ABC-Clio databases
America: History and Life
Historical Abstracts
[These have moved to EbscoHost; we currently have links to both, but the ABC-Clio interface will cease after June 30.] |
- Click boxes to add citations to Personal list.
- Select Export Options from the commands at the top right of screen.
- Select Full Entry if you want to include the abstract.
- The full text will NOT be exported.
- Under Output type, click the button for United States next to the RefWorks logo.
- Click Export Records then Export to RefWorks US Network.
- In the new window that opens, login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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ARTstor
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Note: Pop-ups must be enabled to export to RefWorks
- While on a thumbnail page, select images by clicking on them once; a yellow border will surround the selected images.
- Click on the Image Groups menu located in the toolbar and choose save selected images as citations.
- Click on the Image Groups menu again, and now click on View saved citations.
- From the citation list, click on Directly export citations into RefWorks.
- In the new window that opens, login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Astrophysics Data System (NASA)
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- Mark the items you wish to export by clicking the checkboxes or click the button labeled "Select all Records."
- At the bottom of the results list, look for the section "Retrieve the above records in other formats or sort order"
- From the dropdown boxes select the following options: Return RefWorks Format and Load into RefWorks.
- Click the Retrieve selected record button.
- A new page will appear if you aren’t already logged into your RefWorks account. Click the Export to RefWorks button.
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BiblioLine databases
Black Studies Database: Kaiser Index to Black Resources
RISM: International Inventory of Musical Sources after 1600
Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide |
- Mark records by checking the boxes.
- Click the Output tab at the top.
- Select Marked and desired output. Uncheck the Search Strategy and Date boxes.
- Click Export to Database button.
- In the pop-up window, select RefWorks.
- In the new window that opens, login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
- If the export doesn't work, try again.
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BioMed Central
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- Mark your records. Make sure you click the Save checked items and go to next page button before moving away from each page.
The number of records you have saved is listed next to the Save checked items and go to next page button.
Keep track of this number to verify that your records are being saved.
- From the Send menu feature, select (1) Selected Items to (2) RefWorks + abstracts.
- Click on the Send button.
- In the new window that opens, login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Blackwell Synergy Journals
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- Mark records by checking the boxes.
- Click Export Citations at the top of the list.
- Choose RefWorks and click Download References.
- In the new window that opens, login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Central Search
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- Mark records by checking the boxes.
- Click Export/Save at the top.
- Select Directly to RefWorks.
- Click Export.
- In the new window that opens, login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Chadwyck-Healey databases
African American Biographical Database
American Drama 1714-1915
American Film Institute Catalog
EEBO - Early English Books Online
English Drama
Film Index International
Gerritsen Collection: Women's History Online
International Index to Black Periodicals
International Index to Film Periodicals
International Index to Music Periodicals
International Index to the Performing Arts
Literature Online
Periodicals Archive Online
PRISMA
TESO - Teatro Español del Siglo de Oro
Twentieth Century Drama
Acta Sanctorum and Patrologia Latina do not currently support export to RefWorks.
See also: ProQuest databases |
- Mark records by checking the boxes.
- Click Marked List (or Selected Records) at the top.
- Click Download records.
- Select Export directly to RefWorks.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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CSA – Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases
Aerospace & High Technology
ARTbibliographies Modern
Criminal Justice Abstracts
Index Islamicus
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts
Materials Science (Advanced Polymers Abstracts, Aluminium Industry Abstracts, Ceramic Abstracts, Copper Data Center Database, Corrosion Abstracts, Engineered Materials Abstracts, Materials Business File, METADEX, WELDASEARCH)
PAIS
Sociological Abstracts
Water Resources Abstracts
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts |
- Mark selected titles. Click RefWorks link.
- Select the records to export.
- Select Export to RefWorks.
- In the new window that opens, login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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CQ Press databases
CQ Almanac
CQ Researcher
CQ Weekly |
- Open selected article or issue.
- Click CiteNow! at the top.
- Choose Export citation to: RefWorks from the drop down menu in the window that opens.
- Login to your RefWorks account.
- The citation will import automatically.
- Select View Last Imported button.
