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.

EndNote updates for this month!

Free! New and updated connection files and import filters, and output styles are provided for your convenience. Review the lists below for new and updated files created over the last 30 days based on the requests submitted to our development team.

You can download files individually or as a complete set. You may want to rename any files you have customized as the new versions will overwrite existing files. Once the file(s) is downloaded to your desktop, copy the file(s) to the appropriate folder in your EndNote program directory (usually located in Windows—C:\Program Files\EndNote or Mac OS X—Harddrive:Applications:EndNote).

New and Updated Output Styles
Select and download individual styles.
See the new APA 6th Output Style.
Download a complete set of EndNote styles for version 8 and up or versions 4-7.
Suggest a new style.

Read more about EndNote updates in this article.

EndNote with Snow Leopard 10.6 Compatibility coming up!

The makers of EndNote are also working to make EndNote compatible with the latest versions of Macintosh Operating Systems. Here's the full story:

With the release of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, we are currently working on completing testing with the final version of Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

We will continue to update this page with any issues found. Note that all Leopard compatibility notes (below) also apply to 10.6.

















Word 2008 and Printing

We have identified an issue where printing from Word 2008 and then quitting word with the EndNote tools loaded causes Word to crash. As the crash happens as Word is closing after all data has been saved, we do not anticipate any data loss due to this issue.

To avoid this crash, you can do the following after printing before quitting Word:

Go to the "Tools" menu, choose "Templates and Add-ins..."
Uncheck "EndNote CWYW Commands.dot" and "EndNote CWYW Word 2008.bundle."
Quit Word. When you restart, the EndNote tools should load again.

Pages, multi-byte, and Snow Leopard issue:
Apple has released an upgrade to Pages '09, included in the iWork 9.0.3 update that addresses compatibility issues users of 10.6 and EndNote and Pages had experienced.

From the 9.0.3 release notes:

"Fixes an issue with saving documents with EndNote citations containing multi-byte characters when using Mac OS 10.6"

Note: This fix may not correct all documents affected by this issue using Pages prior to the patch. You may need to restore from a backup copy of those documents if that is the case.

This update should be installed from the Apple menu, Software Updates before working with EndNote, Pages and 10.6. It is also available here.


Leopard 10.5 Compatibility News

EndNote X2 and later

EndNote X2 was designed after the release of Leopard, and it was designed to work with this operating system. There are no known compatibility issues affecting EndNote X2 and Mac OS X 10.5 at this point.

EndNote X1

There are no current compatibility issues with EndNote X1 and Leopard with the 10.5.2 and later versions of Leopard.

EndNote X

There are no known compatibility issues affecting EndNote X at this point.

EndNote 9

Due to major compatibility issues, it is not recommend to run EndNote 9 or earlier on OS X 10.5. It is not possible to use the "Connect" option reliably.

EndNote 9 will not import text files formatted in many standard direct export formats.
There are no workarounds for these issues.

EndNote 9 and earlier versions will not be updated for Leopard compatibility.

EndNote 8 and earlier

EndNote versions prior to version 9 were no longer supported at the time of the OS X 10.5 release. Our current list of supported versions is here.

We will not test or support running these older versions with OS X 10.5.

Note that the issues reported above for EndNote 9 may affect older versions of EndNote as well.

Previous compatibility reports can be found here:

- Tiger 10.4
- Panther 10.3
- Intel processor transition

EndNote is also being optimized for Microsofts latest Operating System, read more about Optimizing EndNote for Windows 7.

EndNote working on Windows 7 Compatibility!

The makers of EndNote are currently working on making EndNote X3 compatible for Microsofts latest Operating System, Windows 7. Here's what they say about it:

Windows 7 notes for all versions of EndNote:
With the release of Windows 7, we are currently working on completing testing with the final version of Windows 7. During informal testing with earlier builds of Windows 7, no major compatibility issues beyond the currently known Vista issues were found.

We will continue to give updates on this page as testing progresses.

Note that any instructions or tutorial steps for EndNote referencing Vista can be used with Windows 7.












Microsoft Windows Vista Compatibility

General Vista notes for all versions of EndNote:
In Vista with default user settings with EndNote versions prior to X2, you can not change files in the default Styles, Connections, and Filters folders. Click here for steps to resolve this problem.

Standard user settings in Vista do not make it possible to make any changes within the Program Files folders of your computer. EndNote libraries saved within the Program Files/EndNote folder will be saved in a hidden location on your computer. We recommend saving all libraries in your Documents folder.

EndNote for Palm is not compatible with Palm desktop 6.2, which is the version most Palm devices use with Vista.

EndNote X1 and later

EndNote X1 and later are compatible with Windows Vista.

EndNote X and earlier versions

Based on our tests with EndNote versions 8.0.2, 9.0.1, and X.0.2, we have identified the following compatibility issues between EndNote and Microsoft Windows Vista. It is possible to install and run these versions of EndNote without Vista-specific compatibility issues with the exceptions listed below. EndNote versions prior to 8.0.2 have not been tested for compatibility as these older versions are no longer supported. Earlier EndNote versions may be upgraded for continued compatibility.

