diff --git a/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.html b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5edccd55cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<ds-submission-import-external></ds-submission-import-external>
diff --git a/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.scss b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.spec.ts b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e673959a32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA } from '@angular/core';
+import { async, ComponentFixture, TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
+import { ImportExternalPageComponent } from './import-external-page.component';
+
+fdescribe('ImportExternalPageComponent', () => {
+  let component: ImportExternalPageComponent;
+  let fixture: ComponentFixture<ImportExternalPageComponent>;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      declarations: [ ImportExternalPageComponent ],
+      schemas: [NO_ERRORS_SCHEMA]
+    })
+    .compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    fixture = TestBed.createComponent(ImportExternalPageComponent);
+    component = fixture.componentInstance;
+    fixture.detectChanges();
+  });
+
+  it('should create ImportExternalPageComponent', () => {
+    expect(component).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.ts b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c205482cb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Component, Injector, OnInit } from '@angular/core';
+
+/**
+ * Component representing the external import page of the submission.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-import-external-page',
+  templateUrl: './import-external-page.component.html',
+  styleUrls: ['./import-external-page.component.scss']
+})
+export class ImportExternalPageComponent {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.module.ts b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c81e80615f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-page.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { CommonModule } from '@angular/common';
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+
+import { SharedModule } from '../shared/shared.module';
+import { CoreModule } from '../core/core.module';
+import { ImportExternalRoutingModule } from './import-external-routing.module';
+import { SubmissionImportExternalComponent } from '../submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component';
+import { SubmissionImportExternalSearchbarComponent } from '../submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component';
+import { SubmissionModule } from '../submission/submission.module';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    CommonModule,
+    SharedModule,
+    CoreModule.forRoot(),
+    ImportExternalRoutingModule,
+    SubmissionModule,
+  ],
+  declarations: [ ],
+  entryComponents: [ ]
+})
+
+/**
+ * This module handles all components that are necessary for the submission external import page
+ */
+export class ImportExternalPageModule {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-routing.module.ts b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-routing.module.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91cdbf9877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/+import-external-page/import-external-routing.module.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
+import { RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
+import { AuthenticatedGuard } from '../core/auth/authenticated.guard';
+import { SubmissionImportExternalComponent } from '../submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component';
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [
+    RouterModule.forChild([
+      {
+        canActivate: [ AuthenticatedGuard ],
+        path: '',
+        component: SubmissionImportExternalComponent,
+        pathMatch: 'full',
+        data: {
+          title: 'submission.import-external.page.title'
+        }
+      }
+    ])
+  ],
+  providers: [ ]
+})
+export class ImportExternalRoutingModule {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-new-submission/my-dspace-new-submission.component.html b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-new-submission/my-dspace-new-submission.component.html
index 911ba26b31..3adaea7128 100644
--- a/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-new-submission/my-dspace-new-submission.component.html
+++ b/src/app/+my-dspace-page/my-dspace-new-submission/my-dspace-new-submission.component.html
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
     <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary mt-1 ml-2" [routerLink]="['/submit']" role="button">
       <i class="fa fa-plus-circle" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{'mydspace.new-submission' | translate}}
     </a>
+    <a class="btn btn-lg btn-primary mt-1 ml-2" [routerLink]="['/import-external']" role="button">
+      <i class="fa fa-file-import" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{'mydspace.new-submission-external' | translate}}
+    </a>
   </div>
 
 </div>
diff --git a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
index 0ba0851e4e..655f0f94fc 100644
--- a/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app-routing.module.ts
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ export function getDSOPath(dso: DSpaceObject): string {
       { path: 'login', loadChildren: './+login-page/login-page.module#LoginPageModule' },
       { path: 'logout', loadChildren: './+logout-page/logout-page.module#LogoutPageModule' },
       { path: 'submit', loadChildren: './+submit-page/submit-page.module#SubmitPageModule' },
+      { path: 'import-external', loadChildren: './+import-external-page/import-external-page.module#ImportExternalPageModule' },
       {
         path: 'workspaceitems',
         loadChildren: './+workspaceitems-edit-page/workspaceitems-edit-page.module#WorkspaceitemsEditPageModule'
diff --git a/src/app/core/data/external-source.service.ts b/src/app/core/data/external-source.service.ts
index 0c1a8d255c..8ad0494f3d 100644
--- a/src/app/core/data/external-source.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/data/external-source.service.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { NotificationsService } from '../../shared/notifications/notifications.s
 import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';
 import { FindListOptions, GetRequest } from './request.models';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/internal/Observable';
-import { distinctUntilChanged, map, switchMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { distinctUntilChanged, map, switchMap, take, flatMap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { PaginatedSearchOptions } from '../../shared/search/paginated-search-options.model';
 import { hasValue, isNotEmptyOperator } from '../../shared/empty.util';
 import { configureRequest } from '../shared/operators';
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import { RemoteData } from './remote-data';
 import { PaginatedList } from './paginated-list';
 import { ExternalSourceEntry } from '../shared/external-source-entry.model';
 import { DefaultChangeAnalyzer } from './default-change-analyzer.service';
+import { FollowLinkConfig } from '../../shared/utils/follow-link-config.model';
 
