If you are an EndNote user and want to give Biblioscape a try for its advanced features, you can transfer your bibliographic records from an EndNote database to a Biblioscape database easily. The following are some simple steps you can follow. Click here to view a more detailed instruction with graphics at Biblioscape Web site.
1. Start EndNote and click the menu command "Styles | Set Styles Folder...". Then select "EXPORT" as the current style folder.
2. Select "REFER.ENS" as the current style filter.
3. Now you can export references as a text file. Click menu command "File | Export...". Select "Text File (*.txt)" for "Save as type" combo box, and give a file name. Click "Save" button. The records will then be exported as a text file in REFER format.
4. Start Biblioscape. Create a folder for the import if you want. Click menu command "File | Import...". Click "Browse" button to select the file you just exported from EndNote. On the "Tagged" tab, select "EndNote -- Refer" (or "Refer (EndNote)" in earlier versions) as the "Import filter", then click "Start" button to import.
5. Once the importing process finished, your imported records will be shown in bold face. After viewing those records in reference editor, they will be shown in normal face.
Note: If you have customized EndNote reference types, then both EndNote's export style and Biblioscape's import filter have to be adjusted accordingly. For example, if you added a customized field called "Institution" as "Tertiary Title" for "Journal Article" in EndNote, you have to edit the "REFER.ENS" style file by adding an extra export field "TT" to map "Tertiary Title" for "Journal Article". Then you have to edit the Biblioscape import filter for "Refer (EndNote)" to map tag "TT" to "Tertiary Title".