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Academic Staff - Reading List: Export Citations from ECU Library Catalogue

Export Citations from the ECU Library Catalogue

You can export citations from the ECU Library catalogue and save them in RIS format prior to importing them into your Reading List.  Search the library catalogue to locate the Reading you are interested in. The library catalogue can be searched at library.ecu.edu.au or https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/discovery

CITE A SINGLE RECORD

You can cite a single record directly from the search results page. Click on   

 

When the popup box appears, first select the citation style and then choose either Export to EndNote or Export to RIS.

If EndNote is installed on your computer, the citation can be saved directly to your EndNote Library when you click Open with

Otherwise, save the RIS file and choose the location and filename.

opening citation.ris from catalogue

 

 CITE SEVERAL RECORDS

To cite several records from your search results, first save them to a list by clicking on  for each record to be saved. You must be logged into your Library Account to save items.

Scroll up to the top of the page and click My Account and Saved items from the drop down menu.

On the Saved items screen, first select the required citations by clicking on the check boxes.  Next, click on the cite button  select Citation Style, then either Export to EndNote or Export to RIS.

 

If EndNote is installed on your computer, the citations can be saved to your EndNote Library by choosing to Open the RIS file with

Alternatively save the RIS file by choosing a location and filename.