Using RefWorks with Library Databases

ArtSTOR
CQ Press
EBSCOhost
Education & Information Technology Library
Gale
Google Scholar
JSTOR
NetLibrary
WorldCat
Project Muse
ProQuest
ProQuest Digital Dissertations
Sage Journals
ScienceDirect
Scirus

After you do your search in a database, follow these instructions to bring the citations you want into RefWorks. Your citations (records) will always appear in the "Last Imported" folder.

A word on terminology:
Export means you're in a database, pushing records into RefWorks.
Import means you're in RefWorks, pulling records out of a database.
To avoid confusion, we just call it "saving records in RefWorks" regardless of which way you're doing it.
ARTSTOR
1. To mark the records you want to save in RefWorks, select thumbnails (the little images on your search results page) by clicking on them once (a yellow border will surround the selected images.)
2. Click "Image Groups" menu in the toolbar and choose "Save Selected Images as Citations".
3. Click on the "Image Groups" menu again, and now click "View Saved Citations".
4. From the citation list, click "Directly Export Citations into RefWorks".
5. The references are automatically sent to RefWorks. If you are not already logged in to RefWorks, you will be prompted to do so.

1. To mark the records you want to save in RefWorks, click the "Cite Now!" button at the top of the record. (In this database, you can only export one record at a time.)
2. A separate window will pop up. Click "Export citation to: RefWorks".
3. The reference is automatically exported to RefWorks. EBSCOhost
4. To mark the records you want to save in RefWorks, click the "Add to Folder" icon for each record.
5. Click the "Folder" icon in the upper right-hand corner.
6. Re-select the references to export.
7. Click on the "Export" icon.
8. Select "Direct Export to RefWorks".
9. Click the "Save" button.

You will need to be logged in with your special Ed&ITLib login.
1. To mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.Click "Add to My Collections"
2. At the top of the page, click "Export Citation".
3. Under "Choose Export Format", select "RefWorks Direct Export".
4. In the gray box at the bottom, click the "Direct Export this Citation to RefWorks" link.

1. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.
2. Click the "Marked Items" icon in the upper left-hand part of the page, underneath where it says Academic OneFile.
3. In the red "Tools" box on the left-hand side of the page, click "Citation Tools".
4. Under "Export to Third Party Software", select "RefWorks" and click "Export".

1. Before performing your search in Google Scholar, click the "Scholars Preferences" link, go to "Bibliography Manager", and click "RefWorks".
2. Click the "Import to RefWorks" link next to each citation that you want to save. (This will launch the RefWorks login page.)
3. You will be brought automatically to the "Edit" view of that citation.

You need to be logged into MyJSTOR.
1. To mark the records you want to save in RefWorks, click "Save" under the record.
2. Click "View Saved Citations" to retrieve your records.
3. Under the "Export Options", select "Directly Export Citations into RefWorks".

1. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.
2. Click "Export".
3. Select "Export to: RefWorks".

1. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks by clicking on the title of the record.
2. In the "Citations" area, click "Export to RefWorks".
3. You will be prompted to log in to your RefWorks account.

1. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.
2. Click "Saved Marked Results".
3. Click "Email/Export Saved Results".
4. Under "Export Marked Results To:" select "Refworks".
5. Click the "Export" button.

1. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks. Before going to the next page of search results, add your marked records to "My Research".
2. Select the "My Research" folder tab.
3. Click "Export Citations".
4. Click "Export directly to RefWorks".

1. Log into RefWorks before you begin.
2. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.
3. Click on "Marked" list.
4. Click "Download".
5. Select an output format (either "Citation" or "Citation + Abstract".
6. Click "Download".
7. Select the location where you want to save the file. Type in a file name.
8. From the toolbar, select "References/Import".
9. For your data source and database, select "ProQuest Digital Dissertations".
10. Locate the file you just saved and select it.
11. Click "Import".
Sage Journals
1. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.
2. On the right-hand side of the page, under "For Marked Citations", click "Email/Download/Save/Print" and then click "Go".
3. Click "Export/Download to Citation Manager".
4. Where it says Refworks, click the link beneath it, the one that says "Click here to download and save the file."
5. When you get the resulting page of unformatted text, go to File and select Save. In the dialog box that comes up, select Save and OK. Make sure it saves to your Desktop or My Documents, and has a name you will recognize.
6. Go to Refworks. Go to the References Menu and select Import.
7. Where it says Import Filter/Data Source, select RIS format.
8. Where it says Database, select RIS format.
9. Where it says Import Data from the Following Text File, click Browse and select the file you saved.
10. Click Import.
11. For all options, select Append to Existing Data and click Edit Fields.
12. To see your items, click View Last Imported Folder.
ScienceDirect
1. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.
2. Click "Export Citations".
3. Select "Only These Documents".
4. Select "Citations + Abstracts".
5. Select "RefWorks Direct Export" and click "Export".

1. Log into RefWorks before you begin.
2. Mark the records you want to save in RefWorks.
3. Select "Export Checked Results".
4. In the "Export" area, select "Citations, Abstracts and Keywords".
5. Under "File Format," select "RIS".
6. In the "Save or Display" area, select "Save File to Disk". Select the location where you want to save the file. Type in a file name.
7. Go to RefWorks. From the toolbar, "Select References/Import".
8. For your data source and database, select "RIS Format".
9. Locate the file you just saved and select it.
10. Click "Import"

Ask a Librarian for more information, or contact a librarian via e-mail at librarian@esc.edu