If you encounter a technical problem and you are running Windows Vista, please report it to technical support. We will do our best to resolve the issue or find an acceptable workaround. We will post information about any known Vista compatibility issues here.

Known Windows Vista Compatibility Issues

1. The location of the Word Startup folder is different on a Vista PC than previous versions of Windows, so the Cite While You Write (CWYW) tools may need to be manually installed. Click here for instructions.

2. On a Vista PC, in Word, if you click on the EndNote X CWYW Preferences button in the EndNote X toolbar, a "The parameter is incorrect" error appears, making it impossible to change CWYW Preferences.

Please note that this error is expected only for the CWYW Preferences button. If you get this error with the other CWYW commands, first try using the tools in a blank, new document. If you have the same error, follow this FAQ to delete your EndNote preferences, which should resolve the problem. If the problem is specific to one or more documents, please follow this FAQ to clean up the field codes in your problematic documents.

3. Direct Export will not work if you choose to send the records to a currently opened library. The exception to this is that if you had opened a given library by using Direct Export and selecting that library, you can continue to send references to that library with subsequent Direct Exports in the current library session.

4. After installing EndNote, be sure to reboot your computer to avoid errors when running EndNote for the first time.

5. Be sure to update to the latest patch available for your version of EndNote, which can be found here.

EndNote is also being optimized for the latest Macintosh Operating System, read more about Optimizing EndNote for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

APA 6th Edition Style is out!

The EndNote® APA 6th Style is now available. The updated style is dependent on an accompanying change to the reference type matrix. Both files are provided in the download package along with installation instructions.

If you are citing a reference type that is not included in EndNote, you should consult the APA manual. You may need to add or modify your own reference types to be compatible with the updated reference type matrix provided in the download package. See APA 6th Reference Types for details.

Download the APA 6th style package.

Reference Types

The updated style is dependent on reference type changes. For more information on updating your EndNote reference types, please see the instructions.

Learn more about EndNote Web!

EndNote X3 now also includes a free EndNote Web account making it possible to view and edit your references from anywhere on the world as long as you have an internet connection. Here you will learn what EndNote Web can do for you.

From the makers of EndNote




Your Web-based research and writing tool

EndNote Web is a Web-based service designed to help students and researchers through the process of writing a research paper.

•Undergraduate students can organize their references for citing in papers

•Professional researchers and graduate students can use EndNote Web as the perfect complement to EndNote and other desktop writing tools, as well as storing references between ISI Web of Knowledge search sessions

Compare EndNote and EndNote Web

Whether at the library or elsewhere, EndNote Web lets you:

• Search ISI Web of Knowledge, PubMed and hundreds of library OPACs directly
• Import references from hundreds of online bibliographic databases and organize a library of references in many languages (see notes on Unicode compatibility)
• Access functions quickly with the easy-to-use interface
• Customize lists of online search connections, import filters and bibliographic styles—or create and upload new ones—as an EndNote Web Administrator
• Store up to 10,000 records per EndNote Web account
• Track references in multiple groups
• Simplify collaboration with colleagues—share EndNote Web groups, designating each collaborator as edit or read only
• Edit references—add notes, keywords and more
• Use over 3,300 publishing styles to format in-text citations and bibliographies
• View up to 50 references per page
• Link to full-text articles for journals available in ISI Web of Knowledge
• Cite While You Write™ in Microsoft Word (requires plug-in) to insert references and format papers instantly
• Format papers in other word processors using RTF (rich text format) files
• Use EndNote Web toolbars in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla® to access your reference library in one click, and capture citation data easily (requires plug-in)
• Easily transfer references to and from EndNote (EndNote X.0.2 and up). Export/import to previous versions.
• Create lists of "favorites" for online connection files, import filters and publishing styles

An annual subscription to EndNote Web provides a cost-effective sitewide solution that maximizes the value of online content. Subscriptions include upgrades at no additional charge.

ISI Web of Knowledge, EndNote, and EndNote Web are designed to work seamlessly together and streamline your research:

• ISI Web of Knowledge users can send one or more references to their EndNote Web library in one step—just as they do with EndNote
• ISI Web of Knowledge identifies references stored in EndNote Web for future searches
• EndNote Web presents users with links to Times Cited, Related Records® and the full record for one-click access to the latest information on a reference article
• EndNote Web transfers references directly to EndNote on the desktop
• Papers can be cited using both EndNote and EndNote Web, enhancing collaboration among colleagues

How to use EndNote!

Here's a great tutorial on how to use EndNote with online databases:

Get the tutorial here!


About EndNote:
Millions of researchers, scholarly writers, students, and librarians use EndNote to search online bibliographic databases, organize their references, images and PDFs in any language, and create bibliographies and figure lists instantly. Instead of spending hours typing bibliographies or using index cards to organize their references, they do it the easy way - by using EndNote! And EndNote Web is now included with EndNote so that you can collaborate with others easily and use your references any time anywhere.