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RefWork

Bates students, faculty and staff can use RefWorks on or off campus to:

  • Automatically create bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.) in seconds
  • Organize citations for multiple research papers and projects
  • Add citations from online indexes/databases and library catalogs.

Logging into RefWorks:

Your Browser's Pop Up Blockers must be turned off to successfully import citations from databases!!! Use the TOOLS tab in your browser; go to OPTIONS then CONTENT.

WriteNCite on your own workstation:
Download WriteNCite from the tools tab in the RefWorks' toolbar.
(Mac Users Open the download with the stuffit application and install.)
Open both WriteNCite ( which will ask you to log into RefWorks) and Word

 

Instructions for Moving Citations into RefWorks from indexes

Title of index Direct export available?

jackinboxremember to unblock pop-ups in your browser

Academic Search
P
remier
(ASP)

 YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Africa-Wide: NiPAD  YES

click Output: marked Full Records in the Select Format for
Output drop-down.

African Women's Bibliographic Database  NO

 

AGRICOLA (National Agricultural Library)  NO

 

Alternative Press Index  YES

Save marked records. Use Export to RefWorks button

America: History & Life  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

American Bibliography of Slavic & East European Studies Online  YES

See EBSCOHOST instructions

American Periodical Series  YES

Save marked records.
   Select Marked list.
   From the Marked List click Export.
   select Export directly to RefWorks.

L'Annee philologique: APh

No

Manual
import

 Mark records.
 Click Export Button at the bottom of the screen. A new window opens.
  Click tab Means of Retrieving Exports, choose download.
  Click tab File Type and select DAT format
  Click Export.
  Your references will now be displayed in a new window. Select all references and copy using ctrl + c.
  Open RefWorks in a separate window, select references then import.
  Choose Import Filter: L'Année Philologique.
  Choose Import data from the Following Text.
  Paste (ctrl + v) into "Import data from the Following Text".
  Click Import.

Anthropology Plus YES 

from saved list

Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts YES 

RefWorks button

Art Abstracts  YES

See Wilson Databases instructions

Art Index Retrospective  YES

See Wilson Databases instructions

ATLA Religion Database YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Bibliography of Africana Periodical Literature  NO

 

Bibliography of Asian Studies

NO
Manually import

  • Add to bookbag below desired records.
  • View Bookbag Holdings.
  • Download Contents. [Note: Download Records does not work.] and Save to Disk
  • In RefWorks Select References/Import from the toolbar.
  • Select Bibliography of Asian Studies - BAS from the Import Filter/Data Source drop-down menu.
  • Click Import Data from the following Text File.
  • Click Browse button to select the file name of your saved records and IMPORT.
Bibliography of Native North Americans YES.

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Bibliography of the History of Art (BHA) YES

RefWorks button

Biosis Previews

NO

Manual
Import

Select Export to Reference software (right hand column)
This saves file to desktop.
Log in to RefWorks.
Select References/Import from the toolbar.
Select ISI as the datasource and BIOSIS as the database.
Browse to find the textfile saved. (uml.)
Click Import.

Books in Print

No

Manual
Import

Select records and click Download.
Select Standard Download and click Go.
Select ASCII and Full Record as the Record Format and click on Go.
Using your browser's Save As function, navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file.  The file will have a .gpb extension.
 Select Text as the file type.  Click Save.
Log in to RefWorks.
Select References/Import from the toolbar.
Select BooksInPrint as the data source and BooksInPrint (ASCII Full Record) as the database.
Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
Click Import.

Business Source Premier  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Child Abuse, Child Welfare & Adoption  YES

Click Output: marked Full Records in the Select Format for Output drop-down.

Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO)  NO

 

Communication & Mass Media Complete  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

[LexisNexis] Congressional   NO

 

Contemporary Womens Issues  NO

 

 

CQ Electronic Library  NO

 

Criminal Justice Abstracts  YES

RefWorks button

Early American Imprints,  NO

 

Early American Newspapers,  NO

 

Early English Books Online   YES

 View marked list.
 Chose DOWNLOAD to RefWorks

EBSCO HOST  YES

Click on the Add folder icon to the right results you want to save.
Click on the Folder has items link
Click on the Export tab on the right.
Click the radio button in front of Direct Export to RefWorks
Click the Save button to begin the direct export.

Econlit   YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Environmental [LexisNexis]  NO

 

Environmental Issues and Policy Index  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

ERIC Database  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Essay and General Literature Index  YES

use exporting/citing button in the left margin

Ethnic Newswatch  YES

  Mark each record you want to save.
  Click on View Marked Documents.
On the Export Citations screen, click on Export directly to RefWorks.

