If you already have a PDF of an article in your files, you can use it to create an EndNote reference, without the trouble of finding it in a database and exporting it first.

Create a reference in EndNote library based on the saved PDF with a few easy steps:

1. Have your target EndNote library open, then go to File menu and click Import > File
2. In the Dialog box that appears, click Choose and browse your computer drive(s) to find and select the PDF for which you want to create a reference in Endnote
3. For Import Option select PDF from the drop down menu
4. Click Import

The reference you’ve just created will appear in your EndNote Library with the PDF attached.

Note: This process does not work for all PDFs.

EndNote is a citation management tool that simplifies manuscript writing. Among the features that EndNote facilitates is author collaboration, including collaboration between co-authors/contributors from different institutions. In support of co-author collaboration, EndNote offers more than one option for sharing their bibliographies.

Please, note that resource license restrictions should be taken into account when sharing EndNote libraries: Full-text PDFs (articles, book chapters, etc.), should be shared only between co-authors from the same institution; or, if applicable, between co-authors from the institutions which license the same resources.  In other instances only references without PDFs, with exception of open access resources, should be shared between collaborators.

A way for co-authors to collaborate in real time using EndNote x8 is demonstrated in the video below.

https://youtu.be/z2WhHJBQeFc

Use Builder in PubMed Advanced Search to create complex searches for the best results.

1. Search by keyword in a specific field of a PubMed record (e.g. Affiliation, Author, Title, Title/Abstract) or in All Fields

You can search in particular fields for precision and build your search strategy step by step in Builder and combine steps using Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT).

2.  Combine search sets (or different search strategies) from your search History.

Use search sets/strategies as “building blocks” by adding them from the History to Builder and then combine them using Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT). This  allows you to create complex search strategies easily, coming up with a final, duplicates free, results set.

3. Grow and save your search

Left click the order number from the search History to display a menu for that search. Save in My NCBI to create saved search strategies and email alerts.