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EndNote 20

This guide provides basic information on using EndNote Desktop (citation management tool)
Search Directly from Within EndNote 20


The Library of Congress catalog as well as CINHAL (EBSCO), PubMed, Project Muse, Web of Science and other databases can be searched using Online Search within EndNote.

  1. In the Group panel, go to ONLINE SEARCH and select the database you want to search e.g. PubMed (NLM)
  2. Type your search terms in the search boxes. You are recommended to search by title in order to increase the likelihood to get a matching item.
  3. On the top of the Result panel, you can increase to number of records displayed on the page.  
  4. In the Result panel, select the records you want to export. 
  5. Click the plus button (+) to add the selected records to your EndNote library.


N. B. You may also right click on selected records and select Add References to Create Custom Group ...