Endnote

EndNote @ CSU - Transfer records from ProCite to EndNote

The process of transfering records from ProCite 5 to EndNote involves:

Saving records from a ProCite database as a text file using a modified ProCite output style RIS-EndNote CSU.pos
Importing the resulting text file into EndNote using a modified EndNote filter ProCite RIS CSU. enf

The success of this process will depend in part on the format, quality and standard of the records in the original ProCite database. The Faculty Liaison Librarians and the contacts listed below may also be able to assist users to modify the ProCite output style / EndNote filter used to transfer records.

The required files can be downloaded and saved as follows:

RIS-EndNote_CSU.pos download and save to ..\Procite5 Network\Styles\Standard
ProCite_RIS_CSU. enf download and save to ..\EndNote X1\Filters

Procedure

ProCite

Open ProCite database
Select the All Records tab
Select File and then Print Bibliography
Select Show: All records in List
Select Output Style: RIS-EndNote CSU
Click on Configure button, select the Fields tab, and check all Optional Fields
Click OK
Click on Save button, and save as a text (.txt) file

Open EndNote
Open or create an EndNote library
Select File and then Import
Click on Choose File ... button, select the text (.txt) file you saved from ProCite and click on Open
Select Import Option: Other Filters...
Select ProCite RIS CSU
Click on Choose
Click on Import

ProCite records for some types of material (workforms), eg. email, manuscript, map and motion picture, do not match corresponding EndNote templates, and will be transferred to the Generic template in EndNote. These records may need to be manually edited.

Corprate authors are identified in ProCite using an = sign as a prefix, eg. =Department of Agriculture. This prefix is not required in EndNote, and is not included in the transfer of data. A corporate author such as the Department of Agriculture will appear in the resulting EndNote library as a personal author, ie. Department, of Agriculture. Corporate authors in EndNote are entered with a comma at the end of the name, eg. Department of Agriculture,. You can choose to either (a) edit corporate authors that appear in your ProCite database, including a comma at the end of the name, or (b) edit the corporate authors as you find them in the resulting EndNote library.