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Importing References from PubMed
How can I download and import references from PubMed's website?
Follow the steps below to download your search results from the PubMed website and import them into your Reference Manager database. These steps refer to the PubMed navigation bar on their website, illustrated below:
1. Go to the PubMed website in your web browser. The address is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez.
2. Execute your searches to obtain search results (Select "Clipboard" from the "Send to" drop down in the PubMed navigation bar to save records from multiple searches as you work).
3. On the search results page, select "MEDLINE" in the Display dropdown menu in the PubMed navigation bar, which is set to Summary by default.
4. Choose "File" from the "Send to" drop down menu in the PubMed navigation bar. This should bring up a dialog box allowing you to save the text file containing your selected references.
Note: If you use File>Save from your browser, instead of the Send To pull down, the file will not import.
If you have a popup blocker enabled, such as the one that comes by default from Windows XP Service Pack 2, you may need to disable the popup blocker temporarily to allow the PubMed website to send you the file.
5. When the Save dialog box comes up for you to save the file to your computer, click on the "Save" button and save the file somewhere easily accessible such as your desktop (we recommend saving with the file extension *.txt).
6. In Reference Manager, open the database where you would like these references saved.
7. Under the File menu (or References menu for RefMan 9/10) select "Import Text File".
8. In the Filters field, select the Browse button [...] and select the Import filter called "PubMed.cap".
9. In the Text File field, select the Browse button [...], and then select your downloaded *.txt file.
10. Click the Import button and your references will be imported.
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