Load Citation from Google Scholar to BibTeX via Endnote and JabRef

Google Scholar –> Endnote

  • Go to Google Scholar at here.

  • Click on the “Scholar Preferences” link on the right next to the “Search” button.

  • In the “Bibliography Manager” field, click in the radio button next to “Show links to import citations into” and choose “EndNote” in the drop down menu.

  • Then click on the “Save Preferences” button in the lower left corner.

  • Perform a search in Google Scholar here.

  • Click on “Import into EndNote” link.

  • The File Download window will appear. Click on the “Open” button.

  • You will then be prompted to choose an EndNote library to import the selected reference.

  • After choosing your library, the reference will be automatically imported in your EndNote library.

Endnote –> JabRef

  • Install the Endnote to BibTex style (available here).

  • Select all reference you want to export.

  • Go to File > Export, then choose Text Only and BibTeX Export (may be settled in “Select Another Style”). That will save a .txt file.

  • Once you have that .txt file, open up JabRef, and go to File > Import into new database, then select the file you exported from EndNote. This will load your library into JabRef.

  • Edit the default format for BibTeX keys. Go Options > Preferences > BibTex key generator by changing the key pattern using the terms here. For example, you can make the keys appear as smith13study by changing the pattern to [auth:lower][shortyear][veryshorttitle:lower].

  • Once you have your data as you like it, save it as a .bib file that can be referenced as needed when compiling your document.

Acknowledgement

Yingting Zhang, 2008

ThomasH, 2014