NOTE: Google Scholar tends to have unreliable metadata, meaning that you probably have to do a lot of editing to make citations you get from there usable.
Setting Up
- Go to Google Scholar.
- Click on the menu icon next to the “My profile” icon in the upper, left-hand corner of the page.
- Click on the Settings section at the bottom of the menu.
- If the system does not automatically default to the “Search results” section of the settings, click on the “Search results” link in the left sidebar.
- Go to the “Bibliography manager” section and select EndNote from the drop-down menu for “Show links to import citations into.”
- Click the Save button.
- Now the link will show up on the bottom, right side of the records in your search results list.
Importing Your Result (Single Record)
- In your search results list, click on the “Import into EndNote” link on the bottom, right side of your chosen record.
- In EndNote Desktop, click on the File tab in the main toolbar.
- Select the “Import...” option from the drop-down menu.
- Select the file that Google Scholar created for you.
- Click on the Options button.
- Select EndNote Import from the “Import Options:” drop-down menu.
- Note: If you don’t see the filter mentioned above listed, you can select “Other Filters…” from the drop-down menu and use the search function to find and select it.
- Click the Import button.
Importing Your Results (Multiple Records)
NOTE: Like PubMed, Google Scholar’s export functionality for multiple records requires you to perform multiple steps. However, unlike PubMed, Google Scholar has no bulk select tool, so you will have to select each article you want manually.
Also note that before you begin this process for a new search, make sure you’ve cleared the results of your last search from your library.
- Click on the star icon underneath the records you want to export.
- Click on the “My library” link in the upper, right-hand corner of the page.
- Click on the checkbox next to the records you want to export or click on the checkbox on the menu bar at the top of the page to select all records on a page.
- Click on the export icon (it looks like a download button) on the menu bar.
- Select the EndNote option from the drop-down menu.
- In EndNote Desktop, click on the File tab in the main toolbar.
- Select the “Import...” option from the drop-down menu.
- Select the file that Google Scholar created for you.
- Click on the Options button.
- Select EndNote Import from the “Import Options:” drop-down menu.
- Note: If you don’t see the filter mentioned above listed, you can select “Other Filters…” from the drop-down menu and use the search function to find and select it.
- Click the Import button.