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Instructions for exporting citations from Google Scholar to EndNote

  1. Before conducting your first search, click Settings in the upper right-hand corner of the Google Scholar home screen (access Google Scholar while signed in to the library for better search results).

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  2. Scroll to the bottom of the Scholar Settings screen and, under the Bibliography manager heading, use the drop-down menu to select EndNote in the Show links to import citations into field (illustrated below), then click Save.

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  3. Now conduct your search.

  4. Google Scholar will only export one citation at a time. Complete the export by simply clicking Import into EndNote from the blue options under each listing.


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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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