I am using Endnote from long time ago, so many of the references I have do not include the DOI. Some journals ask now for including this information in the reference list.
By now, I open each reference (one by one) and add this information manually, which I have found previuosly by internet. This is too much laboriuos and time consuming.
Is there any way to update my references with this information (faster and easier than the way I am using now)?
I am using Endnote X6
Thanks
You can try using the Find Reference Update command found under the References menu in EndNote.
You can find out more information about this feature on our website:
I don’t remember when the update option came to be in Endnote. It may have been a X7 addition, but if there, it should come up when you right click in a record in the library display (as Tony M described).
Thank you.
I have tried it and it works for some references, but not for others.
I have find the both cases: some references (in fact, many) in my endnote reference list had already the DOI, but it did not appear in the updated reference found by EndNote, and I could not include DOI in some references, because it did not appear in the updated reference. I have checked if they correspond to old publications or less common journals, but these are not the case.
Anyway, this solution is faster than that I used, although I have to check reference by reference for accepting updates and click the save and continue button every time.
Thank again
Pilar
I just use the update empty fields and say do the same to the rest.
DOI is the only method that I can use??
Having the pubmed ID in the accession number field also works. I haven’t explored other fields and combinations.
So your existing records don’t contain the DOI in the DOI field? hence they aren’t appearing when your style has the field DOI specified? Have you tried selecting those references you are using in your publication and running the update feature, to see if they can be found? Yes, Endnote 21 has this option select the records in the library window and right click - and the update option is in the list – I ran it on one of your citations.
Could you please share with me the settings at the “template” level of the “Bibliography” that allow the DOI to be displayed? In my case, inserting the DOI field in either the “Electronic Article” or “Journal Article” entry does not display the DOI in the reference.
What could be the issue here?
You still haven’t shown the record itself, and that there is something in the DOI field to display? also, there is no space (probably best to use a “link adjacent” character) between the period and the “DOI” field name.
When I look at the summary tab, I see the DOI field displayed for the record I downloaded from Science Direct – In the download I did - it includes the whole link so the template I used (a random harvard in my collection) doubles up the link info and either the field or the template would need to be modified.
Usually, I use the “Import into EndNote” option available in Google Scholar to add references to EndNote. I’ve observed that while all other fields are imported correctly, the DOI field remains blank.
I’m wondering why the “Import into EndNote” option doesn’t automatically capture the DOI of the article. Is it something that needs to be entered manually?
I don’t use Google scholar, but it is clear, it didn’t include the DOI in your record, so you can try updating the record and see if it gets pulled that way. I googled for the article from the information you showed in your screenshot, found it in Science Direct and imported it as an RIS which is a file type opened by endnote and it imported and filled in the DOI and URL fields in my library. If you can’t automate it, then yes, you need to manually add it.
You can’t expect endnote to include information not in the record, when it formats a record for your bibliography, no matter if the template says to include the DOI, if it doesn’t have a DOI in the field?
(BTW this is showing up as a solved thread).
What is interesting about Google Scholar is that it includes all papers, making it the most comprehensive database. Another advantage is the “Import into EndNote” tool, which allows references to be transferred automatically to EndNote. However, it seems there is no option to select which fields to transfer, and unfortunately, the DOI is not included among the fields transferred from Google Scholar to EndNote. While the DOI can be manually entered in EndNote and will then display correctly in the reference, this adds an extra burden for users.
Hello there!
First I would not call Google Scholar a database per se (like Medline or Scopus) it is rather more of a search engine that crawls the web to find scientific documents from a wide range of sources. Google scholar lists a variety of document types like articles, reports, presentations, and sometimes non-peer-reviewed content.
The tool “Import into EndNote” is provided by Google Scholar. If Google Scholar dos not provide the DOI then it will not appear in your library reference after an EndNote import. If you want an improvement regarding the bibliographic information provided in the download options offered by Google Scholar you would have to contact Google Scholar.
Hope that helps.
Kind regards
Stephanie
