RefWorks by database

Databases with the same interface usually share the same procedures for collecting references. In such cases, the databases are grouped together by platform, e.g. Ebscohost, OvidSP and ProQuest. Otherwise the databases are listed individually.

ACM Digital Library

Cochrane

Ebscohost databases: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, CINAHL Plus, GreenFile, Historical Abs, LISTA, MLA, PsycInfo and SportDiscus

Emerald

Google Scholar

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

IEEE/IET Electronic Library

JSTOR

Lexis Library

Literature Online

OvidSP databases: AMED and Medline

ProQuest databases: ABI Inform, British Periodicals, DAAI, Education databases (AUEI, BEI and ERIC), IBSS, IIMP and IIPA

PubMed

SAE Technical Papers

ScienceDirect

Scopus

Social Care Online

SpringerLink (including LNCS and LNM)

Summon

Web of Knowledge

 

ACM Digital Library (only one record can be exported at a time)

1.     Click on the title of a single record that you wish to import into RefWorks
2.     Select <BibTex> on the right of the screen, under "Tools and Resources"
3.     A separate window will appear; scroll to the bottom, and click <Download>
4.     Save the reference as a .bib file to the desk top
5.     In Refworks select References/Import from the menu bar
6.     Select Brunel University as the "Import filter/ data source"
7.   Select "ACM Digital Library [BibTex format]" as the database
8.     Click the Browse button to navigate to your saved file
9.     Specify the folder using the "Import into Folder" drop-down menu and click import

Cochrane

1.     Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks and select the <Export Selected Citations> button
2.     Click on the <Export Citation> button
3.     When presented with a “File Download” box, click on <Save> as a .txt file to the desktop
4.     In the RefWorks window select References/Import in the menu bar
5.     Select Brunel University as the "Import filter/data source"
6.   Select “Cochrane” as the database
7.     Click the Browse button to navigate to your saved file
8.     Specify the folder using the "Import into Folder" drop-down menu and click import

Ebscohost: Academic Search Complete, Business Source Premier, CINAHL Plus, GreenFile, Historical Abs, LISTA, MLA, PsycInfo and SportDiscus

  1. Select <Add to Folder or Mark> for each reference that you want to collect
  2. Open <Folder or Marked Items> in the top right corner of the screen
  3. Check the "Select/deselect all" box or mark individual records
  4. Click on the <Export> icon (with the green arrow)
  5. Check the radio button is highlighted for "Direct export to RefWorks"
  6. Click on the <Save> button and Refworks login center will open

Emerald

  1. Select <View all Results>
  2. Mark the records you wish to export to RefWorks
  3. Click on the <Go> button, adjacent to the "Add to the marked list" and the session drop-down box
  4. Click on <Marked Lists> on the left-hand side of the screen
  5. Click on <Select all> to mark the records again
  6. Click on <Export options>
  7. Click on <Export to RefWorks>

Google Scholar (only one record can be exported at a time)

  1. Perform a search
  2. Click on <Cite> below a specific reference
  3. Click on <Import into RefWorks>

House of Commons Parliamentary Papers

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Marked List> on the left-hand side of the screen
  3. Click on <Download>
  4. Click on <Export directly to RefWorks>

IEEE/IET Electronic Library

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on the <Download Citations> icon at the top of your search list
  3. Click on the <RefWorks> radio button
  4. Click on the <Download Citations> button 

JSTOR

  1. Mark the records you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Export> next to the heading <Citation Tools>
  3. Click on <RefWorks> 

Lexis Library

  1. Mark the records you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on the open book icon (Export Bibliographic References), above the references on the right-hand side of the screen
  3. Click on the <Export> button

Literature Online

  1. Mark the records you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Marked List> at the top of the screen
  3. Click on the specific area where you have marked your records
  4. Click on <Download Citations> 
  5. Click on <Export directly to RefWorks>

OvidSP databases: AMED and Medline

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Export> on the right of the screen
  3. Select RefWorks from the "Export to" drop-down menu
  4. Click on the <Export Citations> button

