ABI Inform Complete
Academic Search Premier
AGRICOLA
Alternative Press Index and Archive
America: History and Life
American Chemical Society Journals
ArticleFirst
Arts and Humanities Search
BasicBIOSIS
BioOne
Books in Print
Boreham Library Online Catalog
Business Source Elite
CINAHL
Cochrane Library
Criminology: A SAGE Full-Text Collection
EconLit
ERIC via Ebsco
ERIC via FirstSearch
GEOBASE
GPO
Health Source: Consumer Edition
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Historical Abstracts
Ingenta
JSTOR
Legal Collection
Lexis-Nexis Academic
Library Information Science and Technology Abstracts
MasterFILE Premier
MathSciNet
Medline
MLA Bibliography
Newspaper Source
PapersFirst
Proceedings
Professional Development Collection
Project Muse
PsycARTICLES
PsycINFO
Regional Business News
Science Direct
SocINDEX with Full-Text
World Almanacs
World Catalog

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ACS (American Chemical Society)

• American Chemical Society Journals database

Note: You can only export one record at a time from the the ACS website.

For Direct Export:

1. Conduct your search.
2. Open HTML fulltext version.
3. Select the records you want to export and click Download to Citation Manager.
4. Select RefWorks in the Choose a Citation Manager Format drop-down and click the Download button.
5. Click the Export to RefWorks button.
6. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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BioMed Central

1. After you perform your search mark the references you want to import by clicking on the checkbox.
2. In the Send section of the Search Results Page, select which records you want to send.
3. Select Send to: RefWorks. Note: you have two options with or without Abstracts.
4. Click Send.
5. The references are automatically sent to RefWorks. If you are not already logged in to RefWorks, you will be prompted to do so.
6. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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BioOne

1. When viewing an article you wish to save, click Create Reference.
2. Save the entry in RefWorks format.
3. RefWorks will automatically open and ask you for your login.
4. The citation will be imported into your RefWorks account.

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Blackwell Synergy

1. Highlight the records you wish to save.
2. Select Download all highlighted abstracts to Reference Manager.
3. Select Citation for this article or Citation and abstract for this article.
3. Select Medlars format and deselect Direct Export.
4. Select Download Records.
5. Select the location where you want to save the file, type the name you want and select Text as the Save As Type.
6. Click Save.
7. Log in to RefWorks.
8. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
9. Select NLM PubMed as the data source and PubMed as the database.
10. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
11. Click Import.
12. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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Cambridge Journals Online

1. Select the item you wish to save.
2. Select Save/Export/View Citation.
3. Click Export Citation.
4. Choose File Format: RIS.
5. Click Download.
6. Save the file to disk.
7. Log in to RefWorks.
8. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
9. Select RIS Format as the data source and RIS Format as the database.
10. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
11. Click Import.
12. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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CSA Illumina

For Direct Export:

1. Conduct your search.
2. Select the records you want to export and click the RefWorks. Note: if you do not see a RefWorks link, click on the Save, Print, Email link.
3. Scroll down and Click the Export to RefWorks button and the references are automatically exported to RefWorks.
4. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

To Manually Save and Export Records:

1. After you perform your search and are at the results window, click Save/Print/E-mail link.
2. Select either Marked Records or Use Records from the Current Search.
3. Select Full Format.
4. Scroll down the page and select the file format you want and click Save.
5. You will be prompted to either Open or Save the file (which is already named and is a text file).
If you select open, then the references appear in your browser window and from the File menu select Save As.
6. Select the location where you want to save the file, type the name you want and select Text as the Save As Type.
7. Log in to RefWorks.
8. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
9. Select CSA as the data source and the appropriate database as the database.
10. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
11. Scroll down and Click Import.
12. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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Dialog@Site

1. After you perform your search and are at the results window, click Print/Save/E-mail button above the results display.
2. Save the results in the Complete Record Tagged format using the Format to Use drop-down.
3. The references appear in your browser window.
4. From the File menu select Save As.
5. Select the location where you want to save the file, type the name you want and select Text as the Save As Type.
6. Log in to RefWorks.
7. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
8. Select Dialog@Site as the data source and the appropriate database 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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EBSCOhost

