Thank you so much for your awesome advice. It works! now I will just have to get into the habit of putting Labels in for new entries
Thanks again! Jeremy M. Kritt wrote: > > Dear Ed: > > Your problem is easy to solve. Be not afraid! You need to add a label to > each reference in Endnote; afterwards, export it to a Bibtex file. > > When you enter Endnote, open a reference in your Endnote library. Scroll > down and you will see a field titled "Label." The label will become the > Bibtex key in your .bib file when you export to the .bib file. The Bibtex > key is important because it is the reference's unique identifier. Without > it, the .bib entry for a particular reference is incomplete and > unrecognizable for processing. > > For a reference like Nahm, A.C. (1996). Korea: Tradition & Transformation, > Seoul, Hollym International Corp. I would make the label Nahm1996 (no > spaces). > > Unfortunately, you will have to make labels for the entire library you > want > to export. This can be time consuming; however, you will get into the > habit > of entering a label when you enter new references to Endnote in the > future. > > If you plan to export references from Endnote to Bibtex format often, then > I > recommend that you make your the label field display in your Endnote > library > window. You can adjust this in Endnote's settings. Be careful with > prolific > writers that publish more than once in the same year. Expanding my example > above, I would make these types of labels like the following: Nahm1996a, > Nahm1996b, Nahm1996c, etc. > > After you have made all of your labels, export the library and you will > see > all of the references. Try exporting one reference in the manner I have > described and you will understand how it works. This took me several hours > to figure out on my own. I had nobody to help me and the documentation was > scarce, but I am glad to help you. > > Peace be with you and good luck! > > Sincerely, > > Jeremy M. Kritt > Seoul National University of Technology > Seoul, South Korea > > > On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 9:41 AM, Ed Sykes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Running: Windows XP, EndNote X1 >> I'm trying to export from EndNote to BibTeX format using their output >> style >> file. >> >> The most recent BibTeX output style can be found here: >> >> http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyledetail.asp?SORT=0&PAGE=3&METH=0&DISC=none&JOUR=none&BSRT=none&FF1=none&FF2=none&FF3=none&CITE=none&DKEY=714200664457JBA >> >> When I import it into LyX I point it to the exported .bib file but when I >> try to add a citation there are no records to choose from. >> >> Anyone else encountered this problem? >> >> Thanks in advance for any help. >> >> Cheers, >> Ed Sykes >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/EndNote-X1-BibTeX-output-and-LyX-tp17636893p17636893.html >> Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/EndNote-X1-BibTeX-output-and-LyX-tp17636893p17721860.html Sent from the LyX - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