Note: Only one citation at a time can be exported from CQ databases. |
EBSCOhost databases
Academic Search Complete
Alt-HealthWatch
America: History & Life
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies (ABSEES)
ATLA Religion Database
Bibliography of Native North Americans
Business Source Complete
CINAHL
Communication & Mass Media Complete
EconLit
ERIC
Essay & General Literature Index
Gender Studies Database
Health Business FT Elite
Historical Abstracts
Humanities International Complete
Index to Jewish Periodicals
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
MedicLatina
MLA International Bibliography
Music Index Online
PsycINFO
Regional Business News
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
Salud para todos
SPORTDiscus
Serials Directory |
- Mark selected titles by clicking the Add button on the right.
- Select Folder has Items at the top.
- Click Export.
- Select Direct Export to RefWorks.
- Click Save.
- In the new window that opens, login to your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Emerald journals
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- Mark your records by checking the box to the right of the title.
- Click Add to my list. (You must do this on each page of results before going to the next page.)
- Click OK to continue.
- When you are finished marking and adding,
select Marked List from the left menu
- Select Download (ASCII).
- Verify that all your records were saved.
- Save your file in .txt format.
- Login to your RefWorks account.
- Select References> Import.
- Select Emerald from the Import Data/Filter
Source.
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the
Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the .txt file
you saved.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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EndNote
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Version 8 or higher:
- In RefWorks, select References, then Import EndNote V8 Database
- Click Browse and locate your EndNote .enl file.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
For Version 7 or lower: Click here for instructions from RefWorks website. |
Engineering Village
Ei Compendex
Ei Engineering Village |
- Mark your records. Items will save automatically once the box is checked
even as you move through the various results pages.
- From the Results Manager Menu, select the View Selections tab.
- Verify that all your records were saved.
- From the Results Manager Menu, select the Download tab.
- Select the RefWorks Direct Import circle. Then click on the Download button.
- In the new window that opens, login to your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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FirstSearch (OCLC) databases
Alternative Press Index
Anthropology Plus
Art Abstracts
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
Bibliography of the History of Art
Chicano Database
Francis
GeoBase
Index to 19th C. American Art Periodicals
Library Literature
WorldCat |
- Mark selected titles.
- Select Export.
- Select Marked records from this search and RefWorks.
- Click Export.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Gale/InfoTrac databases
Academic OneFile
General OneFile
Gale Virtual Reference Library
General Reference Center Gold
The following Gale databases do not currently support export to RefWorks:
Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography Resource Center
Book Review Index
Business & Company Resource Center
Contemporary Women’s Issues
Declassified Documents Reference System
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Resource Center
Shakespeare Collection
Times (London) Digital Archive |
- Mark citations.
- Click Marked Items on upper left.
- Click on Citation Tools in red box.
- Select RefWorks.
- Click Export.
- In the new window that opens, login to your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Google Scholar
To use Google Scholar with RefWorks from off-campus, you must either have UA campus VPN installed and running or YOU MUST enter Google Scholar through the UA Library’s page:
From the Library’s homepage select “Article & Database Searching.”
Select “G.”
Select “Google Scholar.”
Once you are in Google Scholar, set “University of Arizona Library” as your
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- Select Scholar Preferences.
- Under Library Links make sure University of Arizona is checked.
- Under Bibliography Manager select the circle Show links to import citations into, then select RefWorks.
- Select Save Preferences.
- Proceed with search.
- An Import into RefWorks link should now appear after every citation.
- Open RefWorks.
- From your Google Scholar search results, click on the link to import the citation into RefWorks. Citation opens in Edit
Reference mode.
- Verify that the citation is accurate, and then click the Save Reference button.
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ISI / Web of Science
Arts & Humanities Citation Index
Science Citation Index Expanded
Social Sciences Citation Index
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- Mark your records by checking the box to the left of the title. Items will save automatically once the box is checked even as you move through the various results pages or you can click on the Add to marked List button.
- Click on Marked List at the top.
- In Step 1, select desired fields to output.
- In Step 2, select the Save to File button (with field-tagged selected).
- After the records have been processed, click the Save button if you are not prompted to save the file to your computer.
- Save your file in .txt format.
- Login to your RefWorks account.
- Select References> Import.
- Select ISI (Institute for Scientific Information as the Import Filter/Data Source.
- Select Web of Science as the database.
