote. A tagged display will result; choose Save As and save the search result as a Text file somewhere on your hard drive. Open EndNote to the library you want to download your citations into. Go to the File menu and choose Import. Under File Name, click on the Choose File button and navigate on your hand drive to where your search result is saved. Under Import Options, click on the button, select Other Filters and navigate to the Filters folder of your EndNote folder, choosing RILM (NISC).
Science Citation Index Expanded [Web of Knowledge]	Save text file and use the ISI Web of Science filter, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/pc/filters/Web_of_Science_(ISI).enf if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file by Control+clicking on the link, choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As ... (in Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Either mark desired citations or go to the right-hand bar labeled Output Records: and specify which citations you wish to download. You can also click All Records on Page, but bear in mind that means only the ten citations showing on the current page. When ready to download, click Export to Reference Software. Citations will download, and EndNote will ask you to open the library into which you wish to insert the citations. Connection file available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/pc/connections/Web of Science (ISI).enz. Download this connection file by Control+clicking on the link and choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As ... (in Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari)and dragging the connection file to the Connections folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. The connection will only work if you are on campus or using a telephone-modem connection. If you cannot use the connection file, make use of the filter instead (see 1. above).
SciFinder [Chem Abstracts]	In order to access SciFinder from your computer at home, you must download licensed client software, available only to UCD students, faculty and staff: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/pse/resources/guides/scifinder.php You must connect to the Internet using the Campus Modem Pool. You cannot use the proxy server or a private Internet service provider to connect to SciFinder from an off-campus computer. Once you have successfully downloaded and configured SciFinder, go to this website to learn how to download citations from SciFinder into EndNote: http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/tech/index.html#most_frequent
Social Science Citation Index [Web of Knowledge]	Save text file and use the ISI Web of Science filter, available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/pc/filters/Web_of_Science_(ISI).enf if not already loaded in your Filters folder. Download this file by Control+clicking on the link, choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As ... (in Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Either mark desired citations or go to the right-hand bar labeled Output Records: and specify which citations you wish to download. You can also click All Records on Page, but bear in mind that means only the ten citations showing on the current page. When ready to download, click Export to Reference Software. Citations will download, and EndNote will ask you to open the library into which you wish to insert the citations. Connection file available at ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/pc/connections/Web of Science (ISI).enz. Download this connection file by Control+clicking on the link and choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As ... (in Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari)and dragging the connection file to the Connections folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. The connection will only work if you are on campus or using a telephone-modem connection. If you cannot use the connection file, make use of the filter instead (see 1. above).
Sociological Abstracts [CSA]	Filter: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/Sociological_Abs_(CSA).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), then dragging to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a txt file.
TOXLINE [CSA]	Filter: ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/TOXLINE_(CSA).hqx Download this file onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari), then dragging to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions. In the database: Select references Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Under Show click on the pulldown menu and choose Full record. Choose appropriate format (Mac) and click on Save. Save file to local disk as a text file.
Web of Knowledge/Web of Science	See: Science Citation Index
Wildlife & Ecology Worldwide [NISC]	The Direct Export feature in Wildlife & Ecology Worldwide does not work with Macs. You must use a filter. Download this filter onto your desktop by Control+clicking it and choosing Download Link to Disk (in Internet Explorer), Save Link Target As (in Firefox, Netscape or Mozilla) or Download Linked File (in Safari): http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/wildlife.sea Install this filter in the Filters folder of your EndNote folder: Check boxes of citations you wish to download in an EndNote library you have created. Under Select Display Format at the top of the page, choose Marked Full Records. Click Export. In the next window, click EndNote. A tagged display will result; choose Save As save the search result as a text file somewhere on your hard drive. Open EndNote to the library you want to download your citations into. Go to the File menu and choose Import. Under File Name, click on the Choose File button and navigate on your hand drive to where your search result is saved. Under Import Options, click on the button, select Other Filters and navigate to the Filters folder of your EndNote folder, choosing Wildlife & Ecology Worldwide.
Zoological Record [CSA]	Filter: http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/zoological-record-csa.enf The filter that came with EndNote XI is defective and will not import anything other than journal articles (i.e. no books or book chapter citations will be imported). Delete the Zoological Record Plus (CSA) filter from the Filters folder of your EndNote program and substitute this edited filter by Control+clicking it, choosing Download Linked File (in Safari) or Save Link Target As ... (in Firefox or SeaMonkey), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. In the database: Select references. You can download all citations if you wish, but the limit in this database is 500. Click on Print/Save/Email Records button. Choose appropriate File format (PC) and click on Save. Open EndNote; choose File and Import. In the window that opens, under Import File Name select the file you just downloaded. Under Import Options: choose Other Filters ... and scroll to Zoological Record Plus (CSA). Click Import.