Adding full-text PDF articles to your existing references

You can add full-text PDFs to existing references in your EndNote Desktop Library using either
one of the two methods below.

METHOD 1: Manually import PDF files

This method is useful when you already have the PDF of your reference saved on your computer
or USB, or for references that do not have a DOI (please see METHOD 2 below for more
details). This method is carried out for one reference at a time, not multiple reference
simultaneously.
1. In your EndNote Desktop Library, select the reference you would like to attach the PDF
to.
2. References > File Attachments > Attach File > select file > click Open button (OR you
can right-click on selected reference then File Attachments > Attach File > select file >
click Open button).
3. Click on any other reference to bring up a "Do you want to save the changes you made
to the reference?" pop-up box. Click Yes.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for other references you want to attach PDF to.

METHOD 2: Find full text

This method is useful when you do not already have the PDF file of your article. EndNote Desktop
will search for the full-text PDFs within RMIT Library's subscription databases. If we have those
PDFs, EndNote will then automatically attach them to their corresponding references in your
EndNote Desktop Library. You will need to be connected to the Internet.
Important - please read:
This method only works for journal articles and conference papers with a DOI (Digital Object
Identifier). You do not need to know which ones have a DOI -- EndNote will work that out. Older
journal articles and conference papers, government reports, annual reports, company or industry
reports, unpublished materials such as manuscripts, newspaper articles and book chapters
do not have a DOI. In this case, EndNote Desktop will not automatically find and attach any PDFs
-- you will need to manually do so yourself. First find and download the PDFs yourself, then
follow METHOD 1 above.
Instructions
1. Configure your EndNote Desktop settings:
a) Go to your Find Full Text options:
 On Windows: Edit > Preferences > Find Full Text
 On a Mac: EndNote > Preferences > Find Full Text
b) Within your Find Full Text options:
  OFF CAMPUS (e.g. from home): in URL text box under Authenticate with, copy and
paste this
link: https://login.ezproxy.lib.rmit.edu.au/login?url=http://scholar.google.com/
. Then click OK.
 ON CAMPUS (at RMIT): check that the URL text box under Authenticate
with is empty -- do not type anything within.
2. Automatically find and attach full-text PDFs:
a) Select one or more references in your EndNote Desktop Library
b) Get EndNote to find and attach the full-text using one of these options:
 References > Find Full Text > Find Full Text, OR
 Click on Find Full Text button on toolbar, OR
 Right-click on selected reference(s) and select Find Full Text > Find Full Text
3. The PDFs have now been attached to relevant references in your EndNote Desktop

Library, as evident by the paperclip icon next to each one. They will also appear within

the Found PDF icon under Find Full Text.

4. If any number of references appear within the Found URL icon it means that,
although EndNote Desktop found the full-text PDFs for those references, it could only
provide the URL links that lead to those PDFs. It could NOT attach the PDFs to your
references. You will need to individually open each affected reference, scroll down to
the URL field and click on the link to download the PDF. Then manually attach the PDF to
its corresponding reference in your EndNote Desktop Library using METHOD 1 above.
5. PDFs that were not found nor attached due to having no DOI, will appear within the Not

found icon . You will need to first find and download those PDFs yourself, then
follow METHOD 1 above.