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EndNote (Desktop Version): Google Scholar

Video: Direct Export from Google Scholar

This 3-minute tutorial demonstrates how to export citations from Google Scholar.

Click the play button in the video image below. Then, click in the bottom right corner to view in full screen.

Export from Google Scholar

If you have not already done so, you will need to set a preference in Google Scholar (under Settings) to allow you to export citations to EndNote. Please note that, unfortunately, Google Scholar only allows you to export one citation at a time.

1) Go to Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/) and click on Settings.

Shows Google Scholar Settings link

2)  In the Bibliography Manager section at the bottom of the page, select Show links to import citations into and in the drop-down menu select EndNote. Then click Save.

Shows Bibliography Manager setting

3) Run a search and then click the Import into EndNote link below a citation.

4) The next screen will vary depending on your browser, but if prompted to open or save the file, choose Open or Open with. If you’re asked what program to use to open the file, select ResearchSoft Direct Export Helper or EndNote X7. Chrome users will need to click the arrow next to the file on the bottom of the browser window and select Open.

Firefox:

Shows how to open file in Firefox

Chrome:

Shows how to open file in Chrome

You should then see the citation in your EndNote library.

Tip: Sometimes references imported from Google Scholar lack key pieces of information, like volume or issue number or page numbers. If you notice this problem, try using the Find Reference Updates feature to fill in information gaps.

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