Importing from EndNote

Citavi can import libraries from Endnote version 8 and later. Some reference types (for example, Hearing) are not available in Citavi. Any references without a corresponding reference type will be be given the Unknown reference type.

  1. In the Reference Editor  on the File menu, click Import.
  2. Select Another reference management program.
  3. Select EndNote, and then click Next.
  4. Select the EndNote library you want to import. If you are importing a database created with EndNote X or later, Citavi needs both the .enl file and the EndNote data folder. This folder has the same name as the EndNote library and the extension .data. The data folder does not need to be specified during the import, but it does need to have the same name as and be in the same folder as the .enl file.
  5. You can manually map the following EndNote fields to Citavi fields: Caption, Custom 1-8, Label, Section, Record Number and Reprint Edition.
  6. In the Import window that appears, you can choose which references you want to import. To import all the references, click Add to project. To add specific references only, first select the corresponding checkboxes and then click Add to project.
  7. Select any appropriate import options.
  8. Click OK to complete the import.

In rare cases, the import will either not complete or after the import Citavi will show that the EndNote library did not contain any data. To import the database, start EndNote, but do not open any library. Then, on the Tools menu, click Recover Library. Select the EndNote library and click Open. EndNote repairs the library and saves it with a new name. Import this file into Citavi following the steps above.

hmtoggle_plus1 Mapping of Reference Types

Citavi has most of the same reference types used in EndNote, and several additional ones.

Citavi

EndNote (direct)

EndNote (indirect)

Archive Material

 

 

Audio Book

 

 

Audio or Video Document

Audiovisual material

 

Book

Book

Electronic Book

Book, Edited

Edited Book

 

Collected Work

Classical Work

 

Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings

Conference Paper

Contribution in...

Book Section

 

Contribution in Legal Commentary

 

 

Court Decision

 

 

File

 

 

Internet Document

Electronic Source

Online Database, Online Multimedia

Interview Material

 

 

Journal Article

Journal Article

Magazine Article

Lecture

 

 

Legal Commentary

 

 

Manuscript

Manuscript

 

Map

Map

 

Movie

Film or Broadcast

 

Music track in

 

 

Musical Work / Music Album

 

 

News Agency Report

 

 

Newspaper Article

Newspaper Article

 

Patent

Patent

 

Personal Communication

 

 

Press Release

 

 

Radio or TV Broadcast

 

 

Radio Play (Audio Drama)

 

 

Software

Computer Program

 

Special Issue

 

 

Standard

 

 

Statute or Regulation

Statute

 

Thesis

Thesis

 

Unknown

Generic

 

Unpublished Work

Report

 

 

Artwork

 

 

Bill

 

 

Case

 

 

Hearing

 

 

Figure

 

 

Chart or Table

 

 

Equation

 

 

Electronic Journal

 

 

Government Report/Document

 

 

Legal Rule/Regulation

 

Note: In the table above, "indirect" means that Citavi saves the EndNote reference type under a different name. EndNote reference types that Citavi does not recognize are saved as the Unknown reference type in Citavi.

EndNote groups are imported into Citavi as categories.

The following EndNote fields are imported to the Notes field in Citavi: Author Address, Caption, Label, Reprint Edition, Research Notes, Section, Translated Author, Type of Work/Article (except for a Thesis references), Database Provider