Online database, books only?

Hello there. Any help will be gratefully received.

Whenever I do an online search using one of the online databases (eg Brit Lib, Oxford U) the only ‘ref types’ that are returned are ‘books’. There are never any journal papers so I always end up inputting them manually. Is this a general thing or am I doing something that prevents journal articles from appearing in an online search?

I’m using Windows 7, Endnote.

Thanks.

Hi Leanne,

Thanks for that insight. It makes sense and answers my question.

I just tried a Google Scholar run and managed to import a citation without too much trouble. Certainly better than typing it in by hand anyway :slight_smile:

Cheers,

Jasper

it could be a good idea to let endnote read upc codes of books with an optical reader and let it find the infos someplace on the web (library of congress, amazon or alike…)

saves a lot of data entry.