Getting EndNote files from the new PubMed!

Those of you that use PubMed in connection with EndNote may have noticed that the PubMed website has changed a little bit recently. To make sure that you are still comfortable with using EndNote and PubMed, I'll give you step by step instructions on how to get the references from PubMed into your EndNote library:

1. Start by going to the PubMed website, http://www.pubmed.gov/
2. Perform your search for references (either normal or advanced search)

3. Now select the references that you would like to import into EndNote by clicking the check boxes.

4. Click the "Send to:" link at the top right corner of the window.

5. From the "Send to" menu, choose file.

6. From the drop-down list 'Format' choose the option "Medline".

7. Click "Create File" and save the file to a location of your choosing.

(you may have to turn off your browsers 'pop-up blocking' to see the save file message)

You have now exported a file from the PubMed database to a location on your computer. Now to correctly import this file into EndNote, take the following steps:

8. Open the EndNote program.

9. Go to the File menu and choose Import.

10. Click Choose File... to find the pubmed_results.txt file on your computer.

11. From the Import Option list choose PubMed (NLM). If you do not see PubMed in the list, choose Other Filters and browse to PubMed (NLM).

12. Click import to import the reference(s) into your EndNote library.

Now you can continue your research in the way you were used to, by getting references from PubMed into EndNote. You can of course still connect to the PubMed database and search for references from within EndNote and EndNote Web. That process has not changed and it is still a quick and easy way of getting references into your EndNote library.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or leave a message on this Blog!

To check out more EndNote Updates, click here.

And to learn more about EndNote X3, read this article.