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EndNote 20 for Windows

Step by step Instructions for Importing Factiva records

Step 1: Conduct search in Factiva

Step 2: Select the articles that you want to add to your EndNote library by ticking the box at the left of the records

Step 3: Click on 'Display Options' on the top right hand side of the page and select 'Full article/report plus indexing'

Step 4: Click on the 'Save (Disk)' icon and select 'Article Format' and a pop up screen will appear with the records

Step 5: Chrome does not give you the option of saving files as text files. You need to copy and paste the results to the Notepad and save the file to the desktop as a .txt file

  • Press Ctrl A to 'Select All' and Ctrl C to 'Copy' on the records screen

In Notepad click on 'Edit' and 'Paste' to paste the record to the Notepad

Click on 'File' and 'Save As' and save the file as [Given Name].txt to the Desktop

Step 6: Open Endnote X20. Click on 'File', 'Import' and 'File' and an import file screen will pop up. Choose the .txt file you have just created on your desktop. 

Step 7: Make sure the 'Import Options' box shows 'Factiva _DJ_MQ_forPC' (the filter you have downloaded before) and click 'Import'. The records will now be imported into your EndNote library.

Before you start

Note: Please be aware that the step by step instructions are based on using Google Chrome, and other browsers may display slightly differently.

The record layout on Factiva has changed. Macquarie University Library has modified the EndNote Factiva filter for PC. Download this filter onto your EndNote before you import records from Factiva.

To download the filter

  1. Click on the Factiva MQ Import filter button 
  2. Click on the downloaded file
  3. It will open inside your EndNote program
  4. Click on File > Save As
  5. Remove the word "copy" from the end of the filename
  6. Click Save
  7. Close the filter.

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