Using Microsoft Explorer Makes Saving OVID Citations Difficult

If you are using reference manager software (EndNote, Reference Manager, etc.) to download citations from Ovid, Internet Explorer 4.7 and higher will not work properly without taking some additional steps. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.7 or higher handles saved files differently than Netscape Navigator and previous versions of Internet Explorer. We strongly recommend that you use Netscape Navigator 4.x as your browser of choice for Ovid and the Library catalog because of this issue.

If you plan to use Internet Explorer and save citations to a reference manager program, here is the work-around:

1. After running your search and selecting references to save, use Citation Manager to save articles as usual. Remember that if you will be importing references into EndNote or Reference Manager, you must save them in Reprint/Medlars format.

2. Click Save. Your unformatted citations will appear in a new browser window.

3. Select Source from IE's View pull-down menu (or right-click and select View Source). Your citations will appear in Notepad or WordPad, depending on the size of the file. Choose Save As from the File menu, and save your file as a text, Word, or RTF file. (Files to be imported into EndNote, Reference Manager, or ProCite should be saved as text.)

You can find a link to download Netscape Navigator from our homepage at www.library.uams.edu/ovid/ovidacc.htm .

For more information about importing Ovid citations, please contact the Library at 686-6734 or infoaccesslibrary@exchange.uams.edu.