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the .txt file you saved.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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JSTOR
Note that JSTOR now requires registration in order to save, email or export citations to RefWorks. To register, click on MyJSTOR at the top of any JSTOR page, then on the "register" link. |
- Mark citations by checking the boxes on results pages. (You must save your citations on each page before going to the next.)
- Click Save Citation(s) at the top of the page. If you have not already logged into your MyJSTOR account, you will be prompted to do so. As you save citations, the number will show up at the top of the page below your account name.
- Click Saved Citation(s) below your account name, or from the MyJSTOR menu, when you have finished saving citations.
- On the My Saved Citations page, select those you wish to export, then click the Export article citations button.
- Under Export Citations, select RefWorks.
- In the new window that opens, login to your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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LexisNexis
Academic Universe
Congressional Universe and Statistical Universe do not currently support export to RefWorks.
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- Mark citations by checking the boxes. They will save automatically as you move through results pages.
- Click the open book icon
 at the top right of the results window.
- In the window that opens, select Tagged documents.
- Click Export.
- In the new window that opens, login to your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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MathSciNet (AMS)
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- Save citations by clicking Clipboard below them.
- Review your saved citations by clicking the Clipboard button at the top of the page.
- (If you checked the boxes instead, click on Retrieve Marked, then click Clipboard below each citation.)
- Verify that all your records were processed.
- From the Select format drop down menu, select Citations (BibTeX) and click SaveClip.
- Using your Browser's “Save As” function, save your file in .txt format.
- Login to your RefWorks account.
- Select References> Import.
- Select BibTex (as the Import Filter/Data Source).
- Select MathSciNet (as the database).
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the “.txt” file you saved.
- Click Import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
Note: Although the above is the "recommended" method, it usually causes all the journal information to be compressed into a single field.
The following method imports the journal information correctly, however.
- Save your citations to the Clipboard, then click the Clipboard button at the top.
- From the Select format drop down menu, select Citations (EndNote) and click SaveClip.
- Using your Browser's “Save As” function, save your file in .txt format.
- Login to your RefWorks account.
- Select References> Import.
- Select EndNote View as both the Import Filter/Data Source and the database).
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the “.txt” file you saved.
- Click Import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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NewsBank databases
Access World News
America’s Historical Newspapers
Evans Digital Edition
FBIS Daily Reports
The following NewsBank databases do not currently support export to RefWorks:
AccessUN
Business NewsBank
FBIS Index
Global NewsBank
NewsBank NewsFile
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- Mark citations by checking the boxes.
- Select Bibliography (export) at the top (or View my Collection).
- Click the Export Articles (or Export Citation) button.
(In Evans, click on Full Citation for each citation, then on Export Citation.)
- If RefWorks does not open, you will be prompted to save the file (or page) in .ris format.
- Then login to RefWorks and select References> Import.
- Select RIS Format as both the filter and database.
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the “.ris” file you saved.
- Click Import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
Note: The article date may not transfer to RefWorks. If so, you will need to edit each reference in RefWorks to add the month and day to the Pub Date Free Form field. |
OvidSP databases
Agricola
AMED - Allied and Complementary Medicine
Biosis Previews
CAB Abstracts
GeoRef
INSPEC
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
Medline
Mental Measurements Yearbook
Philosopher’s Index
Zoological Record |
- Mark your records by clicking the boxes. They will save automatically as you move through results pages.
- Under Results Manager on the left side of page, select Selected Results, desired fields to export and Direct Export under Result Format.
- Click Save under Actions.
- Select Export results to RefWorks, then click Continue.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Ovid/Silver Platter
Education Abstracts [will be moving to OvidSP soon] |
- Mark your records.
- Select the Save option (the disc icon).
- Select the Export to RefWorks circle.
- Under Save or Export these records, select the Marked records circle.
- If the default fields are not what you want, then manually select them from the Change Fields button.
- Click the OK button at the top.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Oxford Journals Online
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- Mark records by checking the boxes.
- At the top (or bottom) of the page, select Download to citation manager.
- Click the GO button next to For items checked below [or above]
- Make sure all your records are listed, then click Download ALL Selected Citations to Citation Manager.
- Select RefWorks.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Project Muse journals |
- Mark records by checking the boxes. Be sure to click the Save Marked Results button on each page before moving to the next.
- Select Email/Export Saved Results at the top.
- Select the RefWorks button under Export marked results to.
