…export Ovid citations into EndNote for the Mac?

Answer

Use Ovid’s Results Manager to export Ovid search results directly into EndNote bibliographic database software.

Introduction

Start with an Ovid search, then export directly into EndNote for the Mac.

Step-By-Step

  1. On the Library’s Home page, locate the Core Resources heading in the middle of the page, then click MEDLINE (Ovid).
  2. Under the Current Medline Files heading, click MEDLINE (1996-present).
  3. In the Ovid MEDLINE screen, perform your search. Click Display to see your search results.
    For more information on conducting Medline searches, the Library has live and online educational classes and tutorials for Searching MEDLINE Using the Ovid Web Gateway.
  4. Select each listed item you want to export to your bibliographic database by clicking its checkbox. Click the Results Manager or scroll to the bottom of the search display screen to view the Results Manager options.

    The Results Manager has four sections:
    • Results: Specify which citations you’d like to download.


    • Fields: The default fields are the citation and abstract fields. If you’d like to use the MeSH headings as your EndNote keywords, select Citation+Abstract+ Subject Headings.


    • Result Format :

      • Direct Export. Use this option if you’d like to directly export the citations into EndNote. EndNote must be installed on the same computer on which you are searching.

      Reprint/Medlars. Choose this format when you are using older software that does not support Direct Export or you are using a computer that doesn’t have EndNote installed.

    • Actions :

      Click Save.

    • When you choose Direct Export and have EndNote installed on the computer where you did the search, select Export results to Endnote, Procite, or Reference Manager when prompted, then click Continue.
  5. From this point, there are different instructions depending on which web browser you are using – Firefox (recommended) or Safari.

    Using FireFox
    • After you have completed your Ovid search and chosen to save to Direct Export to EndNote in the Results Manager, the first time you import from Ovid, Firefox opens an Opening ovidweb.cgi dialogue box:
    • Click the Choose button, then select the EndNote application Endnote Icon Click Open.
    • Check the box "Do this automatically for files like this from now on" so you won’t be asked this again. After setting this dialogue box, Ovid will open all subsequent .cgi files with EndNote. Click OK. If a download window opens, close it.



    • EndNote will launch automatically. Locate the EndNote “library”(EndNote’s term for a database) you want to import to and click Open. If you don’t already have a library, create one by selecting New from the File menu. EndNote will import the citations automatically into your library. You will be presented with only the citations that you just imported.
    • To see all of the citations in your library, from EndNote’s References menu, select Show All References.


    Mac - Using Safari
    • To import the citations into EndNote exported from Safari, open EndNote.
    • Open or create a library into which you wish to import your citations.
    • Select the file ovidweb.cgi as the file to import, then from the File menu, select Import...
    • Select MEDLINE (OVID).enf in the Import Options scrolling list, then click Import.



    • If MEDLINE (OVID).enf does not appear as one of the options, select Other Filters... from theImport Options scrolling list. A Choose a Filter dialogue box will open. From the list of filters, select MEDLINE (OVID).enf, click Choose, then click Import.



    • You will then be presented with only the citations you have just imported into EndNote library.
    • To see all of the citations in your library, from EndNote’s References menu select, Show All References.

Resources

Help

For additional information about importing downloaded citations from Ovid into EndNote, contact the Reference Desk at 434-924-5591 or cmhslref@gmail.com.