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.

The Library provides this subscription-based resource that features over 60 medical reference textbooks ranging from surgery and pharmacology to basic and clinical sciences. Also included are frequently updated content with thousands of images and illustrations, interactive self-assessments, case files, diagnostic tools, patient education handouts and more.

Link to AccessMedicine from the MSK Library’s Databases A-Z list and if you have any questions about this resource, please don’t hesitate to ASK US.

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