Cochrane Library

You can print single Cochrane Library records, share them by email, or share them to various social media platforms. 

You can export multiple records as a text file, or to reference management software.

You can print a single Cochrane Library record:

• Select the title of a record to view the full record.
• Use the print icon in the right hand menu.
• You can usually select which sections of the record to print (all sections are selected by default).

Alternatively, you can use the right hand menu to email Trials, Editorials, Special Collections, or Clinical Answers records to yourself, or to someone else, by selecting the email icon.

Cochrane Reviews and Protocols can be shared by downloading the full-text PDF from the right hand menu, and then sharing that as an email attachment.

You can also use the options in the right hand menu of any Cochrane Library record to share that record to Twitter, Mendeley, Facebook, LinkedIn, or WhatsApp.

You can export multiple search results for the following categories:

• Cochrane Reviews.
• Cochrane Protocols.
• Trials.
• Clinical Answers.

You will need to export the results that are listed under each category separately.

Please note: you will only be able to export references if you opt to Accept All data and cookie settings when you first access the Cochrane Library. (If you have selected 'Reject All', you can open a browser window in 'incognito mode' to re-access the Cochrane Library and select 'Accept All'.)

You can either select the individual results that you would like to export, by ticking the checkboxes to the left of the results, or you can use the checkbox above the list of search results to Select all.

Once you have selected some results, use the Export Selected Citation(s) link to choose an export option from the following:

• Plain text.
• RIS (EndNote).
• RIS (Reference Manager).
• RIS (ProCite).
• Bibtext.
• CSV (Excel).

You will be able to print out the plain text file, or share it as an email attachment, but please note that the plain text option is in a tagged (Cochrane Library style) format.

These export options can also be used to download single, or multiple references to the three reference management packages supported at UCL: EndNote, Mendeley and Zotero. Instructions for downloading to these packages can be found in the menu on this page.

Instructions for exporting to Excel, for Windows or Mac, can be found on the Cochrane Library's Export help page. 

The maximum number of article citations that can be exported from a single search is 20,000. If your search has more results, limit your results by date to reduce the size of your search to sets containing less than 20,000 citations.

• Export references to EndNote.
• Export references to Mendeley.
• Export references to Zotero.