Library Guides: EndNote and NVivo for Literature Review: Import your EndNote Library

Imported EndNote References in NVivo

When you import EndNote references into NVivo this will happen in NVivo:

References with attachments will be stored in your Files
References without attachments will be stored in your Externals
Referencing information will be stored in File Classification
Keywords, abstracts and notes will be stored in Memos

NVivo 12 Guides:

Instruction for Export from EndNote

Select the EndNote References you would like to export
Click on File – then Export

Export the references as an XML file and save them where you can easily find them again. Make sure that Export Selected References is ticked.

Import web pages through NCapture

Instructions on Importing Web Pages, Surveys and Audio

NCapture gives you the ability to import web pages.

Click on Data and then From Other Sources.

Import web pages, videos and social media posts with NCapture

Instructions for importing the References into NVivo

Before you import, decide if you want to start a new project or use an existing one. We recommend that you have separate projects for your literature analysis and your own research data.

Import the saved XML file. You need to click on Import and then EndNote
Find and select your XML file and then click open.

Now you need to decide:
- How you want to name your sources. You can either save them by Title or by Author and Year.
- Choose if you want all your references in one classification table or separate tables for each type of reference; e.g. books, thesis, journals ... We recommend you use a single classification.

You also need to select which NVivo folders your references should be imported to.
Select Import source content from file attachments, URLs or figures.
Select Create memos from abstracts, keywords and notes.