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Filters and Connection Files for Databases at UC Davis (Windows)
- For Macintosh, see Filters and Connection Files for Databases at UC Davis (Macintosh)
- For instructions in how to connect to licensed databases from off campus using the campus proxy service or UC Davis modem pool, see Connect From Off Campus
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Add records to folder.
- Select records to transfer and choose Export.
- Choose radio button for Direct export to EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager and click Save.
- Follow automatic prompts to transfer records.
Agricola (SP)
Download Filter (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/cab-abstracts.enf)
The filter that came with your EndNote program will no longer work with Agricola (SP)'s Direct Export. Open the Filters folder of your EndNote program, delete the Agricola (SP) filter by dragging it to the trash, and download the new filter by right-clicking it and choosing Save Target As... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link As ... (in Netscape or Mozilla):
Firefox (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click floppy disk icon in upper right to save.
- Click Save to disk and OK to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote, File>Import.
- Choose downloaded file, select Agricola (Ovid) filter and transfer records.
- Mark records.
- Save to disk with disk icon.
- Select radio button for Export to ProCite, EndNote or Reference Manager.
- Click OK.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer records.
America History and Life (ABC-Clio)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Add records to folder.
- Open folder, select files, click Export.
- Select radio button for Direct Export to EndNote, ProCite, or Reference Manager and click Save.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer records.
Anthropology Plus (OCLC)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Do your search in the database. You can either click the leftside boxes of citations you want to download into Endnote or you can click the Mark All box at the bottom of the window, which selects all citations in the window.
- When done, click Export.
- Make sure that the citations you selected are selected for export; you can either export the last ten citations or all marked citations.
- Make sure the button marked Export to: EndNote is selected.
- EndNote will open, asking you to select the library you want to put the citations into. Navigate on your hard drive to where it is and click Open.
- The Choose an Import Filter window will open. Click the Find by button to the right and go to OCLC. Select the ArticleFirst (OCLC) filter. Click Choose.
Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop. For IE, click Save on window that launches.
- Go to File>Import.
- Choose file, select ASFA (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Art Full-Text (Wilson)
Download Filter (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/wilson-education.enf)
Download this filter by right-clicking the link, choosing Save Target As… (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As… (in Netscape or Mozilla), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions.
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click Exporting/Citing.
- Select radio buttons for records selected and for The EndNote Filter.
- Click Export.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary).
- Choose Wilson-education filter (Education) and transfer records.
Art Retrospective (Wilson)
Download Filter (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/wilson-education.enf)
Download this filter by right-clicking the link, choosing Save Target As… (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As… (in Netscape or Mozilla), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions.
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click Exporting/Citing.
- Select radio buttons for records selected and for The EndNote Filter.
- Click Export.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary).
- Choose Wilson-education filter (Education) and transfer records.
ArticleFirst (OCLC)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark desired citations.
- Click Export button.
- Click radio buttons for records selected and EndNote.
- Click on Export button.
- EndNote program will open and ask you to choose which Library to import the citations.
- Then you will be asked which filter to use. Select ArticleFirst (OCLC) filter.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Wilson)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click Export to EndNote, RefMan, ProCite link.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer records.
BIOSIS (ISI)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click Export to EndNote, RefMan, ProCite link at bottom of page.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer records.
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Select items.
- Click Export button.
- Select Radio button Direct Export to EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager and click Save.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer record.
CAB Abstracts (SP)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click disk icon.
- Select radio button for Export to EndNote, ProCite or Reference Manager.
- Click OK button and transfer records.
Conference Papers Index (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- Go to File>Import.
- Choose file, select Conf Papers Index (CSA) filter.
EconLit (SP)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Select radio button Save to disk.
- Click OK.
- In EndNote, go to File>Import.
- Select downloaded file and for Import Option choose EconLit (SP) filter.
Ei Compendex Plus (Ovid)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Select results.
- Click Download button.
- Select radio button for: RIS, EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer record. (For IE select Open on first window launched.)
EIS: Digests of Environmental Impact Statements (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save.
