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Convert an EndNote library to BibTeX (Beta)

Turn your .enl or .enlx library into a clean .bib file for LaTeX, Overleaf and JabRef, without EndNote.

Opens: ENL, ENLX, sdb.eni
Saves: EndNote XML, RIS, BibTeX, CSV

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EndNote library
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.enlx, .zip, .enl, .eni · up to 200 MB each, 10 files max
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    Upload the compressed library (.enlx), a .zip of the folder containing “Name.enl” and “Name.Data”, or the file Name.Data/sdb/sdb.eni. Libraries from EndNote X8 and older: the .enl file alone is enough.

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    Adds “EndNote group: …” keywords so you can rebuild your groups in Zotero or Mendeley.

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    Writing in LaTeX or Overleaf but your references live in an EndNote library? This page turns the library into a .bib file without an export step in EndNote, so it works even when EndNote is no longer installed.

    How to convert EndNote to BibTeX

    1. Upload the library: a .enlx file, a .zip of the folder with Name.enl and Name.Data, or Name.Data/sdb/sdb.eni. An old X8-or-earlier .enl can be uploaded on its own.
    2. Decide about groups. With Keep EndNote groups as keywords ticked, each entry's keywords field also lists its groups (EndNote group: …). Untick it for a cleaner .bib.
    3. Download the BibTeX file. It is named after the library, e.g. My EndNote Library.bib; rename it to something without spaces, such as references.bib, because LaTeX copes badly with spaces in file names.
    4. Upload it to your Overleaf project or put it next to your .tex file, then use \bibliography{references} (BibTeX) or \addbibresource{references.bib} (biblatex). JabRef and BibDesk open the file directly.

    Citation keys

    If a reference has a simple value in EndNote's Label field, that value becomes its key, so existing \cite{} commands keep working. Otherwise the key is built from the first author's surname, the year and the first meaningful title word, e.g. yang2015phenolyzer. Duplicates get a, b, … appended.

    How EndNote types become BibTeX entries

    EndNoteBibTeX
    Journal, Magazine, Newspaper, Electronic Article@article
    Book, Electronic Book@book
    Edited Book@book, authors written as editor
    Book Section@incollection with booktitle and editor
    Conference Proceedings / Paper@inproceedings
    Thesis@phdthesis, or @mastersthesis when the thesis type says master's
    Report, Government Document@techreport with institution
    Manuscript, Unpublished Work@unpublished
    Web Page and most other types@misc, with a note naming the EndNote type

    DOIs go into doi (also picked up from doi.org links), web pages get url and urldate, and page ranges use --.

    Characters and PDF links

    LaTeX-special characters such as &, %, _ and # are escaped, while accented letters stay as UTF-8 characters rather than {\'e}-style commands. Overleaf, biber and JabRef handle that; with an old 8-bit BibTeX setup, check names with accents after compiling.

    The .bib inside the Everything with attachments ZIP also has a JabRef-style file field per entry, pointing into the bundled PDF folder.

    More about what this tool reads and writes: EndNote Library Rescue.

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