Importing References in a Standard Format

Zu den Standardformaten für den Austausch bibliographischer Daten gehören BibTeX, RIS und EndNote Tagged.

The following example shows how to import a list of results from www.scirus.comHomepage for Scirus. The names of steps two to four can vary depending on the provider:

Perform your search in Scirus.
Select the references you want to add to Citavi and click Export checked results.
Decide whether you only want to add bibliographic information (»citations only«) or include the abstract and keywords.
Select Save file to disk or open Reference Software and click Export.
The file is created. Your browser will ask whether you want to save or open the file. Select Open.
Citavi starts if it was not already running. A list of your Citavi projects appears. Select the project you want to import the search results into and then click OK.
If asked, set the order of first and last names, then click Next and then click Add to Project.

Note: Citavi can import a file downloaded through a Web browser automatically if it has one of the following file name extensions: .ris, .ovd, .bib, or .enw. Automatic import will not work if the online database uses another extension such as .asp or .txt. Citavi cannot register those extensions because they are generic. For files with those extensions, as well as when running Citavi from a USB flash drive, download the search results file to your computer and begin the import manually. To start an import manually, in the Reference Editor, on the File menu, click Import.