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Moving Citations from Informaworld into RefWorks

In Informaworld

  1. Click box next to desired citations.
  2. Click Add to marked list from the Selected drop-down menu.
  3. Click view marked lists.
  4. Click box next to desired citations to download from Marked Lists.
  5. Click Download Citation from the Selected drop-down menu.
  6. Click Go.
  7. Select Refworks in the Choose a format: drop-down menu.
  8. Select Citation Only or Citation and Abstract at Choose detail required.
  9. Select at Choose delivery method.
  10. Identify your disk drive and filename plus the extension .ris in the File Name Box.
    Example: a:myfile.ris
  11. Click Save.

In RefWorks

  1. Login to your RefWorks database if you have not already done so.
  2. Click References and Import at the top of the screen.
  3. Select RefWorks Tagged Format from the Import Filter/Data Source drop-down menu.
  4. Select Tagged Format from the Database drop-down menu
  5. (Optional) Select a specific folder name at Import References into Folder.
  6. Click Browse to select the file name of your saved records at the Import Data from the following Text File box.
  7. Click Import.
  8. Your citation(s) will automatically be imported into the Last Imported Folder.

    You may now view your records and move them to the folder of your choice.


Please send comments or questions to askrefworks@library.wisc.edu

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