Importing text files into RefWorks

REFWORKSREFWORKSPresented and compiled by Jen Eidelman

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What about importing What about importing files from online files from online

database services that database services that don’t have a direct don’t have a direct

import to RefWorks?import to RefWorks?No Problem! We will use the NCBI database to show you how to import text files.

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From Electronic Resources choose Databases

From Electronic Resources choose Databases

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Choose PubMed from the 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 File

3. Under Format choose MEDLINE

4. Click on Create File

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Choose Save File and then OK

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The file is a text file (.txt)

Choose File and ‘Save as’

Name and Save the file as a .txt file.

Close the file.

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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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1. Choose ‘Import data from the following text file’

2. Click ‘ Browse

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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 information has been added to RefWorks