using with JSTOR (for dummies)

[K1]

If other people are using JSTOR, or other academic databases, how do you get your references into Bookends? Do you export from the JSTOR web site whenever you download a paper?

I've been entering them manually into Bookends, as I don't need references for every paper I download, and I figure it's quicker than going back to JSTOR once I decide to use the reference. The reason I ask is that someone told me that EndNote has an easy way of searching for papers to enter references (I've never used t). I don't suppose there's a way to search from Bookends like you do with the Library of Congress?

[Jon]

Bookends has a filter for references exported from JSTOR.

Jon
Sonny Software

[K1]

Bookends has a filter for references exported from JSTOR.

I'm aware of that (although I'm not sure how to use it exactly), I'm just asking about how people use that in their workflow. I download a lot of papers from JSTOR, many of which I never need again, so how do people get references of papers that they use into Bookends?

[Jon]

One would use it by exporting the references they want from JSTOR to disk, then importing that into Bookends with the filter (via drag and drop, for example). I'll let others say exactly how they use it

Jon
Sonny Software

[Gerben]

Well, Jon summed it up quite nicely. Not exactly sure what you want to know but what i do is:
- select and export the refs in JStor
- import via the filter in BE
- add PDFs (if applicable)

I usually don't throw things away as i see it is as slowly building up a database of secondary literature that i might need in the future.

Gerben

[talazem]

I can't get the JSTOR import to work.

JSTOR > View & Save Citations > citation-manager

then Bookends > Import References > JSTOR

I keep getting: Database Engine Error: Segment "112" is wrong. The last segment is "110".

Any help?

[Jon]

Whenever you get a "database engine error", the first thing you should do is rebuild the database.

Jon
Sonny Software

[talazem]

That did the trick, all right. Thanks Jon.

[davidrw]

I'm new to this process. On the JSTOR site I have a choice to export in RIS, Text, Print, or Reworks. Which do I choose? And then what happens next??

[ozean]

This depends on what you want to do. If you want to import the citation info into Bookends, then you can export as RIS and then import the .ris file into Bookends (for example by dropping it on Bookends’ dock icon).

[Jon]

ocean's information is correct. Another approach would be to use Bookends Browser to search and import from JSTOR directly. Or, if your institution has paid for ip authentication, you can do direct JSTOR searches with Bookends Online Search and import from there.