| Question 18: Can I convert a Reference Manager database
to EndNote?
Answer: You can directly convert a Reference Manager 8.x/9.x database
to EndNote for Windows version 4.01, 5.x, 6.x, or 7 as follows:
- In EndNote select File / Open / Open Library.
- Under “Files of Type” select “All Files (*.*)”.
- Find the Reference Manager database that you wish to convert and select
it as the Library to open.
- Click Open and a dialog box will appear. Click Convert to begin the
creating an EndNote library without customizing the field and reference
type mappings. If you click Customize you can select the destination
Reference Types for the Reference Manager reference types, as well as
set the destination EndNote fields for the fields in the Reference Manager
database.
- After clicking Convert, enter a name for the EndNote library and click
Save.
Note that this process creates a new EndNote library from your Reference
Manager database; your original Reference Manager database files will not
be affected.
If you want to convert a Reference Manager database to EndNote for Macintosh
and you have access to a Windows machine, convert the database as outlined
above and then transfer the converted EndNote library file to the Mac.
If you do not have access to a Windows machine, contact Technical Support
for assistance.
EndNote cannot directly convert a Reference Manager version 10.x database.
If you have a version 10.x database you wish to convert, you have two
options:
- Export the data from Reference Manager to a plain text file in the
RIS format. To bring this data into EndNote, create a new EndNote library
and then import the text file using the "Reference Manager (RIS)" import
option.
~ OR ~
- If you have access to an installation of Reference Manager version
8.x or 9.x, you can rebuild the version 10.x database using the older
version of Reference Manager so that EndNote can directly convert the
database...
- Close the database in version 10.
- Using Windows Explorer, go to the folder where the database files
reside.
- Locate the *.rmd file of the database and copy and paste it to
another location such as your desktop.
- Now open Reference Manager 8.x/9.x, go to the Tools menu and choose
Rebuild Database.
Select the *.rmd file on your desktop and rebuild it. You will get a message
reminding you to make a backup of your database before rebuilding. Since
you are rebuilding a copy of the *.rmd file, you can click Yes to this message
and proceed with the rebuild. This will create a new *.rmx file on your
desktop when the rebuild is complete. You should now be able to open and
convert this database using EndNote as outlined above. |
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