This document provides instructions for importing text files from databases into RefWorks. It uses the NCBI database PubMed as an example. The steps are: conduct a search in PubMed on a topic, like "biological invasions AND marine ecosystems"; select an article and choose "Citation Manager" to create a text file; save the file on your computer; in RefWorks, select "Import" and choose NLM PubMed as the data source and PubMed as the database; browse and select the saved text file; click "Import" to add the reference to RefWorks.

1. REFWORKSREFWORKS
Presented and compiled by Jen Eidelman
http://www.lib.uct.ac.za/
Email: jen.eidelman@uct.ac.za

2. What about importingWhat about importing
files from online databasefiles from online database
services that don’t have aservices that don’t have a
direct import todirect import to
RefWorks?RefWorks?
No Problem! We will use the NCBI database to show you
how to import text files.

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Click on
‘Databases’
Click on
‘Databases’
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Choose PubMed from the electronic database list
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Secondly, click ‘Search’
First conduct a search in the search
box.
As an example, use the terms:
biological invasions AND marine
ecosystems

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1. Choose the
article you
wish to import

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1. Click on the down
arrow next to
Send to:
2. Choose ‘Citation
Manager’
3. Click on Create File

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Save the File
on your
computer

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Go to RefWorks and Choose
‘Import’ in the ‘References’
toolbar.

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In the Data Source Field choose NLM PubMed
In the Database Field choose PubMed

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Click ‘Browse’ to find
the text file that you
saved previously

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Choose the file
you saved
previously and
then click
‘Open’

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Click ‘Import’
The file
has been
added
here

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Choose View last imported folder

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The bibliographic information has
been added to RefWorks