Important: to save yourself a lot of manual work, go to Edit > Preferences > PDF Handling. Adding a PDF from your computer to EndNote without an existing EndNote reference It 's recommended to connect the PDF right after downloading it.Ģ. Tip: to find a PDF easier on your computer: save it on author name + year Browse to the document and connect it to the reference. Click on the button Attach file in the screen on the right Connect a PDF filed on your computer to an existing reference in EndNote: Tip 5: If an article is not available at all, you can try to obtain a copy from the Inter Library Loans service, visit another library or contact the author of the article.ġ. The extension is available for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera and Safari. Do you prefer a different browser? Install the UBVU Off-Campus Access bookmark. Tip 4: The Lean Library tool is a browser extension that searches for articles that the University Library has a subscription to or searches for an open access version of the article. You can now add the PDF manually to your reference. Yes: click on the link and save the PDF.Is there a link behind the article reference? Paste the title into the search field of Google Scholar with CTRL-V and add author name.Copy the title (make selection and press CTRL-C), memorize at least one author.Click on one of the not found references and look at the reference fields in the Preview screen.Tip 3: if you could not find a link through the Open URL-option in EndNote, try the following steps: Tip 2: If you have found an article in a literature database such as PubMed, try to find the VU link leading you to another database and see if you can get access to the article. Sometimes, if a DOI or URL is added after the update, a full text can be found. Tip 1: check if the references that did not provide a full text, can be updated (Right-click or go to the Top bar > References > Find reference updates). Document is hidden from the public (classified material).The publication is not full text available.Some publishers prevent Endnote to import the full text.The Library does not have a subscription on the journal or book.To solve this: follow the steps from the tab EndNote Preferences or use the Lean library tool It can happen that you can not find a PDF to your imported references.

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