Establishing the Connection
The first step to searching an online database is to connect to it. Once the connection has been made, you’re able to use EndNote’s Advanced Search panel to search the online database.
If you have connected to a particular database before or if you have selected a database as one of your favorites (see Adding Favorite Connection Files), it will appear in the Groups panel under Online Search. This saves you a few steps in the process of using the Online Search command.
To connect to an online database, do one of these:
- On the Groups panel, under Online Search, select the online database you want to search. That initiates the online connection.
- If the database you want to search is not listed under Online Search in the Groups panel, select Tools > Online Search, select the desired database, and click Choose to initiate the connection.
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Click the more… button in the Online Search group set, select the desired database, and click Choose to initiate the connection.
This Connection dialog is very similar to the Connection Manager described in The Connection Manager, but it does not provide the options to edit connection files or mark them as favorites. However, it does contain a Quick Search field that the Connection Manager does not. Here you can enter the name, or a portion of the name, of the file your are looking for, then press Enter to find files matching the text entered.
When a successful connection has been made, the Search panel opens with the online database selected for searching. You are now ready to begin searching the database.
The connection to the online database is maintained only until the search is completed and the matching references are retrieved; when the references are downloaded, you are automatically disconnected. Each time you initiate another search, EndNote reconnects.
Note: If you have difficulty establishing a connection, see Troubleshooting Connections.