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Instructions for exporting citations from Database databases to EndNote


A sample search gives an overview of how to export to EndNote from some Gale databases including Eighteenth Century Collections, GreenR and Literature Resource Center.


  1. Conduct your search.

  2. Check the boxes to the left of the articles for which you plan to export citations, then click Marked Items from the top menu.

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  3. In the Marked Items screen, click the Citation icon, which appears as a gray box with the letters Ci, although it is not always in the upper right-hand corner as illustrated below.

    4. A close-up of the citation icon
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  4. In the Generate a Citation screen, select EndNote under the option Export to third party software, then click Export to complete the process.


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    Some browsers may ask you to choose a helper application.

    - Check Open with then click Browse.

    - This will open a second box (the Choose Helper Application box). Select EndNote.

    - Click OK to both boxes when finished.

    - You can also check Do this automatically for files like this from now on, to save time in the future.

    If citations fail to export, also check for pop-up blockers (which may appear as a banner notice along the top or bottom of your screen). Citation also will not export if you have a reference open in EndNote. (To be sure you do not have a reference open, in EndNote, click on All References.)














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