 /**
  * A service handling all external source requests
@@ -59,6 +60,20 @@ export class ExternalSourceService extends DataService<ExternalSource> {
     );
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Return the list of external sources.
+   *
+   * @param options
+   *    Find list options object.
+   * @param linksToFollow
+   *    List of {@link FollowLinkConfig} that indicate which {@link HALLink}s should be automatically resolved.
+   * @return Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<ExternalSource>>>
+   *    The list of the external sources.
+   */
+  getAllExternalSources(options: FindListOptions = {}, ...linksToFollow: Array<FollowLinkConfig<ExternalSource>>): Observable<RemoteData<PaginatedList<ExternalSource>>> {
+    return this.findAll(options, ...linksToFollow);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the entries for an external source
    * @param externalSourceId  The id of the external source to fetch entries for
diff --git a/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f7a971a381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<div class="input-group mb-5">
+  <input type="text" class="form-control" (keyup.enter)="(searchString === '')?null:search()" [(ngModel)]="searchString" placeholder="{{'submission.import-external.search.placeholder' |translate}}" aria-label="" aria-describedby="">
+  <div class="input-group-append">
+    <div class="btn-group" ngbDropdown role="group" aria-label="">
+      <button class="btn btn-outline-secondary w-fx" title="{{'submission.import-external.search.source.hint' |translate}}" ngbDropdownToggle>{{'submission.import-external.source.' + selectedElement.name | translate}}</button>
+      <div ngbDropdownMenu class="dropdown-menu scrollable-dropdown-menu w-100"
+        aria-haspopup="true"
+        aria-expanded="false"
+        aria-labelledby="scrollableDropdownMenuButton">
+        <div class="scrollable-menu"
+          aria-labelledby="scrollableDropdownMenuButton"
+          infiniteScroll
+          [infiniteScrollDistance]="2"
+          [infiniteScrollThrottle]="50"
+          (scrolled)="onScroll()"
+          [scrollWindow]="false">
+          <button ngbDropdownItem class="dropdown-item text-truncate" title="{{'submission.import-external.source.' + source.name | translate}}" (click)="makeSourceSelection(source)" *ngFor="let source of sourceList">{{'submission.import-external.source.' + source.name | translate}}</button>
+          <div ngbDropdownItem class="scrollable-dropdown-loading text-center" *ngIf="sourceListloading"><p>{{'submission.import-external.source.loading' | translate}}</p></div>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <button type="button" class="btn btn-outline-secondary" [title]="(searchString === '')?('submission.import-external.search.button.hint' | translate):('submission.import-external.search.button' | translate)" [disabled]="searchString === ''" (click)="search()">{{'submission.import-external.search.button' | translate}}</button>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.scss b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..076ceae9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.input-group-append .btn.btn {
+  margin-left: -1px;
+}
+
+.input-group-append .dropdown-toggle {
+  border-top-right-radius: 0;
+  border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
+}
+
+.w-fx {
+  min-width: 200px;
+}
diff --git a/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.ts b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e13c8dad3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/submission/import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+import { Component, OnInit, ChangeDetectorRef, Output, EventEmitter } from '@angular/core';
+import { of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { ExternalSourceService } from '../../../core/data/external-source.service';
+import { catchError, first, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
+import { ExternalSource } from '../../../core/shared/external-source.model';
+import { PaginatedList } from '../../../core/data/paginated-list';
+import { RemoteData } from '../../../core/data/remote-data';
+import { PageInfo } from '../../../core/shared/page-info.model';
+import { createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject } from '../../../shared/remote-data.utils';
+import { FindListOptions } from '../../../core/data/request.models';
+
+/**
+ * Interface for the selected external source element.
+ */
+interface SourceElement {
+  id: string;
+  name: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Interface for the external source data to export.
+ */
+export interface ExternalSourceData {
+  query: string;
+  sourceId: string;
+}
+
+/**
+ * This component builds the searchbar for the submission external import.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-submission-import-external-searchbar',
+  styleUrls: ['./submission-import-external-searchbar.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './submission-import-external-searchbar.component.html'
+})
+export class SubmissionImportExternalSearchbarComponent implements OnInit {
+  /**
+   * The selected external sources.
+   */
+  public selectedElement: SourceElement;
+  /**
+   * The list of external sources.
+   */
+  public sourceList: SourceElement[] = [];
+  /**
+   * The string used to search items in the external sources.
+   */
+  public searchString: string;
+  /**
+   * The external sources loading status.
+   */
+  public sourceListloading = false;
+  /**
+   * The external source data to use to perform the search.
+   */
+  @Output() public externalSourceData: EventEmitter<ExternalSourceData> = new EventEmitter<ExternalSourceData>();
+
+  /**
+   * The external sources pagination data.
+   */
+  protected pageInfo: PageInfo;
+  /**
+   * The options for REST data retireval.
+   */
+  protected findListOptions: FindListOptions;
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component variables.
+   * @param {ExternalSourceService} externalService
+   * @param {ChangeDetectorRef} cdr
+   */
+  constructor(
+    private externalService: ExternalSourceService,
