EndNote includes a special interface which allows users to connect to remote databases, such as Ovid MEDLINE and PubMed.
WARNING: The direct interface allows only rudimentary searching; it's good for searching by specific authors or to verify references for a manuscript. Don't rely on it for doing a comprehensive literature search; search PubMed or Ovid, and then import the results into EndNote (see How do I download citations from Ovid for use in EndNote?).
To search a database in EndNoteX8:
1) Click on the Online Search button or choose Online Search from the Tools menu.
2) Select the database from the list of connections.
3) Use the search box at the top of the EndNote library to search.
If you’re an EndNote power user, you may have created your own filters, styles, or connection files, or edited some of EndNote’s existing ones. In EndNote, instead of saving these files in the Program Files folder with the EndNote filters, styles, and connections built into the EndNote database, EndNote will store any of your custom creations in your personal folders. It’s a security measure designed to prevent updates to EndNote from overwriting any custom filters, styles, or connections you’ve made, plus a way for people without administrative privileges on their work computers to edit these files. The default storage places for Windows XP are:
C:\Documents and Settings\[LANID]\My Documents\EndNote\Styles
C:\Documents and Settings\[LANID]\My Documents\EndNote\Filters
C:\Documents and Settings\[LANID]\My Documents\EndNote\Connections
If you don’t want to have your changes stored there, you can go to Edit > Preferences > Folder Locations and choose a new spot. We suggest backing up any custom files you make as well.
Do you want to create a list of references with abstracts from your EndNote library? Follow these steps.
The Mayo Library provides full-text articles from our collection and through interlibrary loan. When you request articles, please provide the following information to ensure optimum delivery time. If the information is incomplete, this will delay retrieving and sending you the articles.
Example:
Rethlefsen ML, Aldrich AM. Environmental health citation patterns: mapping the literature 2008-2010. J Med Libr Assoc. 2013 Jan;101(1):47-54. PubMed PMID: 23405046
To order articles from your EndNote library, follow these steps to create an XML file: