The reference information is imported as follows: If you prefer, you can create a separate file classification for each reference type-for example, Journal Article or Book. By default, all the files are assigned to the classification Reference-this allows you to see all your references in a single classification sheet and can be useful if you want to create queries that search different types of literature that have common attributes-for example, all references published in a particular year. For example, if you have a reference to a journal article and the actual article is attached as a PDF file, then NVivo can import the PDF file as a PDF file.īy default, file names are based on the title of the publication (for example, 'Rising seas in the Pacific'), but you can change the import options to use the author and year of the publication as the file name-for example, 'Smith, Andrew (2010)'.įiles created when you import your references are assigned to a file classification (so that reference information can be stored as attribute values on the file). References with associated files can be imported into NVivo as internal files. References without associated files are imported into NVivo as external files.

When you have finished matching references, click OK.įor each reference you import, NVivo checks whether a matching file already exists in your project-if there is no matching file, a new file is created.

Select the file to be matched to the reference and click OK.

Locate the references that you want to match and for each, do the following:.

Follow the steps for importing references for your reference management tool as above.

You can still manually match them as follows:

Import new includes references that do not match names of existing files.

To be linked includes references that match names of existing files.

Already linked includes references that were previously imported from EndNote.

The count of references are then grouped according to how closely they match existing files as follows: If the memo content is important to you, you can unlink the memo and associate it with the file using a see also link, before you import the data, so that your existing memo is retained in the project, and the abstract, keywords and notes are written to a new linked memo.Īs part of the import process, NVivo checks the references to be imported against the files already in the project. If you have already created files in your project that correspond to bibliographical data stored in a reference management tool, you can import the bibliographical references and link them to the existing files.ĬAUTION If your existing files have linked memos and you choose to replace memo contents with abstract, keywords and notes, you will lose any existing content you have currently recorded in the memo.

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