- Choose downloaded file, select EIS (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- Go to File>Import.
- Choose file, select Environmental Sci (CSA) filter and transfer records.
ERIC (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- Go to File>Import.
- Choose file, select ERIC (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Fish and Fisheries Worldwide (NISC)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Check boxes of citations you wish to download in an EndNote library you have created.
- Under Select Display Format at the top of the page, choose Marked Full Records.
- Click Export.
- In the next window, click EndNote.
- EndNote will open, asking you to choose the library you want to download citations into. Navigate on your hard drive to where you have saved your library. Citations will be downloaded. In IE, record will download to your computer. Open the record to continue the Direct Export process.
Food Science and Technology Abstracts (SP)
Firefox (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save icon.
- Select radio button Save to Disk.
- Click OK.
- In EndNote, File>Import.
- Select file, choose FSTA (SP) filter.
- Mark records.
- Select radio button for Export to ProCite, EndNote, Reference Manager.
- Click OK.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer record.
GeoRef (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- Go to File>Import.
- Choose file, select GeoRef (CSA) and transfer records.
Harvest
Firefox (Direct Export)- Direct download of Harvest records into EndNote does not work with Internet Explorer. You must use a Netscape Suite web browser (I.e., Firefox, Mozilla or Seamonkey).
- Do your search in Harvest; either select individual citations for download by checking the boxes to the left or select Select All above Title.
- Once you have selected desired citations, click Add to My E-Shelf.
- Click My E-Shelf on the upper right of the window.
- Click Select All above Title.
- Click Save/Mail.
- In the next window, under Records:, click the All (BASKET) radio button.
- Under Record format, go to Select Predefined Format: and click on the pulldown menu, selecting EndNote/RIS Tagged Output Format.
- Under Encoding:, click the radio button ISO 8859-.
- Scroll down and click Go.
- Another window will open, asking you with the radio button Open it with: to select a program to open the file. Click Choose… and navigate on your hard drive to the EndNote.exe program and select it by clicking Open and then OK. On most PCs the path is: C:\Program Files\EndNote X\EndNote.exe.
- EndNote will open, asking you to select which library you want citations downloaded into. Select your library and click OK.
- If you want UCD call numbers in your citations, bear in mind that call numbers will download into the Notes field, not the Call Number field. You must cut and paste call numbers into that field.
INSPEC (Ovid)
Firefox (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- In Results Manager, select Direct Export and Print Preview.
- File>Save Page As.
- In EndNote File>Import.
- Select file, choose INSPEC (Ovid) filter and transfer records.
- Mark records.
- In Results Manager, select Direct Export and Save.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer records.
JSTOR
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Below the citation you want to transfer, click on the link Export this Citation. Unfortunately, there is no way to export more than one citation at a time.
- On the window that comes up, among the export options, click on the link for EndNote.
- Follow the prompts to select your EndNote library and transfer the record.
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (CSA)
Download Filter (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/llba-csa.enf)
The filter that came with EndNote XI is defective and will import all search results as books. Delete the LLBA filter from the Filters folder of your EndNote program and substitute this edited filter by right clicking it, choosing Save Target As… (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As… (in Firefox or SeaMonkey), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program.
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- In the database: Select references. You can download all citations if you wish, but the limit in this database is 500.
- Click on Print/Save/Email Records button.
- Choose appropriate File format (PC) and click on Save.
- Open EndNote and choose File>Import.
- In the window that opens, under Import File Name select the file you just downloaded. Under Import Options: choose Other Filters… and scroll to LLBA (CSA). Click Import.
Due to irregularities in the way data is presented, you may still find information not landing in the proper fields, so review of downloads is recommended.
MELVYL
Download Filter (http://ftp://support.isiresearchsoft.com/pub/pc/filters/U_of_California.enf)
Download this filter by right-clicking the link, choosing Save Target As… (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As… (in Netscape or Mozilla), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program. See Using Connection Files and Filters in EndNote for further instructions.