• Academic Search Elite: Spanish Edition database
• Academic Search Primere database
• America: History and Life
• Business Source Elite database
• CINAHL database
• ERIC via Ebsco database
• Health Source: Consumer Edition database
• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition database
• Historical Abstracts
• Legal Colection database
• Libray Informaton Science & Technology Abstracts database
• MasterFILE Premire database
• MLA Bibliography database
• Newspaper Source database
• Professional Development Collection database
• PsycARTICLES database
• PsycINFO database
• Regional Business News database

For Direct Export:

1. Check the boxes next to the database and click continue.
2. Conduct a search
3. Click on the Add folder icon to the right of any results you want to save.
4. Click on the Folder has items link, above the Result List on the right side of the screen.
5. Click on the Save to Disk link from inside the folder.
6. Click on the Bibliographic Manager tab.
7. 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.
8. Click the Save button to begin the direct export.
9. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

To Manually Save and Export Records:

1. Click on the Add folder icon to the right of any results.
2. Click on the Folder has items link, above the Result List on the right side of the screen.
3. Click on the Save to Disk link from inside the folder.
4. Click on the Bibliographic Manager tab.
5. Click the radio button in front of Save citations in a format that can be uploaded to bibliographic management software.
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.
6. Click Save.
7. Select file then save as text file.
8. Log in to RefWorks.
9. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
10. Select EBSCOhost as the data source and the appropriate database you searched from.
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.

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Highwire Press

1. View the item you wish to save.
2. Click on the prompt Download ALL Selected Citations to Citation Manager.
3. Choose Reference Manager format.
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.
Note: In some cases only one citation may be imported at a time.

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Ingenta

1. Conduct your search and add the records you want to import to your marked list.
2. Click on Marked List.
3. Click on Export.
4. Using your Browser's Save As function, navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file.
5. Select Text as the file type.
6. Click Save.
7. Log in to RefWorks.
8. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
9. Select Ingenta as the data source and select the appropriate database.
10. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
11. Click Import.
12. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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JSTOR

For Direct Export:

1. Conduct your search and save the citations you want to import.
2. Click on the View Saved Citations link to retrieve your records.
3. Select Direct Export Citations in to RefWorks.
4. Select export citations In a New Window and select citation-manager as the format.
5. Click Export.
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.
8. Click Save.
9. Log in to RefWorks.
10. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
11. Select JSTOR as the data source and JSTOR as the database.
12. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
13. Click Import.
14. Your records should appear in the Last Imported folder.

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Lexis/Nexis

1. Information from Lexis/Nexis must be entered into RefWorks manually.
2. After logging in to RefWorks, click on References/Add New Reference.
3. Choose the appropriate Ref Type (for example newspaper article). Note the fields available.
4. Copy the information from Lexis/Nexis field by field, paste to appropriate field in RefWorks.

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MathSciNet (AMS)

1. Save citations by clicking the Add to Clipboard button.
2. Click on the Retrieve Marked tab.
3. Review your marked citations by clicking the View Clipboard button.
4. Select format Citations (BibTeX) and click Text.
5. 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.
6. Log in to RefWorks.
7. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
8. Select BibTeX as the data source and MathSciNet 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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OCLC FirstSearch

• AGRICOLA database
• Alternative Press Index database
• Alternative Press Index Archive database
• Article First database
• Arts & Humanities Search database
• BasicBIOSIS database
• Books in Print database
• EconLit database
• ERIC via First Search database
• GEOBASE database
• GPO database
• Medline database
• PapersFirst database
• Proceedings database
• World Almanacs database
• World Catalog database

For Direct Export:

1. From your search results mark the references you want to import and click Export.
2. To do a direct export, select RefWorks in the Export to: section.
3. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references.
4. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

To Manually Save and Export Records:

