Importing Results from Online Databases
Most online databases allow you to export your results directly to a reference management program using a special export format. You can then import this information into Citavi. The three most commonly used formats are RIS, EndNote (Tagged) and BibTeX.
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Perform your search. |
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Select the checkboxes for the references you want to add to Citavi. (Some databases let you export all search results, while others only let you export the currently displayed references.) |
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Click Export citations. (The name of this command varies by database: Download, Download Citations, Save to Reference Software, Export to Reference Manager, Download Selected Citations, and Export to EndNote are just some examples.) |
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Depending on the database you may be able to choose whether to export only the basic information ("citations only"), or to include abstracts and keywords. Click Export. |
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Click Open. Based on the file ending, your browser will ask if you would like to open the file with Citavi. If no project is currently open, Citavi will ask which project you want to import the results to. |
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The first time you import from a database, Citavi will ask you to double check the character encoding and the order or author names. After that, Citavi displays the references to be imported. Click Add to project. |
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The new references are imported into your project. After checking over the newly imported references, click Cancel selection to see all of your references again. |