- Click the Export button.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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ProQuest Databases
ABI/INFORM Global
Alt-Press Watch
Digital National Security Archive
Ethnic NewsWatch
GenderWatch
Historical Newspapers (Atlanta Constitution, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, NY Times, Washington Post, etc.)
Latin American Newsstand
ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
See also: Chadwyck-Healey databases
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- Mark records by checking the boxes.
- Click Export at the top.
- Select Export directly to RefWorks.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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PubMed
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- Mark your records.
- Select MEDLINE in the Display box.
- Change the Sort order if you wish.
- Select Text in the Send to box.
- Your records will appear on a screen suitable for saving or printing.
- Verify that all your records were saved.
- Save your file in .txt format.
- Open RefWorks.
- Select References> Import.
- Select NLM PubMed (as the Import Filter/Data Source), and PubMed as the database.
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the “.txt” file you saved.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
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- Mark your records by checking the boxes.
- Select Export Citations in the gray bar above the results list.
- Under Content Format select Citations and Abstracts.
- Under Export Format select RefWorks Direct Export.
- Click the Export button.
- Click through the two security certificate messages.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
If the above method does not work, try the following (using Internet Explorer):
- Under Export Format select RIS format.
- Save the file to your computer with a .ris extension.
- Open RefWorks.
- Select References> Import.
- Select ScienceDirect (RIS format) as the Import Filter/Data Source.
- Select ScienceDirect Navigator as the Database.
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the “.ris” file you saved.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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SciFinder Scholar / Chemical Abstracts |
- Mark your records.
- Click Save As from the top of the search screen.
- Verify that all your records were processed.
- Save your file in tagged .txt format.
- Open RefWorks.
- Select References > Import.
- Select CAS Scifinder (as the Import Filter/Data Source).
- Select Multiple databases (as the database).
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the .txt file you saved.
- Click Import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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UA Library Catalog
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From the UA Catalog:
- Mark your records by checking the boxes in the results list.
- Click the Save Marked Records button. (You must mark and save items from each page before proceeding to the next results page.)
- If viewing an individual record, click the Export button at the top or bottom to save it.
- Click View/Export Marked Records button.
- Verify that all your records were saved.
- Select Full Display (NOT End-Note/RefWorks).
- Select Local Disk and save your file in .txt format.
- Open RefWorks.
- Select References > Import.
- Select The University of Arizona Library (as the Import Filter/Data Source).
- Select University of Arizona Library Catalog (as the database).
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the .txt file you saved.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
From within RefWorks:
- In RefWorks, under Tools, select Search Online Catalog or Database.
- Select University of Arizona Library as the Online Catalog to search.
- Enter your search in the search boxes provided; the results will open in a new window.
- Select references to import by checking the boxes.
- At the top, click Selected next to References to Use.
- If desired, select a particular folder in which to import references.
- Click the Import button.
- Return to the other RefWorks window.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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UA Library Catalog |
- Mark your records by checking the boxes in the results list.
- Click the Save Marked Records button. (You must mark and save items from each page before proceeding to the next results page.)
- If viewing an individual record, click the Export button at the top or bottom to save it.
- Click View/Export Marked Records button.
- Verify that all your records were saved.
- Select Full Display (NOT End-Note/RefWorks).
- Select Local Disk and save your file in .txt format.
- Open RefWorks.
- Select References > Import.
- Select The University of Arizona Library (as the Import Filter/Data Source).
- Select University of Arizona Library Catalog (as the database).
- Click the circle beside Import Data from the Following Text File.
- Click Browse for the location of the .txt file you saved.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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Wiley InterScience Journals
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- Mark desired records by checking boxes.
- Click Download Selected Citations at the bottom of the list.
- Save as a plain text file (.txt).
- In RefWorks, select References – Import.
- Select Wiley InterScience as the Import Filter and database.
- Click Browse for the location of the .txt file you saved.
- Click the Import button.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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WilsonWeb databases
Art Index Retrospective
Biography Reference Bank
Play Index
Readers Guide Retrospective
Short Story Index
Wilson OmniFile Full Text Select |
- Mark desired records by checking boxes.
- Select Exporting/Citing from the blue bar at the top.
- Select RefWorks’ Direct Export Tool.
- Click Export.
- Login into your RefWorks account; references should then automatically import.
- Select View Last Imported button.
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