Exporting results from CABI Digital Library

CABI Digital Library enables you to export up to 100,000 search results as a single operation in a variety of formats, including .ris, .csv, Text, bibText, and EndNote. You can also export only selected records at a time.

To export database records which appear under the 'Abstract records' tab in bulk you must be a registered user on the platform, logged in, and have a license to access the records.

It is important to note that you can only export results from Abstract Records you have access to via your (institutional) licenses. To make sure your export includes only records that you have access to, you can apply the filter “Only CABI Content I have access to”. This prevents discrepancies in the number of records included in the export versus shown in search results.

For Articles/Chapters and Books/Journals (CABI's primary publications) everyone can export the citations without having a license for the full text.

If you're not logged in, you will be prompted to Login/Register in the course of the export process.

Example of a Search Results page

To activate the ‘Export Citations’ feature, you need to click on desired record(s) in the search result page. It is possible to export just ‘Selected’ results from the current Search Results page you are on or alternatively ‘All results’ for your search (i.e., up to 100,000 records) as a single export operation. Select the export output format from the drop down along with the citation format option.

The Export Citation box provides a preview of the data format and fields which will be exported for each output option for the records you have selected to export.

When you are happy with your export settings, simply click the 'Download citation' arrow in the bottom right corner to export your results.

Once you have clicked the export arrow, you must keep the current browser tab open until your export completes. A notification about this will then appear in the Export Citation dialog box: “Your export is currently added to the export queue. Depending on the size of the queue this might take up to 2 hours. Please leave this page/tab open until the downloading process is complete. Do not refresh or navigate away from this page.” As indicated, it may take a while for the export to complete based on the size of your individual export as well as other simultaneous export queue activity on the platform.

Depending on how your browser is set up, you may see a ‘Downloads’ notification appear as soon as your export completes.