Exporting Refworks Citations

• American Chemical Society

2. In the upper-right corner of the result you want to import, click on Supporting Info.

3. In the column on the right-hand side of the info box, click on Download Citation.

4. Select Refworks from the Citation Manager drop-down menu.

5. Click the Download article citation data button.

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• Cambridge Journals Online

2. Click on the Export Citation link above the abstract.

3. Select RefWorks from the menu of file formats.

4. Click Download. You will be prompted to create a text file. Do so, and save.

5. Open RefWorks. Under the References tab, click Import. Select RefWorks Tagged Format from the Import Filter/Data source menu.

6. Click Browse to find your text file and open it.

7. Click Import. Click View Last Imported Folder to view imported citation.

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• PAIS - Public Affairs Information Service & Archives
• Philosopher's Index

1. Conduct your search.

2.  From the results displayed, select the citation you need to export by clicking  the corresponding numbered check box,

3.click RefWorks (near top of screen, above search results)

4.  Click Export to RefWorks.  The references are automatically exported to RefWorks.

5.  Click View Last Imported Folder to locate citation.

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In the Cochrane Library

1. Click on the checkbox to the left of each record to import.
2. Click on the "Export Selected Citations" box at the bottom of the screen (note: you can also import all of the records by clicking on the "Export All Results" box)
3. For "Export Type" select Abstract and Citation. For "File Type" choose PC, MAC, etc. depending on your machine. Click on Go.
4. You will be prompted to save a text file. Save this text file to a convenient location, such as the desktop.

In RefWorks

1. Login to your RefWorks database if you have not already done so.
2. From the References drop down menu select Import
3. From the "Import Filter/Data Source" drop down menu select Wiley Interscience
4. For "Import References to" you may select a specific folder to import your references into (or leave it blank)
5. The radio button next to Import Data from the following Text should be selected.
6. Click the Browse button and navigate to find the file you saved in the Cochrane Library (step 4 above)
7. Click on Import.
8. Your citation(s) will automatically be imported

• America: History and Life
• Academic Search Premier
• Ageline
• Agricola
• American Humanities Index
• Business Source Premier
• Child Development and Adolescent Studies
• Communications and Mass Media Complete
• ERIC
• Gender Studies Database
• GLBT Life with Full Text
• GreenFILE
• Historical Abstracts
• Hospitality and Tourism Index
• Humanities International Complete
• LGBT Life
• Library, Information Science and Technology Abstracts
• MEDLINE
• Mental Measurements Yearbook
• MLA Directory of Periodicals
• MLA International Bibliography
• PsycARTICLES
• PsycINFO
• SocINDEX

1.   Conduct your search.

2. Click on the Addfolder icon below any results you need to export.

3. Click on the Folder link at the top of the page, or on the Folder view link to the right of the Result List.

4. On Folder Contents page, select items to export and click on the Export link from inside the Folder List.

5. Ensure that  Direct Export to RefWorks is selected from the list

6. Click Save to begin the direct export.

7. ViewLast Imported Folderto locate citation.

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• Eighteenth Century Collections Online

2. Click on the Generate Citation icon in the upper right corner.

3. Select RefWorks from the Export to third party software menu and click Export.

4. Click View Last Imported Folder in RefWorks to view citation.

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• Children's Literature Review
• Gale Reference E-Books
• International Directory of Company Histories

2.Select Citation Tools from the box to the right.

3. Select RefWorks in the Export to Third Party Software box. Click Export.

4. Click View Last Imported Folder in RefWorks to view citation.

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• Google Scholar

2. Click on the Import into RefWorks link below the result you want to import.

3. You will be brought to the Edit Reference form in RefWorks. Select the folder you wish to import your reference into from the In Folder(s) drop down menu, and click the Save Reference link at the top.

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• Institute of Physics Journals Online

2. Click Download citation in the Article options menu.

3. Choose the BibTeX format in the Download to citation manager page, and click on the Download link.

4. You will be prompted to create a BIB file. Do so, and save.

5. Open RefWorks. In the References menu, select Import. Choose BibTeX as the Import Filter/Data Source, and as the Database.

6. Brows for your BIB file and open it. Click on the Import button.

7. Click View Last Imported Folder in RefWorks to view citation.

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Jstor

1.  Conduct a search.  Next to the citation that you need to export, click Export this Citation.

2.  From "Export Citations," select RefWorks.  "Import from JSTOR" indicates Import Completed.  Click View Last Imported Folder to view citation.

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MathSciNet

1. Within "Search MathSciNet" begin your export by conducting a search.

2.  Click Clipboard below the desired item in the results list to save the reference.  Click Clipboard at the top of the interface to review the selected reference.

3. Select format Citations (BibTeX),and click Save Text.

4. Select all of the text in citation and copy. Open Notetab and paste citation into document. Save the document (giving the file an appropriate name) as a text file.  

5. Log in to RefWorks.

6. Select References/Import.

7. Select BibTeX as the Import Filter/Data Source, and browse for the text file you saved.

8. Select the file and click Import which indicates Import completed.

9. Click View Last Imported Folder to locate the reference.

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• Cambridge University Press E-Books
• Oxford University Press E-Books
• MyiLibrary
• Taylor & Francis E-Books

2. On the right-hand side of the abstract page, click on the Export to RefWorks link.

3. The export will open RefWorks, and automatically import the references to your database. Click View Last Imported Folder to view imported citations.

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• WorldCat

1. From WorldCat database, conduct a search.  From the WorldCat List of records, click the numbered box next to the required citation, and click the Export link above the results list.

