Using EndNote’s Online Search commands, you can search online bibliographic databases just as easily as you can search an EndNote library on your own computer. The results of your searches can be downloaded either to a temporary EndNote library or directly into your own EndNote library.
How Does It Work?
EndNote is able to provide access to these remote sources using an information retrieval protocol called Z39.50 is widely supported by libraries and information providers around the world as a convenient method to access their library catalogs and reference databases.
EndNote stores the information necessary to connect to and search these online databases in individual connection files. Pre-configured connection files are provided for a number of these sources. If necessary, you can also customize or configure your own connections to Z39.50-compliant databases (see Editing a Connection File and Creating Connection Files).
Note: If the online database that you access is not available on a Z39.50 server, EndNote will not be able to connect directly to it. We suggest that you submit a request for Z39.50 compatibility to your librarian or the institution that provides access to the database. You can still import references downloaded from non-Z39.50 databases. See General Importing Instructions.