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28 June 2005
News Alert: ProCite and PubMed
We have recently received reports of problems searching PubMed within ProCite v5.03 where the program is not downloading all of the matching references found in the search. We have verified this behaviour and we are currently in communication with PubMed authorities as we investigate the cause and work towards a resolution. For now we recommend that if you have difficulty searching PubMed using ProCite v5.03, you use the "Importing text data from PubMed into ProCite for Windows" procedure outlined below as a workaround. We will advise any news we have on this issue as soon as it is available.
You can use the following procedures to import text records from PubMed into ProCite (note that Macintosh instructions are in a separate section below):
Importing text data from
PubMed into ProCite for Windows:
Browse the PubMed (NLM)
website and save your references into a text file that can be imported into the
software. To do this:
- Browse to the PubMed website through an
Internet browser (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez).
- Enter your searches in the website (Select
"Clipboard" from the "Send to" drop down menu to save
records from multiple searches as you work).
- On the search results page, select
"MEDLINE" in the dropdown menu next to the "Display"
button.
- Choose "File" from the "Send
to" drop-down list, and then click on "Send to."
- Select "Save" on the following
screen. In the next screen you will be able to change the file name (save
with a *.txt extension).
- In ProCite, open the database where you would
like these references saved.
- Select the "Tools…Import Text
File" command.
- Select the File Type "Tagged," the
File Format "PubMed," and your Target Database.
- Click the Transfer button to begin the import.
The text references that you downloaded from the
website will be imported into your database. If you have any questions, please
feel free to call our technical support department.
Macintosh ProCite v4 and v5
users:
Mac ProCite v5
users: We have confirmed that recent changes being implemented by
PubMed will cause the Internet Search feature in Macintosh v5.x to perform
unreliably. Unfortunately, we will not be able to update ProCite for the
Macintosh to maintain the Internet Search connectivity with PubMed.
Importing text data from
PubMed into ProCite v4 and v5 for Macintosh:
You
will still be able to browse the PubMed website and save your references into a
text file that can be imported into ProCite. To do this:
- Browse to the PubMed website through an
Internet browser (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez).
- Enter your searches in the website (Select
"Clipboard" from the "Send to" drop down menu to save
records from multiple searches as you work).
- On the search results page, select
"MEDLINE" in the dropdown menu next to the "Display"
button.
- Choose "File" from the "Send
to" drop-down list, and then click on "Send to."
- Select "Save" on the following
screen. In the next screen you will be able to change the file name (we
recommend saving with a *.txt extension).
- Open the download text file from PubMed into
your word processor and choose "Save As..." from the
"File" menu.
- Select the format: "Text only with
line breaks."
- Close the file.
- In ProCite, open the database where you would
like these references saved.
- Select the "Tools…Import Text
File" command.
- Select the File Type "Tagged," the
File Format "PubMed," and your Target Database.
- Click the Transfer button to begin the import.
The text references that you downloaded from the
website will be imported into your database. If you have any questions, please feel free to call our technical support department.
OS X Users:
At this time, we have no plans to introduce an OS X version of ProCite for
Macintosh. If you are running OS X or plan to, we encourage you to
consider upgrading to EndNote for the Macintosh. Please
contact us for details.
ProCite Product Team
Thomson Reuters (Scientific)
For technical assistance from AMPL Software, please
contact us by email at techsupport@ampl.com.au;
fax: (02) 9440 0271 or telephone: (02) 9440 0269.
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