1. To save to a text file, select Text File in the Export to: section.
2. Using your Browser's Save As function, navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file.
3. The page URL displays as the default name. Under File name, type the file name to be saved. Assign a name that helps you locate the file later on.
4. Select Text as the file type.
5. Click Save.
6. Log in to RefWorks.
7. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
8. Select OCLC FirstSearch as the data source and select the appropriate 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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Ovid

For Direct Export:

1. Select the references you want to export.
2. Click on Results Manager.
3. Select Complete Reference in the Fields section.
4. Select the Direct Export format.
5. Click the Save button.
6. Select Export Citations to RefWorks and Continue.
7. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references.
8. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
Note: If you do not see the Export Citations to RefWorks option contact your Ovid Technical Support representative to have it turned on.

To Manually Save and Export Records:

1. Select the references you want to export.
2. Click on Results Manager.
3. Select Complete Reference in the Fields section.
4. Select the Ovid format.
5. Click the Save button.
6. Select the appropriate platform style and click Continue.
7. Click Save at the File Download prompt.
8. Select the location where you want to save the file and type the file name.
9. Click Save.
10. Log in to RefWorks.
11. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
12. Select OVID as the data source and select the appropriate database.
13. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
14. Click Import.
15. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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Project Muse

For Direct Export:

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

• ABI Inform Complete database

For Direct Export:

1. Perform a search and mark the references you want to export.
2. Select Marked list.
3. From the Marked List click Export.
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.

To Manually Save and Export Records:

1. To save to a text file select Download in a format compatible with RefWorks.
2. Select Save As from your browser and select Text as the Save As file type.
3. Log in to RefWorks.
4. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
5. Select ProQuest as the data source and select the appropriate database.
6. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
7. Click Import.
8. 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. In the Send To drop-down, select Text. A window opens with just the references in MEDLINE format.
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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Sage Journals Online

• Criminology: A Sage Full Text Database

1. Perform a search.
2. Mark the citations you want to import.
3. Click on Add to My Marked Citations.
4. Click on Email/Download/Save/Print. Click on Go
5. Click on Export/Download to Citation Manager.
6. Click on Reference Manager (NOT RefWorks)
7. Save the file to your computer.
8. Log in to Refworks.
9. Select References and then Import.
10. Select RIS Format as the Data Source.
11. Select Reference Manager as the Database.
12. Specify which folder as needed.
13. Browse to find your saved file.
14. Click on Import.

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ScienceDirect

For Direct Export:

1. Perform a search.
2. Mark the records you want to import and click Export Citations.
3. Select either All documents or Only these documents for the Marked records.
4.Click on Export Citations.
5. Select Citations and Abstracts to export the record's abstracts.
6. Select the RefWorks Direct Export and click Export.
7. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references.
8. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.
To Manually Save and Export Records:

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 RIS Format and click Export.
5. Select the location where you want to save the file and type the file name.
6. Click Save.
7. Log in to RefWorks.
8. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
9. Select Science Direct as the data source and select the appropriate database.
10. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
11. Click Import.
12. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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Scitation (American Institute of Physics)

1. Conduct your search and mark the references you want to export.
2. In the Options for Selected Articles drop-down, select Download citation(s) in RefWorks and click Go.
3. A new window will open. 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.
4. Log in to RefWorks.
5. Select References/Import from the toolbar.
6. Select RefWorks Tagged Format as the data source and as the database.
7. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
8. Click Import.
9. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

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Wiley Interscience

• Cochrane Library

1. Conduct your search.
2. Mark the records you want to import..
3. Click Export Selected Citations (Scroll to end of citation list).
4. Select your File Type (PC, Macintosh, Unix, Linux) and Abstracts and Citations as your Export Type. Click on Go..
5. You will be prompted to save a .txt file to your computer. Click Save and navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file. You may change the file name if you wish..
6. Log in to RefWorks..
7. Select References/Import from the toolbar..
8. Select Wiley InterScience as the data source and 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..
12. Note: Check your fields closely. If the field did not import correctly, click on Edit (far right of screen) and manually correct the data..

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