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Importing records from PubMed

1. With the standard PubMed (NLM) filter

First save your results in PubMed.

  • Click on Send to - choose destination - File, Format - MEDLINE
  • Click on Create File
  • Save as a .txt file.
Then in EndNote import the saved results into a temporary EndNote library using the PubMed (NLM) filter. Check and copy to your main EndNote library.

2. Or with the alternative PubMedwithURL filter

If you want your EndNote records to include a link to the PubMed record's URL, use this alternative filter and make some global changes to records.

  • Download the PubMedwithURL filter from the import filters page to your EndNote filters folder.
  • Save your results in PubMed as above.
  • Using the PubMedwithURL filter, import your PubMed search result into a temporary EndNote library.
  • Make sure the temporary EndNote library contains only the imported PubMed records. The PubMed accession number appears in the URL field in these records. You will add a prefix to change it to a PubMed URL.
  • Use Change and Move Fields from the Tools menu.
    Choose In: URL as the field.
    Choose Insert before field's text.
    Copy into the text box the prefix URL:
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=
    Unmark Include a space after the new text - click OK.
  • Copy the records to your main library.