2. To perform a direct export, in the "Export" area select Marked records from this search. In the "Export to" area, select RefWorks. Click Export.

3. The export will open RefWorks, and automatically import the references to your database. Click View Last Imported Folder to view imported citations.

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• Oxford Journals Online

2. Check the download to citation manager link above the results you want to import and click go.

3. Click on the Download ALL Selected Citations to Citation Manager link.

4. Select RefWorks.

5. Click View Last Imported Folder to view the reference. 

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• Periodicals Archive Online

2. Click on the Marked List icon in the upper right corner of the page.

3. Click on Download Selected Citations in the Selected Citations Options menu on the right side of the page.

4. Click on the Export Directly to RefWorks link.

5. Click View Last Imported Folder to view your citation.

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• Project Muse

2. Click the Save Marked Results link on the upper right of the results list.

3. Click the View Saved Results link in the upper right side of the interface.

4. Check the RefWorks link in the Export marked results to link.

5. Click View Last Imported Folder to view your citation.

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• Canadian Newsstand
• CBCA Business
• CBCA Current Events
• CBCA Education
• CBCA Reference
• Research Library

1. Within "ProQuest" choose an individual database, or click Select Multiple Databases to conduct a search.

2. From the Results, click the numbered box to mark the citation you want to export.  Click Export.

3. To perform a direct export from "Export Citations" click Export directly toRefWorks.

5. The export will open RefWorksand  automatically import the reference. "Import from Proquest" indicates Import completed.

6. Click View Last Imported Folder to locate the reference. 

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1. Perform a search.  Click on the check box to select the reference that you require.

2. Choose Display and select MEDLINE.

3. In the Send To drop-down, select Text.

4. Text version of your records appears. Codes displayed on left, called "Tags," are critical to the import and identify your pieces of data.

5. Select File/Save As/Save File to your desktop/Name File/Click Save.  Always save your records as a "text file" (*.txt).

6. Close PubMED, and Log in to RefWorks.

7. Click References and Select Import.

8.  Choose Import Filter/Data Source. Select NLM PubMed.  Choose Database and select PubMed.

9. Select Browse to locate your text file/ select your file/click Open.

10. Click Import.

11. Click View Last Imported Folder to locate your reference.

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• Child Care and Early Education Research Connections

2. In the Export Citation box to the right of the abstract, click Export via RIS (EndNote/Zotero).

3. You will be prompted to create a text file. Do so, and save.

4. Open RefWorks. In the References tab, click Import.

5. Select RIS Format as both the Import Filter/Data Source and the Database. Browse for your text file, and open it. Click Import.

6. Click View Last Imported Folder to view your citation.

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• Sage journals online

1.  Click on the 'Download to citation manager' link on the right side of the article abstract or full text

3. You wil be taken to a new page: Select RefWorks from the menu of file formats on the right side of the screen.

4. A new page will open with your citation in RefWorks Tagged Format. Save this page (File > Save As . . .) You will be prompted to create a text file. Do so, and save.

5. Open RefWorks. Under the References tab, click Import. Select RefWorks Tagged Format from the Import Filter/Data source menu.

6. Click Browse to find your text file and open it.

7. Click Import. Click View Last Imported Folder to view imported citation.

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1. Conduct a search and within "Articles Found" select the required citations from the "Article List" by clicking the numbered check box.

2.  Click  "Export Citations" and in the Content Format field, select Citations only or Citations and Abstracts.  Under Export Format, select the RefWorks Direct Export.  Click Export.

3.  Click View Last Imported Folder to view citation.

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• SpringerLINK

1. Conduct your search. Click Add to marked items link next to desired titles. Click Marked Items link in "My Menu" from the left side of the interface.  

2. Select items to import by checking boxes on the left. Click the Download this list icon at the top (the icon with the green arrow).

3. Under "Export the citations from your current list of items," click RIS.

4. You will be prompted to create a text file. Do so.

5.  You will be prompted to save the file. Do so.

6. Log in to RefWorks.

7. Select References/Import from the toolbar.

8. Select RIS Format for both the "Import Filter/ Data Source" *and* the "Database."

9. Browse to find the text file you saved.

10. Click Import. "Import" indicates Import Completed.

11.  Click View Last Imported Folder for import results.

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• Blackwell Synergy Premium Collection

2. Click on the Download Citation link above the abstract of your article.

3. Select Plain Text from the Format menu. You will be prompted to create a text file. Do so, and save.

4. Open RefWorks. Under the References tab, click on Import. Select Wiley InterScience from the Import Filter/Data Source menu. Select the folder in RefWorks you want to import the citation into.

5. Select Import Data from the following Text File and click Browse. Find your text file and click Import.

6. Click View Last Imported Folder to view your citation.

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• Web of Science (ISI)

1.  Conduct a search, and from "Search Results" select the required articles by clicking the Web of Science check box.  Click Add to Marked List above search results.

2.  Click Marked List near top of the interface.         

3. On the "Web of Science Marked Records" -  Output Options, leave the bold fields checked.  Within Step 1. check the abstract field if you want to include it in your database. Within Step 2. select "Field-Tagged" for Format for Print and "Other Reference Software" for Save to File.  Click Save to File.

4.  You will be prompted to create a text file with Notetab. Do so, and save the file.

5. Log in to RefWorks.

6. Select References and click Import.

7. Select ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) as the Import Filter/Data Source and Web of Science as the Database.

8. Browse to find the text file you saved, and click Open.

9. Click Import which indicates Import completed and references imported. 

10. Click View Last Imported Folder to view import results.

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