Database guide: Factiva
Saving and importing records
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You cannot export records directly from this database into EndNote. Save your Factiva references and then import the records separately into EndNote. Editing of the imported records is required
- The University of Queensland Library have produced an Import Filter for use with Factiva which you can download. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/endnote/filters.html#F (Please note: that since the Factiva site was enhanced on 4 August 2008 the filter does not seem to work as well as it did previously)
- You must insert the filter file in the correct folder of the EndNote program. Typically this will be C:\Program Files\EndNote...\Filters . If you do not insert the filter correctly you will not be able to access it from the Import Manager when using EndNote. (See notes on UQ site for Vista Users: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/endnote/vista_filters.html )
- Use Internet Explorer for searching and downloading records from Factiva. Records downloaded using Firefox will be in a format that cannot be imported with the Factiva filter.
- When results are displayed, mark the references which you wish to download.
- Choose View as Full Article/Report plus Indexing.
- Then click on the icon which looks like a computer diskette and select Article format. This will format the records for saving.
- When the formatted references are displayed, use your browser's "Save As" function to save the references. You must save them as a Text File (*.txt) . Remember where you save the file.
- Open your EndNote Library
- From the File menu select Import
- Click on Choose File and locate your file of downloaded Factiva records
- From Import Option list select Other Filters
- Click on FIND > Find by name > Name contains: Factiva.
- Click on Choose
- Click on Import
- Records will be downloaded into an interim window of your Library
- Check the imported references to ensure that data has been inserted into the correct fields and that capitalisation is correct for your bibliographic style