I discovered this the other day, but others might already know. When I was taking an Endnote session I realised how nicely MultiSearch allows us to import from the library catalogue.
Do a search in MultiSearch, save your titles (books, journals, whatever) to ‘Saved items’. When you go to ‘Saved items’, there is an Endnote tab. Click on this. When the pop-up turns up, choose ‘open’. Endnote will launch and your items will import directly.
I think it is much better option than the clunky catalogue search available via Endnote. What do you think? Are there any fish hooks that I have not noticed?
Kathryn
Thanks, Kathryn, that is a pretty nifty way of extracting the bibliographic data.
I’ve noticed a couple slightly odd things:
– The URL for the catalogue bib is put into the URL field, which might need to be deleted, depending on the output style. It shouldn’t be a problem for most.
– Subject headings with subdivisions are pulled apart and put on separate lines in a different order in the Keywords field. For example,
Mountain animals–New Zealand-Identification
comes out as
Identification
Mountain animals
New Zealand
Since this is how it appears within MultiSearch preview, I’d guess that is how Summon stores the data. It also removes any duplication of subdivisions among subject headings in a record. (Eg this record also had Mountain plants–NZ-Identification). So if there are a lot of subject headings with a generous sprinkling of subdivisions, it could get a bit confusing what keywords/phrases apply to what subject terms.
I have done an instruction sheet on how to export records to EndNote, which is availabe at http://library.canterbury.a…
Cuiying
thanks Cuiying. I will shamelessly copy this for our endnote sessions instead of reinventing the wheel.
Kathryn