RefWorks Import Directions

Do search and mark citations. (Box to left of citation number).
Change the "Display" menu (below Limits, Preview/Index, etc. tabs) to MEDLINE.
Change the "Send to" menu to Text.
Go to your browser's File menu, select Save As (IE) or Save Page As (Firefox). Enter File Name and change Save as type to Text File (*.txt). Save to the Desktop or location of your choice.
In RefWorks, under References, arrow to Import.
At Import Filter/Data Source, select NLM PubMed .
At Database, select PubMed.
At Import Data from the following Text File, click on Browse to locate the saved file and click on Open.
Click on Import.
In RefWorks, click on View Last Imported Folder to see citations added.

For more information contact:

Sunshine Carter - Reference Librarian
Lib 276
726-6693 scarter@d.umn.edu

Page Updated: September 2008