Using Citation Manager

Using Citation Manager

We provide a simple and direct method of acquiring article citations in the Medlars format compatible with import into personal bibliographic management software such as RefWorks, EndNote, Reference Manager, or ProCite.

To export citations with Abstracts for any article to a citation manager program, the following steps are suggested:

  1. View the abstract or Full Text article of interest 
  2. Click the [Download to Citation Manager] link above the article title.
  3. When the tagged version of the citation is displayed, scroll until the 'Save' button can be seen.
  4. Select your preferred format (Macintosh, PC or Unix) from the 'Save' menu and click the Save button.
  5. Select the directory you wish to save the file in and give the file a unique name.
  6. Follow the instructions that came with your citation manager to import the reference into your personal bibliographic database

If your citation manager does not support import of Medlars format, you may still use the Download function. After saving the citation to your local disk, open the citation file and manually copy/paste the information in the file into the appropriate fields in your personal bibliographic database.

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