About Direct Export and Import Formats
What do we mean by "direct export" and "import formats"?
Direct Export: The information provider includes an option to save directly to EndNote. When you select this option, EndNote automatically looks for the appropriate filter in your EndNote Filters folder. You direct the references to the appropriate EndNote library. How well the information transfers depends on how accurately the information provider has tagged each item of bibliographic information.
Note: UTF-8 (Unicode) is the default character encoding for text, XML, and HTML export from the product. RTF uses ASCII encoding for ASCII characters and "code page escapes" to encode characters beyond ASCII.
Importing: When an information provider does not provide direct export to EndNote, the process of importing references becomes a little more complicated. You must save references from the information provider to a text file in a tagged format. Then, in EndNote, you must use the File > Import feature to select the tagged text file for import, choose the appropriate import filter, and then start the import process. See Importing Text Files for more information.
You also have another option for copying references into your EndNote libraries. See How to Search an Online Database for information about directly searching and downloading from various online databases.
| Copyright Issues and Fair Use of Downloaded Data |
| EndNote gives you the capability to import references downloaded from online databases into its libraries. Some producers of online reference databases expressly prohibit such use and storage of their data, others charge an extra fee for a license to use the data in this way. Before you download references from a database, be sure to carefully check the copyright and fair use notices for the database. Note that different databases may have varying restrictions, even from the same information provider. |