+    private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef,
+  ) { }
+
+  /**
+   * Component intitialization and retireve first page of external sources.
+   */
+  ngOnInit() {
+    this.searchString = '';
+    this.selectedElement = {id: '', name: 'loading'};
+    this.findListOptions = {
+      elementsPerPage: 5,
+      currentPage: 0,
+    };
+    this.externalService.getAllExternalSources(this.findListOptions).pipe(
+      catchError(() => {
+        const pageInfo = new PageInfo();
+        const paginatedList = new PaginatedList(pageInfo, []);
+        const paginatedListRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(paginatedList);
+        return observableOf(paginatedListRD);
+      }),
+      first()
+    ).subscribe((externalSource: RemoteData<PaginatedList<ExternalSource>>) => {
+      externalSource.payload.page.forEach((element) => {
+        this.sourceList.push({id: element.id, name: element.name});
+        this.selectedElement = this.sourceList[0];
+      });
+      this.pageInfo = externalSource.payload.pageInfo;
+      this.cdr.detectChanges();
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the selected external source.
+   */
+  makeSourceSelection(source) {
+    this.selectedElement = source;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load the next pages of external sources.
+   */
+  onScroll() {
+    if (!this.sourceListloading && this.pageInfo.currentPage <= this.pageInfo.totalPages) {
+      this.sourceListloading = true;
+      this.findListOptions.currentPage++;
+      this.externalService.getAllExternalSources(this.findListOptions).pipe(
+        catchError(() => {
+          const pageInfo = new PageInfo();
+          const paginatedList = new PaginatedList(pageInfo, []);
+          const paginatedListRD = createSuccessfulRemoteDataObject(paginatedList);
+          return observableOf(paginatedListRD);
+        }),
+        tap(() => this.sourceListloading = false))
+        .subscribe((externalSource: RemoteData<PaginatedList<ExternalSource>>) => {
+          externalSource.payload.page.forEach((element) => {
+            this.sourceList.push({id: element.id, name: element.name});
+          })
+          this.pageInfo = externalSource.payload.pageInfo;
+          this.cdr.detectChanges();
+        })
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Passes the search parameters to the parent component.
+   */
+  public search() {
+    this.externalSourceData.emit({sourceId: this.selectedElement.id, query: this.searchString});
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.html b/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1d2c7cb7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.html
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<div class="container">
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-12">
+      <h2 id="header" class="pb-2">{{'submission.import-external.title' | translate}}</h2>
+      <ds-submission-import-external-searchbar
+        (externalSourceData) = "getExternalsourceData($event)">
+      </ds-submission-import-external-searchbar>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-12">
+      DATA<br>
+      {{(externalSourceData)?externalSourceData.sourceId:''}} : {{(externalSourceData)?externalSourceData.query:''}}
+    </div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-12">
+      <hr>
+      <a class="btn btn-outline-secondary" [routerLink]="['/mydspace']" role="button">
+        <i class="fa fa-chevron-left" aria-hidden="true"></i> {{'submission.import-external.back-to-my-dspace' | translate}}
+      </a>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.scss b/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.ts b/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b53961540
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/submission/import-external/submission-import-external.component.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { Component, OnInit, ChangeDetectorRef } from '@angular/core';
+import { Observable, of as observableOf } from 'rxjs';
+import { ExternalSourceService } from '../../core/data/external-source.service';
+import { ExternalSourceData } from './import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component';
+
+/**
+ * This component allows to submit a new workspaceitem importing the data from an external source.
+ */
+@Component({
+  selector: 'ds-submission-import-external',
+  styleUrls: ['./submission-import-external.component.scss'],
+  templateUrl: './submission-import-external.component.html'
+})
+export class SubmissionImportExternalComponent {
+  /**
+   * The external source search data.
+   */
+  public externalSourceData: ExternalSourceData;
+
+  /**
+   * Initialize the component variables.
+   * @param {ExternalSourceService} externalService
+   */
+  constructor(
+    private externalService: ExternalSourceService,
+    private cdr: ChangeDetectorRef,
+  ) { }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the data to submit a search.
+   */
+  public getExternalsourceData(event: ExternalSourceData) {
+    this.externalSourceData = event;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/app/submission/submission.module.ts b/src/app/submission/submission.module.ts
index 806258baa8..f7accaf0ca 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/submission.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/submission.module.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ import { SubmissionSectionUploadFileViewComponent } from './sections/upload/file
 import { SubmissionSectionUploadAccessConditionsComponent } from './sections/upload/accessConditions/submission-section-upload-access-conditions.component';
 import { SubmissionSubmitComponent } from './submit/submission-submit.component';
 import { storeModuleConfig } from '../app.reducer';
-import { CoreState } from '../core/core.reducers';
+import { SubmissionImportExternalComponent } from './import-external/submission-import-external.component';
+import { SubmissionImportExternalSearchbarComponent } from './import-external/import-external-searchbar/submission-import-external-searchbar.component';
 
