Crystallography Resources @ Caltech: Reaxys Tutorial

From the main Reaxys start page, selecting "Literature" will bring up a Simple search form that will allow you to search by several common options, including Document Type, Authors, Journal Title, etc. Note that using the top option, "Search for", will search for the entered terms in titles, abstracts, and keywords.

Boolean operators should be used in all fields for multi-word searches. The list of recognized Boolean operators are:

• AND looks for all terms in the publication record.
• OR looks for any term in the publication record.
• NOT looks for records that have all other terms but exclude records that have the NOT term.
• NEXT looks for records that have the terms in the indicated order next to each other.
• NEAR looks for records with terms adjacent to each other (order doesn't matter).

Once you have entered all your search terms in varios fields, clicking OK will bring you to the Standard Search Query page, listing all the parameters of your search. Clicking SEARCH will actually run the search. Clicking RESET FORM will clear the search terms and return to the main Reaxys start page.

The list of citations in the result set are displayed by default in descending order of Publication Year, but can also be sorted by Journal Title, Author, and Document Type. Clicking on the "Title/Abstract" for any citation will display the full citation for a record. You can view the articles which cite a selected article, but there is no way to sort by that criterion at present.

The left side displays fields by which to Filter the result set, including Document Type, Author, etc. Clicking on a field will display "by Group" by default, which gives you a summary of how many documents fall into various categories under that field - i.e. Authors will display the list of authors in the results set, and you can Limit to (Include) or Exclude certain authors to form a new results set. Choosing "by Value" allows you to search within the results set for a term of your choosing in the selected field.

Citations can be saved to a local Reaxys account, if one is created.

To export citation information for use in EndNote, follow these steps:

From Reaxys:

1. Select "Output".
2. In the popup window, next to "Output", select "Citations Table".
3. Next to "to", select Literature Management Systems (e.g. ReferenceManager, EndNote etc.).
4. Next to Output Range, select the citation range desired.
5. Next to "Output contains" check whether abstracts are to be included along with citation data.
6. Click "OK".
7. Click "Download" and the .ris file will download to the default download location specified by your browser.

Once you are in EndNote:

1. Select "File", then "Import".
2. Select the file saved from Step 6 above. Make sure that for Import Options, "Reference Manager (RIS)" is selected.
3. Click "Import".
4. References should be imported into EndNote.

Please note that EndNote is a tool, and the data it gets is only as good as what the database provides. Always double-check citaiton information in EndNote after importing!