Database guide: OVID
The University of Auckland has modified a number of OVID filters for use with EndNote X. [August 2007] These can be downloaded for use at:
- http://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/endnote/endnotedownloads.htm
- ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/mac/filters/ [for MAC users]
- ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/pc/filters [for PC users]
Direct Export
- Conduct your search and mark records
- Go to Results Manager.
- Under Fields select Complete Reference
- Under Results Format select Direct Export.
- Click on Save and this will open your EndNote Program
- From here select the EndNote library you wish to import your selected database records.
- From References menu, select show all to amalgamate references into your library.
Note: if a window appears, you will need to select the filter for the database eg if you are downloading records from Medline, select the Medline(OVID) filter.
Saving & importing records
- Conduct your search
- Mark records for downloading
- Go to Results Manager. (Scroll to the end of the screen)
- Under Fields select Complete Reference
- Under Results format, select Reprint/Medlars
- Click on Save
- Select Windows Style Linefeeds (FOR PC) or Select Macintosh Style Linefeeds (MAC)
Note: Do not select Include Search Strategy - Click Continue
- Save the file to a folder of your choice
- Name file so that you will recognise it and click Save
- Open your EndNote Library
- Select import from the File menu
- Click on Choose file and select file of downloaded records
- Click on Import Option
- Select other filters
- Click on Find
- Select OVID, then select filter for the database
- Click on Import
- From References menu, select show all to amalgamate references into your library.
- Note: if downloading records from a multiple file search any of the OVID filters, eg. MedlineOVID any of the OVID filters will work.
Note: EndNote does not come with a filter for Iconda. Download the filter here:
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/endnote/filters.html#filter
Medline note
The journal titles in Medline are abbreviated, therefore they import/export into Endnote in abbreviated form. The Medline/PubMed databases use the Index Medicus abbreviations assigned by the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM), and are sometimes known as the “NLM abbreviations" or “Medline abbreviations".
EndNote can cope with the problem of journal abbreviations by means of its term lists. It is possible to import ready-made term lists into your EndNote library. The University of Queensland Library has produced a medical journals term list which is based on a list of 9,000 journals prepared by the makers of the EndNote software, augmented by a further 500 titles which have begun publication in recent years:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/faqs/endnote/medical_journal_titles_6.html