RefWorks - Tips for Geographers

RefWorks is an online personal citation database and bibliography creator that allows you to import, store, and share your research citations and automatically formats your bibliographies into whatever style you need (APA, MLA, Chicago, and many more). Use this helpful information to get started working with RefWorks.

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Tips for Importing citations from:

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GeoBASE, Import Citations info RefWorks from

For Direct Export:

1. Mark the references you want to export and click the Save icon.

2. Select Save to RefWorks.

3. Click OK in the upper right area of the page.

4. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references.  

5.  Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

To Manually Save and Export Records:

1. Mark the references you want to export and click the Save icon.

2.  Select Save to Disk.

3. Under Save or Export These Records select Marked to export the references you selected.

4. Under Save These Fields select Complete Record.

5. Under Also Save: be sure you have Record number checked and Short Labels selected.

5. Click OK in the upper right area of the page.

6. Select the location where you want to save the file and type the file name.

7. Click Save.

8. Log in to RefWorks.

9. Select References/Import from the toolbar.

10. Select SilverPlatter WebSPIRS as the data source and select the appropriate database.

11. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.

12. Click Import.

13. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

Google Scholar

1. Open Google Scholar at http://scholar.google.com

2. Click on Scholar Preferences.

3. Scroll to the Bibliography Manager section.

4. Click in the radio button next to Show links to import into.

5. Select Refworks from the drop down menu

6. Click on Save Preferences.

7. When you review search results in Google Scholar you will see an option to Import into RefWorks with each citation.

 

Proquest Databases, Import Citations info RefWorks from

For Direct Export:

1. Perform a search and mark the references you want to export.

2. You can choose to export the items now or add them to My Research and add additional records for exporting later.  If you add the records to My Research, select that folder tab when you are ready to export.  If you choose to export only the selected records on that page, skip to #4 below.

3. From My Research, select Export Citations.

4. Select Export directly to RefWorks.

5. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references.

6.  Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

To Manually Save and Export Records:

1. Perform a search and mark the references you want to export.

2. You can choose to Export the items now or add them to My Research and add additional records for exporting later.  If you add the records to My Research, select that folder tab when you are ready to export.  If you choose to export only the selected records on that page, skip to #4 below.

3. From My Research, select Export Citations.

4. Select Download in a format compatible with ProCite, EndNote, Reference Manager and RefWorks.

5. Select Save As from your browser and select Text as the Save As file type.

6. Log in to RefWorks.

7. Select References/Import from the toolbar.

8. Select RIS Format as the data source and database.

9. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.

10. Click Import.

11. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

Lexis-Nexis, Import Citations info RefWorks from

1. Perform a search and mark the records you wish to export.

2. At the top right of the results display are four icons

Lexis Print Icon Print Documents

Lexis Email Icon Email Documents

Lexis Download Icon Download Documents

Lexis Export Icon Export Bibliographic References

3. Click Lexis Export Icon and complete the options in the dialog box which opens.

4. Click the red Export button in the dialog box. A new window will open at the RefWorks login screen. Citation transfer to the Last Imported folder will complete after login.

UW Libraries Catalog, Import Citations info RefWorks from

  1. Mark and save records from your searches in the UW Libraries catalog
  2. Click the View Saved Records button at the top of the catalog window
  3. Select EndNote/RefWorks from the Format Of List options on the left
  4. Select Local Disk from the Send List To options on the right
  5. Click Submit
  6. Select Save from the dialog box which appears and save the file on your computer. You will be prompted to save the file as export.txt, which you can accept or modify as you choose. Remember where you have saved the file and what you have called it!
  7. Open RefWorks and login to your account
  8. From the References menu, select Import
  9. On the import screen you have several boxes to fill in as follows:
    Import Filter/Data Source: Refer format
    Database: EndNote
    Import References into: [optional - you can leave blank or specify a folder in your RefWorks account]
    Import Data from the following Text File: [use the Browse button to navigate to the location where you saved the export.txt file]
  10. Click the Import button
  11. The citations will be added to your Last Imported Folder where you can edit them and assign them to different folders in your account.

Web of Science, Import Citations info RefWorks from

Note:  If the records you wish to export from WOS are on a single search results page, you can bypass instructions 2 through 5 below.  Simply mark your records and click the Save button in the Output Records area.  Select Field Tagged and continue, then the Save button to save the file to your computer.  Import the file following the instructions starting at #6 below.

1.  From your search results, select the items you wish to save by clicking in the checkbox to the left of the appropriate citations and clicking on the Add to Marked List button to the right in the Output Records box.

2.  Click on the Marked List icon when you are ready to export.

3. On the Web of Science Marked Records Output Options Form, leave the bold fields checked. Check the abstract field if you want to include it in your database.

4. Leave the Field Tagged option for save as file and click the save to file button

5. Click the Save button to save the .txt file to your computer.

6. Log in to RefWorks.

7. Select References/Import from the toolbar.

8. Select ISI (Institute for Scientific Information) as the data source and Web of Science as the database.

9. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer and click on Open.

10. Click Import.

11. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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Last modified: January 25, 2008

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