 @NgModule({
   imports: [
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ import { CoreState } from '../core/core.reducers';
     SubmissionUploadFilesComponent,
     SubmissionSectionUploadFileComponent,
     SubmissionSectionUploadFileEditComponent,
-    SubmissionSectionUploadFileViewComponent
+    SubmissionSectionUploadFileViewComponent,
+    SubmissionImportExternalComponent,
+    SubmissionImportExternalSearchbarComponent,
   ],
   entryComponents: [
     SubmissionSectionUploadComponent,
diff --git a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5 b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
index 4173fa1cf2..bd0f23d24e 100644
--- a/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
+++ b/src/assets/i18n/en.json5
@@ -1767,6 +1767,8 @@
 
   "mydspace.new-submission": "New submission",
 
+  "mydspace.new-submission-external": "Import from external source",
+
   "mydspace.results.head": "Your submissions",
 
   "mydspace.results.no-abstract": "No Abstract",
@@ -2396,6 +2398,32 @@
   "submission.general.save-later": "Save for later",
 
 
+  "submission.import-external.page.title": "Import metadata from an external source",
+
+  "submission.import-external.title": "Import metadata from an external source",
+
+  "submission.import-external.back-to-my-dspace": "Back to MyDSpace",
+
+  "submission.import-external.search.placeholder": "Search the external source",
+
+  "submission.import-external.search.button": "Search",
+
+  "submission.import-external.search.button.hint": "Write some words to search",
+
+  "submission.import-external.search.source.hint": "Pick an external source",
+
+  "submission.import-external.source.loading": "Loading ...",
+
+  "submission.import-external.source.sherpaJournal": "SHERPA Journals",
+
+  "submission.import-external.source.sherpaPublisher": "SHERPA Publishers",
+
+  "submission.import-external.source.orcidV2": "ORCID",
+
+  "submission.import-external.source.pubmed": "Pubmed",
+
+  "submission.import-external.source.lcname": "Library of Congress Names",
+
 
   "submission.sections.describe.relationship-lookup.close": "Close",