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Instructions for exporting citations from OAIster WorldCat to EndNote


  1. Conduct your search.

  2. Citations must be exported one-at-a-time. Open an article to begin the export process then, from the upper menu, click Cite/Export.

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  4. In the Cite/Export pop-up screen, click Export to EndNote / Reference Manager under the Export a citation heading. The process should complete automatically.

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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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