ProQuest databases: ABI Inform, British Periodicals, DAAI, Education databases (AUEI, BEI and ERIC), IBSS, IIMP and IIPA

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Export/Save> and select <RefWorks> from the drop-down menu
  3. Click on the <Continue> button which appears in the new window

PubMed (search this database from within RefWorks itself)

  1. Log in to your RefWorks account
  2. Click on <Search/Online Catalog or Database> in the RefWorks menu bar
  3. Select PubMed from the <Search> drop-down menu; it's at the top of the list.
  4. Perform a search
  5. Mark the references you wish to import into RefWorks
  6. Use the <Import to Folder> drop-down menu to insert the selected references into your chosen folder
  7. Click on the <OK> button
  8. Click on <View Last Imported Folder>

SAE Technical Papers

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Export>
  3. Click on the <Select> button next to 'RefWorks'
  4. When presented with a “File Download” box, select <Save>
  5. Save the references as a RIS File to the desktop
  6. Click on your RefWorks window
  7. Click on References/Import in the menu bar
  8. Select Brunel University as the “Import filter/data source”
  9. Select “RePEc / SAE Technical Papers [RIS Format]” as the database
  10. Click on the Browse button to navigate to your saved file
  11. Specify the folder using the "Import into Folder" drop-down menu and click on <Import>

ScienceDirect

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Export Citations>
  3. Check the <RefWorks Direct Export> radio button
  4. Click on the <Export> button

Scopus

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  2. Click on <Export> at the top of the search results
  3. Select the <Output> format from the drop-down menu
  4. Click on the <Export> button

Social Care Online

  1. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks, by checking the "Select" boxes
  2. Select <Export in RIS format> from the "Display/export" drop-down menu
  3. Click on the <Go> button, adjacent to "Display/export"
  4. When presented with a “File Download” box, click on <Save>
  5. Save the references as a .txt file to the desk top
  6. Click on your RefWorks window
  7. Click on References/Import in the menu bar
  8. Select Brunel University as the “Import filter/data source”
  9. Select “Social Care Online [RIS Format]” as the database
  10. Click the Browse button to navigate to your saved file
  11. Specify the folder using the "Import into Folder" drop-down menu and click on <Import>

SpringerLink (including LNCS and LNM) (only one record can be exported at a time)

  1. Open LNCS, LNM or SpringerLink
  2. Perform a search
  3. Open a single record (abstract version), that you wish to export to RefWorks
  4. Link to <Export Citation> on the right side of the screen
  5. Select <RefWorks> from the drop-down menu
  6. Link to the <Export Citation> button
  7. When presented with a “File Download” box, link to <Save>
  8. Save the single reference as a .ris file on the desk top
  9. When presented with a “Download Complete” box, link to <Close>
  10. Link to the RefWorks window
  11. Link to References/Import from the menu bar
  12. Select Brunel University as the “Import filter/ data source”
  13. Select “SpringerLink - RefWorks tagged format” as the database
  14. Use the Browse button to navigate to your saved file
  15. Specify folder using the "Import into Folder" drop-down menu
  16. Link to the <Import> button

Summon

Note: Collecting references via Summon currently produces formatting errors in the bibliography. It is therefore recommended that you collect references from catalogues and databases, and avoid using Summon for RefWorks.

  1. Start with RefWorks closed
  2. Open Summon
  3. Perform a search
  4. Link to the <Save this item> icon next to references you wish to export to RefWorks (use the mouse to hover in the top right corner of the record to see this icon)
  5. Link to <Saved items> at the bottom of the web page
  6. Link to the <RefWorks> button, next to Export
  7. The “RefWorks login center” window should open

Web of Knowledge

  1. Start with RefWorks closed
  2. Open Web of Knowledge
  3. Perform a search
  4. Mark the references you wish to export to RefWorks
  5. Link to the <Save to RefWorks> button
  6. The "RefWorks login center" should open

Page last updated: Tuesday 12 March 2013

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