Monday, May 15, 2006

Import of Google Scholar Records into EndNote


Users of Google Scholar often ask if it is possible to capture bibliographic records into EndNote - happily this functionality has now been added. From Google Scholar open Scholar Preferences and set the Bibliography Manager to Show links to import citations into EndNote. Save the preferences and then each time you search on Google Scholar most of the records will show an Import into EndNote link. Click on this and you will be prompted for the EndNote Library to save the record into.

You should be aware that quality control on Google Scholar is not always as good as on paid-for databases. Imported references do not include abstracts or keywords and journal titles may be abbreviated. In any case you should generally (always?) repeat your Google Scholar search on a formal database like Web of Science - Google Scholar does not include references from some major publishers like Elsevier.

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