Exporting Citations from the Catalog

1. Once you have found an item you'd like to export to EndNote, go to the Save or Cite section and choose Export RIS.

2. Under Encoding, select UTF-8 and select Download. 

3. The .RIS file will appear in your Downloads folder (depending on your browser settings,)

4. Click on the RIS file and the citation file will appear under Imported References. 

Adding citations to EndNote Web (EndNote Online)

EndNote Web (EndNote Online) can be useful if you don't have access to the desktop version of EndNote. You can take advantage of the Sync feature to keep your citations up-to-date

To add citations to EndNote Online via the catalog:

1. Under Save or Cite, click on EndNote Online

2. You will be prompted to sign in to your EndNote Web account.
3. Enter your username and password. This should be different from your Loyola login credentials.

4. On the next screen, you will see the import results from the library catalog.
   
5. Click on My References to view the newly-imported reference. 
   

To export from an EBSCO database such as Academic Search Complete: 

1. Once you have found an article to export, look for the Export  option on the right hand side of the screen.  On some pages it may just appear as a piece of paper with a green arrow.

2. On the next screen, make sure you choose the RIS format compatible with EndNote.  Then click "Save".

3. A dialog box will pop up asking what you want to do with the file, depending on your browser settings. Otherwise, you can click on the downloaded RIS file to import the file into EndNote. 

4. After the dialog box closes, check EndNote to be sure the reference was imported.

To export from a ProQuest database such as Global Newsstream: 

1. Once you have found an item to export, click the Cite button.

2. On the next screen, make sure you choose the RIS format, compatible with EndNote.

3. The ProQuest Export/Save dialogue box will open. Leave the RIS option selected and click Continue.

4. A dialog box will pop up asking what you want to do with the file.  This may look different in different browsers. 

5. After the dialog box closes, check EndNote to be sure the reference was imported.