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EndNote: Using Find Full Text

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Finding Full Text

 

Find Full Text searches Library databases and the web for PDFs of articles in your EndNote library. You are restricted to searching for 250 full-text records at a time.

Setting Find Full Text Preferences

  • Select Edit (EndNote on a Mac) > Preferences > Find Full Text
  • Select Find Full Text from the list of preferences on the left of the preferences window.
  • In the Open URL Path box, copy this text (apologies for the small font):
    https://search.lib.uts.edu.au/discovery/openurl?institution=61UTS_INST&vid=61UTS_INST:61UTS&

     
  • In the Authenticate with URL box, copy this text (apologies for the small font):
    https://login.lib.uts.edu.au/app/utslibrary_frameworksaml_1/exk1wcbjvcoH1VkT13l7/sso/saml?url=
  • Unticking the Automatically invoke Find Full Text on newly-imported references box will make EndNote run faster
    Deselect Automatically invoke Find Full Text for faster performance
  • Click OK to save

Running Find Full Text

  • Select one or more references in your EndNote library, and click the Find Full Text button (or right-click and choose Find Full Text)
    FInd full text button
  • Login with your UTS ID and password, then click continue
  • Because of issues with our authentication system, you will receive an error message that looks like the process has failed, however if you press the Continue button in the bottom left of screen, all should work properly (this error message will look different on the Mac)
    Find Full text error message - click continue
  • EndNote will start to search for full text. If the full text is available, the PDF will attach to the articleNote that this only works for articles, and not for books or book chapters
  • Sometimes a link is added to the reference instead of a PDF. These links may not always work!
  • The presence of an attachment is indicated by a paperclip symbol in the far left column of your EndNote library
    Paper clip icon
  • You can view the attached PDF in the summary pane on the right.

 Manually Searching for Full Text via UTS Library:

  • Select article and then select References > URL > OpenURL Link. A UTS Library catalogue page will open.
  • If the full text is available,  Click on the link to locate the full text.
  • If the full text is not available, you can sign in to request the article via Interlibrary loans
    Get a digital copy button in UTS Library Catalogue
  • If you are doing a systematic review and cannot find full-text for a citation, make a group to contain that reference and any others like it.