ABI ProQuest Filter

Re: ABI ProQuest Filter
Author: Mingfang Li    Posted: 02/02/2001 02:15:02 GMT
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 wrote: > Mingfang, > The only easy way to import records from ABI ProQuest into EndNote is to > save them in the "Export" format and choose the format that is compatible > with EndNote and ProCite. Unfortunately, this format does not provide the Linda, Thanks for the kind pointers. Clearly I have no other options other than emailing those records back to me. > abstract and only provides the start page of the article and not the end > page. But it was very easy to create a filter for this format, and it is > attached. (The file is called "UAABI(ProQuest).enf to reflect the name of > my institution, but feel free to rename it anything that would be useful.) Thanks for sharing the filter. Apparently the filter was not attached to the message you sent to the mailing list. It would be nice if you can email to me directly. > > The format you provided (which is the format you get by choosing "Email > Articles" does not have tags on certain of the fields, e.g. the title, > journal name and date fields, and this makes if difficult (impossible?) to You are right. I may have to add a few tags of my own for those fields - title, journal, and date. > create a filter that will import the records cleanly unless you manually add > tags to the field where they are missing. In addition, when you email the > articles, each article is sent in a separate email which will require you to > save each email as a separate text-file and then import each record > separately. As you can imagine, this would end up being a very time > consuming exercise! If someone else has been able to create a filter that > deals with the emailed format in an efficient manner, I'd be very happy to > hear about it. With the email program I use on my system - Eudora - the messages are stored in one text file (plus another index file). I can actually select the records I need, create a new mailbox, and move all those records there. Later I can use a text editor to view all the records, and feed the whole file to Endnote if I want to. And I believe each record will begin with some predefined fields such as from: ..., BTW, the Proquest ABI records do come with abstracts (I deleted most of it from the email I sent to the list.). > > So.... The bottomline is that the most efficient way to deal with ABI > ProQuest records is to save them in the Export/EndNote-ProCite format and > then cut and paste abstracts and end-pages from the database if they are > required. Seems I will have to settle for the second best. I have been experimenting with the filter myself, and have had some pretty good progress too. Would love to see yours so I can learn more. Kindest regards. Mingfang > > Linda Slater > John W. Scott Health Sciences Library > University of Alberta > Edmonton, AB T6G 2R7 > Tel: 780-492-7948 > Fax: 780-492-6960 > Email: > > >------------------------------ > > > >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 10:55:56 -0800 > >From: Mingfang Li > >Subject: Filter for ABInform via Proquest? > > > >Hello, > > > >I wonder if a filter has been created for ABInform records > >from Proquest. I > >will not be able to use Z39.50 protocal, and usually would > >search various > >references, and email back to myself those that I need. An > >example is as > >follows. It will be great if a filter for this is available. > > - > >

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