The following method is also applicable to Ovid’s CINAHL database.

1. Open an EndNote Library (*.enl).
2. Search Ovid’s MEDLINE.
3. Click Citation Manager (Fig. 4):

• Citations - select citations to be saved.
• Fields – choose Complete Reference.
• Citation Format – choose Direct Export.
• Action – click Save.

Saved citations will transfer to the EndNote Library (Fig. 5).

Fig. 4 - Ovid's Citation Manager - although 500 are selected, only the first 200 references (the system limit) will actually export.

Fig. 5 - first 200 references from the Citation Manager direct export into EndNote Library placebos.

Ovid's Direct Export system limit is 200 references, in place to prevent a large file size from locking up a workstation during transfer to EndNote.

If all 500 references of the search were required, at least three separate Direct Export actions are required (1-200, 201-400, 401-500). Specify the exact references to Direct Export by typing the designated references in the Range box in the Citations area of Citation Manager and clicking Save.