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RE: importing from a word document bibliography
Author: Wiedemann, Leanne    Posted: 30/07/2001 19:18:33 GDT
The only way to do this is described in the (Windows) Endnote help under "creating text files endnote can import". I will send it to you if you can't find it, but you need the document to have been very consistently created with enough punctuation to separate out its components. Leanne Wiedemann Stowers Institute for Medical Research 1000 E 50th St Kansas City, MO 64110 phone (816) 926-4052 FAX (816) 926-2009 -----Original Message----- From: craig lockwood Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 7:07 PM To: Subject: Re: endnote-interest-digest V1 #950 Hi, This may be a stupid question, but... Is there a way to import endnote bibliographies from a word document in to a new endnote library? with thanks, Craig.

Re: importing from a word document bibliography
Author: J Virginia Benjamin    Posted: 31/07/2001 18:24:56 GDT
Hello Craig Lockwood, If most of the items in the bibliography were written in scholarly journals in the last 25 years, you might consider searching each reference in one of the electronic databases that your university licenses on your behalf.. Current Contents/Web of Science, Agricola, ERIC, MLA, Medline, PsycInfo, whatever your discipline there are excellent databases if your references are fairly recent. These databases typically have filters that ship with Endnote which import your references effortlessly. Usually the first 3 to 4 words of an article title will locate the reference in a database..or you can key author's last name and first two words of title to get a match... Minimal keying should do the job.. Build your list of references and then import them in bundles of 50 or whatever you have time to accumulate.. The added Value that will attach to your Endnote records if you locate the references in a database will be the Keywords and, frequently, Abstracts which will import along with the bare-bones citation. After your new Endnote library grows to several thousand records or more, you'll be glad of Keywords and Abstracts as additional access points when searching for records on a topic.. Direct import from a word bibliography would limit matching in an Endnote search on words in the title or an author's name that you remember... Can you tell I'm having more "senior moments" these days, so I'm especially sensitive to maintaining as many avenues for retrieval as possible !! :) You alone can balance the skill needed to write a custom filter to import the word references into Endnote fields with the database search activity and decide where you want to put the effort. I'm merely suggesting you consider the long-term effect of your choice... If the references in the bibliography are older, or are publications such as scientific reports or other "grey-literature" that might not be well-indexed, then I think your best bet is your original thought to write a custom filter to import the word document. good luck, virginia Virginia Benjamin Faculty Liaison for Electronic Library Services University of Georgia Libraries Athens, GA. 30602 email: http://www.libs.uga.edu/liaison voice: 706-542-0683 fax: 706-542-4144 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:37:12 +0930 > From: craig lockwood > Subject: Re: endnote-interest-digest V1 #950 > > Hi, > > This may be a stupid question, but... > > Is there a way to import endnote bibliographies from a word document in to a > new endnote library? > > with thanks, > Craig. > > endnote-interest-digest wrote: >

Re: importing from a word document bibliography
Author: Muckerheide    Posted: 01/08/2001 05:44:55 GDT
>From: "J. Virginia Benjamin" Right. Note: Using just 1st author (^C) plus year, is quick and usually works well. Plus all authors vs. "et al." from a typical citation, plus some URLs for the ref, and author's affiliation/address (sometimes with author's email address). Jim Muckerheide =============== > Hello Craig Lockwood, > > If most of the items in the bibliography were written in scholarly journals in > the last 25 years, you might consider searching each reference in one of > the electronic databases that your university licenses on your behalf.. > Current Contents/Web of Science, Agricola, ERIC, MLA, Medline, > PsycInfo, whatever your discipline there are excellent databases if your > references are fairly recent. These databases typically have filters that ship > with Endnote which import your references effortlessly. > > Usually the first 3 to 4 words of an article title will locate the reference > in a > database..or you can key author's last name and first two words of title to > get a match... Minimal keying should do the job.. Build your list of > references and then import them in bundles of 50 or whatever you have time > to accumulate.. > > The added Value that will attach to your Endnote records if you locate the > references in a database will be the Keywords and, frequently, Abstracts > which will import along with the bare-bones citation. > > After your new Endnote library grows to several thousand records or more, > you'll be glad of Keywords and Abstracts as additional access points when > searching for records on a topic.. > > Direct import from a word bibliography would limit matching in an Endnote > search on words in the title or an author's name that you remember... Can > you tell I'm having more "senior moments" these days, so I'm especially > sensitive to maintaining as many avenues for retrieval as possible !! :) > > You alone can balance the skill needed to write a custom filter to import > the word references into Endnote fields with the database search activity > and decide where you want to put the effort. I'm merely suggesting you > consider the long-term effect of your choice... > > If the references in the bibliography are older, or are publications such as > scientific reports or other "grey-literature" that might not be well-indexed, > then I think your best bet is your original thought to write a custom filter > to > import the word document. > > good luck, > virginia > > Virginia Benjamin > Faculty Liaison for Electronic Library Services > University of Georgia Libraries > Athens, GA. 30602 > email: > http://www.libs.uga.edu/liaison > voice: 706-542-0683 > fax: 706-542-4144 > > > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:37:12 +0930 >> From: craig lockwood >> Subject: Re: endnote-interest-digest V1 #950 >> >> Hi, >> >> This may be a stupid question, but... >> >> Is there a way to import endnote bibliographies from a word document in to a >> new endnote library? >> >> with thanks, >> Craig. >> >> endnote-interest-digest wrote: >> >

Re: importing from a word document bibliography
Author: Maree Raftos    Posted: 06/08/2001 13:50:37 GDT
Hi Leanne, I'd appreciate this info' too. Am still using the trial version of Endnote (about to expire) and am writing my PhD. Have Bibliography/ Reference List in Word Document as does Craig. Thanks in advance, for any suggestions. Best wishes, Maree. Sydney, Australia.

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