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Database Import Instructions for RefWorks

ABC-Clio Databases 
ACS (American Chemical Society)
Annual Reviews
CQ Press

EBSCOHost Databases 
GALE Virtual Reference Library
Goucher Library Catalog Records
Highwire Press

JSTOR
Lexis/Nexis
Literature Online (LION)
MathSciNet (AMS)

Project Muse
ProQuest
PubMed
Science Direct
WilsonWeb

ABC-Clio Databases 
  1. Conduct a search and mark the records you want by clicking the Tagged box.
  2. Click on the Output Options button.
  3. Select Short Entry if you just want the citation or Full Entry if you want the abstract to be included with the citation information.
  4. In the Output Type area, select RefWorks Export and click Submit to initiate a direct export.
  5. Click on the link to log into your RefWorks account
  6. Log into RefWorks and your records should automatically appear in the Last Imported folder.

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 ACS (American Chemical Society)

 

  1. Conduct your search.
  2. Select the records you want to export and click Download Citations.
  3. Select RIS in the Choose a Citation Manager Format section.
  4. Click the Export to RefWorks button.
  5. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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Annual Reviews

 

 Note: Only one record at a time will be saved.

  1. Mark the record you wish to save by clicking the checkbox.
  2. Select Download Citation in drop-down menu.
  3. Choose Citation and Abstract and RIS; download Chapter Metadata.
  4. Navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file; it will be saved as a .ris file.
  5. Click Save.
  6. Log in to RefWorks.
  7. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
  8. Select RIS Format as the data source and Reference Manager as the 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.
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CQ Press
  1. Conduct your search.
  2. Click the Cite Now! button at the top of the record you would like to export.
    Note: you can only export one record at a time.
  3. A separate window will pop up.
  4. Choose Export citation to: RefWorks.
  5. The reference is automatically exported to RefWorks.
  6. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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EBSCOHost Databases 
  1. Conduct a search
  2. Click on the Add folder icon below any results you want to save.
  3. Click on the Folder view link, above the Folder has items icon on the right side of the screen.
  4. Select the records you wish to export.
  5. Click on the Export button.
  6. Click the radio button in front of Direct Export to RefWorks to initiate a direct export.
    Note: Uncheck the Remove these items from folder after saving feature, if you want items to remain in the folder after performing the export function.
  7. Click the Save button to begin the direct export.
  8. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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GALE Virtual Reference Library
  1. Conduct your search and mark the records you want to import.
  2. Click on Marked items.
  3. In tools menu, select Citations tool.
  4. Select desired format.
  5. Click on RefWorks link and log in to complete import.
  6. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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Goucher Library Catalog Records

In the Goucher Library Catalog:
  1. Find your records
  2. Mark each
  3. Save marked records
  4. Export saves
  5. Local disk (desktop)
  6. Submit
  7. Save
Go to RefWorks:
  1. References
  2. Import
  3. Import filter Innovative Interfaces INNOPAC
  4. Database Goucher
  5. Import from text file
  6. Browse for the file (desktop)
  7. Open
  8. Import
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Highwire Press
Note: In some cases only one citation may be imported at a time.
  1. Mark the items you wish to save.
  2. Select Download to Citation Manager and click Go.
  3. Download all citations.
  4. Save the file to disk.
  5. Log in to RefWorks.
  6. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
  7. Select RIS Format as the data source and Reference Manager as the database.
  8. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
  9. Click Import.
  10. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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JSTOR
  1. Conduct your search and select the citations you want to import.
  2. Select Export Citation.
  3. Select a format.
  4. Using your Browser's Save As function, save file to local drive.
  5. Log in to RefWorks.
  6. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
  7. Select JSTOR as the data source and JSTOR as the database.
  8. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
  9. Click Import.
  10. Your records should appear in the Last Imported folder.
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Lexis/Nexis
  1. Conduct your search and mark the records you wish to export using the checkboxes.
  2. Choose View Tagged results.
  3. Click the Export Bibliographic References icon (book icon).
  4. Choose All or Selected items, and preferred citation format.
  5. Export using RefWorks; your records should automatically appear in the Last Imported folder.
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Literature Online (LION)
  1. Conduct a search and select your records to export.
  2. Click on Marked List.
  3. Click on Download Citations.
  4. Click on the link that says Export Directly to RefWorks.
  5. Log into RefWorks and your records should automatically appear in the Last Imported folder.
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MathSciNet (AMS)

  1. Save citations by clicking the Clipboard link.
  2. Review your marked citations by clicking the Clipboard link at top of page.
  3. Select format Citations (BibTeX) and click SaveClip.
  4. Using your Browser's Save As function, navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file and save the file in the text (.txt) format.
  5. Log in to RefWorks.
  6. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
  7. Select BibTeX as the data source and MathSciNet as the database.
  8. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
  9. Click Import.
  10. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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Project Muse
  1. Select the references you want to export.
  2. Click on the Saved Marked Results button.
  3. Click Email/Export Saved Results.
  4. Under Export marked results to: select Refworks.
  5. Click the Export button.
  6. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references.  
  7. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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ProQuest 
  1. Perform a search and mark the references you want to export.
  2. Select My Research tab.
  3. From the My Research page, click Export citations.
  4. To do a direct export, 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.
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PubMed
  1. Perform a search and mark the references you want to export.
  2. Change the Display option from Summary to MEDLINE.
  3. Click Apply.
  4. Select Save As from your browser and select Text as the Save As file type.
  5. Log in to RefWorks.
  6. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
  7. Select NLM PubMed as the data source and as the database.
  8. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
  9. Click Import.
  10. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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Science Direct
  1. Mark the records you want to import and click Export Citations.
  2. Select either All documents or Only these documents for the Marked records.
  3. Select Citations + Abstracts to export the record's abstracts.
  4. Select the RefWorks Direct Export.
  5. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
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WilsonWeb  
  1. From the search results page, select Print/eMail/Save.
  2. Under Destination select Save.
  3. Under eMail and Save Format Fields select All Citation Fields.
  4. Under format, select Format for exporting to Bibliographic software.
  5. Select Save.  A new window will open with the tagged results.
  6. Using your Browser's Save As function, navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file.
  7. Select Text as the file type and click Save.
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Note: Only one record at a time will be saved.