EndNote Desktop 20

Each time you export references from a search tool, the newly imported references will appear in the "Recently Added" folder within your EndNote Desktop library.

• Ensure your EndNote Library is open
• Go to the library's website, and log in to your library account
• After logging in to your account, click on "Library Catalog", type they keywords of your topic and click on "Search"

• Choose the reference you want to export to your EndNote library

• Click on "Save Record"

• Then click on "View Saved"

• Click on "Export Saved"

• Select Format of List > EndNote, and Send List To > Local Desk
• Click on "Submit". You will see a file is being downloaded; save it to your computer.

• Go to your EndNote Library and select File > Import > File

• Upload the file you saved to your computer, select "EndNote Import" then click on "Import"

• Ensure your EndNote Library is open
• Go to a database of your choice, ProQuest as an example, and conduct a search on your topic
• Select the references you want to export to your EndNote library
• Click on  at the top

• Select "EndNote" from the Citation Export options. Different databases have different names for this exporting function, e.g. Send to; Export citation(s); Export; Export/Save; Save; Save to; EndNote [button]

• Select the options shown below, check the box of reCAPTHCA, then click on "Continue"

• Ensure your EndNote Library is open
• Go to Google Scholar and conduct a search on your topic
• Choose a reference you want to export to your EndNote Library, and click on "Cite"

• Click on "EndNote"

The Online Search option allows you to directly import references from databases/catalogues within the EndNote program. 

• Open your EndNote Library
• In the left side menu pane, you will see few databases under the "Online Search" option
• If the database you wish to search is displayed, click on it and type they keywords of your topic

• Select the references you wish to add to your EndNote library, then click on 

• To add other databases/catalogues, click on "More" at the bottom of the online search option
• Select from a list of databases/catalogues then click on "Choose"