Film Indexes Online  (Includes American Film Institute Catalog)  NO
Foreign Broadcast Information Service Electronic Index (FBIS)  NO

 

FSTA: Food Science and Technology  YES

Select Save to RefWorks.

Gender Studies Database  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

GeoRef  YES

RefWorks button

GLBT Life  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Google Scholar Beta  YES

Note:  To configure the direct export to RefWorks, you must configure Google Scholar by clicking on the Scholars Preferences link . Select RefWorks as the default in the Bib. Manager area.
Each record displayed will have an Import into RefWorks link.

Government Printing Office (GPO) Access  NO

 

Handbook of Latin American Studies:  NO

 

Health Source: Nursing & Academic Edition  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)  YES

 Select citations to save by clicking the check box next to each citation.
 Click on Saved Checked Items to Bibliography.
 Click on View Bibliography.
 Scroll to the bottom of the page.
 Click on Export To Refworks.

Historical Abstracts  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Hospitality and Tourism Complete YES See EBSCO HOST instructions
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective  YES

Use exporting/citing button in the left margin.

Index Islamicus  YES

RefWorks button

Index to Legal Periodicals & Books  YES

Use exporting/citing button in the left margin.

International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance   
YES


See EBSCO HOST instructions

International Index to Black Periodicals  YES

From the Selected List click Export.

International Index to Music Periodicals  YES

From the Selected List click Export.

International Index to the Performing Arts  YES

From the Selected List click Export.

International Medieval Bibliography  NO

 

ITER: Gateway to the Renaissance  YES

Mark citations "keep". View "Kept". Export to RefWorks option is at the bottom of the list.

The JSTOR WebSite  YES

Only at the individual citation. Not by list of saved unles

Ladd Library Catalog


No

 

LGBT Life YES See EBSCO HOST instructions
LexisNexis Academic  NO

 

Literature Resource Center  NO

 

LitFINDER  NO

 

MATHSCINET    NO Manually
Import

Click the View Clipboard button.
Select format Citations (BibTeX) and click Text. Using your Browser's Save As function, save to desktop in the text (.txt) format.
 Log in to RefWorks.
 Select References/Import from the toolbar.
 Select BibTeX as the data source and MathSciNet as the database.
 Use Browse to find the saved text file.
 Click Import.

MEDLINE  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

MLA Bibliography  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

National Criminal Justice Reference Service   YES

RefWorks button

New Testament Abstracts YES See EBSCO HOST instructions
Old Testament Abstracts YES See EBSCO HOST instructions
PAIS International  YES

Save marked records. Use Export to RefWorks button

Periodicals Archive Online YES

From the Marked List click Export

 

Philosopher's Index  YES

RefWorks button

Play Index  YES

 See Wilson Databases instructions

Proquest Newspapers  YES

 From the Marked List click Export.

PsycARTICLES  YES

 Use the export to option.

PsycINFO  YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

PubMed  

NO

Manually import

 Mark the references you want to export.
 Change the Display option from   Summary to MEDLINE.
 In the Send To drop-down, select Text.  A window opens with just the references in MEDLINE format.  
 Select Save As from your browser and select Text as the Save As file type.
 Log in to RefWorks.
 Select References/Import from the toolbar.
 Select NLM PubMed as the data source and as the database.
 Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer. Click Import.

Readers' Guide Retrospective  YES

See Wilson Databases instructions

Religious and Theological Abstracts NO  
RILM  YES

click Output: marked Full Records in the Select Format for Output drop-down.

RIPM  YES

click Output: marked Full Records in the Select Format for Output drop-down.

RISM  YES

click Output: marked Full Records in the Select Format for Output drop-down.

Science Direct  YES

Click output button

SciFinder Scholar  

NO

Manually import

 Select the references you want to import.
 Click Save As from the top of the search screen and save to desktop.
 Select Text as the file type and Save.
 Log in to RefWorks.
 Select References/Import from the toolbar.
 Select CAS Scifinder as the data source and CAPlus as the database.
 Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer. Click Import.

Scopus YES

Click output button

SocINDEX YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

Scitation (Searchable Physics Info Notices)  NO

 

[LexisNexis] State Capital  NO

 

[LexisNexis] Statistical  NO

 

U.S. Congressional Serial Set  NO

 

Wilson databases  

Click the Print Email Save button.

Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide YES

See EBSCO HOST instructions

WorldCat YES

 Save marked records. Use Export to RefWorks button

World News Connection: WNC  NO

 

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online  NO

 

Worldwide Political Science &Government YES

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Page author: LaVerne Winn
Date: 11/10/08


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