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RefWorks Help

Quick Facts:

Importing References From:

TRELLIS
University of Toronto's Library Catalogue
Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals
CISTI Source
Dissertations and Theses
Humanities Fulltext
Other Databases

TRELLIS

University of Toronto’s Library Catalogue

1. Login to RefWorks.
2. Click on Search - Online Catalogue or Database.
3. Select University of Toronto as your catalogue and enter your search terms. Sort the records as necessary.
4. Mark the records you want.
5. At the top or the bottom of this screen, indicate which records you want to import into RefWorks and what folder they should go into.
6. Click on Import.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals (and other CSA databases):

1. Perform the search and view the results.
2. Mark the desired citations and click the RefWorks button.
3. Select either the marked references or all references option.
4. Click RefWorks and the references are automatically exported to RefWorks. If you are not already logged into RefWorks, you will be prompted to enter your login and password
5. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

CISTI Source

1. Conduct the search and mark the desired citations.
2. Click on Selections.
3. Email the selected articles.
4. Open the email and copy the text, using edit, copy.
5. Log in to RefWorks.
6. Select Import from the References toolbar
7. Select CISTI Source as the data source and select the appropriate database.
8. Paste the text into Import Data from the Following Text area.
9. Click Import.
10. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

Dissertations and Theses (Proquest database)

1. Perform a search and mark the desired citations.
2. Click on Marked list.
3. Click Download.
4. Choose your output format (either citation or citation + abstract)
5. Click Download.
6. Select the location where you want to save the file and type the file name.
7. Log in to RefWorks.
8. Select Import from the References toolbar
9. Select ProQuest Digital Dissertations as the data source and Digital Dissertations as the database.
10. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
11. Click Import.
12. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

Humanities Fulltext (and other Wilson databases):

1. From the search results page, select Print/eMail/Save.
2. Under Destination select Save.
3. Under eMail and Save Format Fields select All Citation Fields.
4. Under format, select Format for exporting to Bibliographic software.
5. Select Save. A new window will open with the tagged results.
6. Using your Browser's Save As function (from the file menu), navigate to where you want to save the file.
7. Select .txt as the file type and click Save.
8. Log in to RefWorks.
9. Select Import from the References toolbar
10. Use Import Filter/Data Source labeled H.W. Wilson as the data source and All Databases as the database.
11. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
12. Click Import.
13. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

Other Databases

Sara Perkins, Library Associate
July 5, 2011

Locations • Musagetes Architecture Library

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