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.

 Mapping of Reference Types