Download Connection File (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/melvyl-new-circ.enz)
Download this file by right clicking the link and dragging the file to the Connections folder of your EndNote program. Go to the Tools menu and select Connect…, navigating on your hard drive to where the melvyl-new-circ.enz connection file is.
MLA (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote File>Import.
- Choose downloaded text file, select MLA (CSA) filter and transfer records.
NTIS (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote File>Import.
- Choose downloaded text file, select NTIS (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Oceanic Abstracts (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote File>Import.
- Choose downloaded file, select Oceanic Abs (CSA) filter and transfer records.
PAIS (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote File>Import.
- Choose downloaded file, select PAIS International (CSA) filter and transfer records.
PapersFirst (OCLC)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click Export.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer record. For IE click Open in window that launches.
- Choose filter PapersFirst (OCLC) and transfer records.
Philosopher's Index (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote File>Import.
- Choose downloaded file, select Philosopher's Index (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Proceedings (FirstSearch/OCLC)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click Export.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer record. For IE click Open in window that launches.
- Choose filter ProceedingsFirst (OCLC) and transfer records.
PsycINFO (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote File>Import.
- Choose downloaded file, select PsycINFO (CSA) filter and transfer records.
PubMed (NILM)
Firefox- Mark records.
- Under Display manue (above and left of results list) select MEDLINE.
- Under Send To menu select File
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) and select filter PubMed (NILM).
- Transfer records.
Readers' Guide Retrospective (Wilson)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Select records.
- Click Exporting/Citing.
- Check radio button for The EndNote Filter.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary). For IE, record will download to desktop. In EndNote, File>Import, then select record.
- Select filter Readers' Guide (SP) and transfer records.
RILM (NISC)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records
- Choose Output.
- Choose Export to Database.
- Choose EndNote.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary). For IE, click on downloaded file .enw to continue export process.
- Choose RILM (NISC) filter to transfer records.
Science Citation Index (ISI)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Choose Save to EndNote, RefMan, ProCite.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer records.
SciFinder (Chem Abstracts)
- In order to access SciFinder from your computer at home, you must download licensed client software, available only to UCD students, faculty, and staff.
- You must connect to the internet using the Campus Modem Pool. You cannot use the proxy server or a private Internet service provider to connect to SciFinder from an off-campus computer.
- Once you have successfully downloaded and configured SciFinder, go to this website (http://www.cas.org/support/academic/sf/tech/index.html#most_frequent) to learn how to download citations from SciFinder into EndNote.
Social Science Citation Index (ISI)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Click Save to EndNote, RefMan, ProCite button at bottom of page.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary) to transfer records.
Social Services Abstracts (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote file File>Import.
- Choose downloaded text file, select Sociological Abs (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Sociological Abstracts (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote file File>Import.
- Choose downloaded text file, select Sociological Abs (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Toxline (CSA)
Firefox/IE (Filter Import)- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote file File>Import.
- Choose downloaded text file, select Toxline (CSA) filter and transfer records.
Wildlife and Ecology Worldwide (NISC)
Firefox/IE (Direct Export)- Mark records.
- Choose Output.
- Choose Export to Database.
- Choose EndNote.
- Follow automatic prompts (select library as necessary). For IE, click on downloaded file .enw to continue export process.
- For IE, choose WildlifeEcologyStudies (Biblioline) filter to transfer records.
Zoological Record (CSA)
Download Filter (http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/instruc/research/endnote/files/zoological-record-csa.enf)
The filter that came with EndNote XI is defective and will not import anything other than journal articles (i.e. no books or book chapter citations will be imported). Delete the Zoological Record Plus (CSA) filter from the Filters folder of your EndNote program and substitute this edited filter by right clicking it, choosing Save Target As ... (in Internet Explorer) or Save Link Target As ... (in Firefox or SeaMonkey), and saving to the Filters folder of your EndNote program.
Firefox/IE- Mark records.
- Click Save, Print, Email.
- Select records to transfer and click Save to download file to desktop.
- In EndNote file File>Import.
- Choose downloaded text file, select Zoological Record Plus (CSA) filter and transfer records.


