RefWorks - Gale InfoTrac
Instructions for Transferring Citations

New Format Databases:

Academic Onefile
Computer Database
Expanded Academic ASAP
General OneFile
General Reference Center Gold
Infotrac Custom Newspapers
InfoTrac Professional Collection
LegalTrac

Original Format Databases:

Book Review Index
General BusinessFile ASAP
InfoTrac Junior Edition
InfoTrac Student Edition

New Format Direct Export into RefWorks 

In New Format Gale InfoTrac indexes:

1. Conduct a search and select the records you want by clicking the 'Mark' check box to the left of each citation
2. Click the Marked Items text link (on the menu toward the top, center of screen)
3. Click the How to Cite Marked Items text link (under the bold Marked Documents )
4. Following Export to third party software: place a check next to RefWorks
5. Click the Export button
6. Log into RefWorks and your records should automatically appear in the Last Imported Folder

New Format Save as Text File and Import into RefWorks 

In Gale InfoTrac indexes:

1. Conduct a search and select the records you want by clicking the 'Mark' check box to the left of each citation
2. Click the Marked Items text link (on the menu toward the top, center of screen)
3. Click the How to Cite Marked Items text link (under the bold Marked Documents )
4. Following Save, click the radio button adjacent to Plain Text with Bibliographic Tags (Z39.80)
5. Click the Save button
6. Click the Open button
7. Open your word processor/text editor and copy and paste the information into a blank document
8. From the File menu, select Save As. Save your file as a text file (with a .txt extension) [not a .doc extension] to the location of your choice (e.g. desktop)

In RefWorks

1. Login to your RefWorks database
2. Select References/Import from the toolbar
3. Select GALE InfoTrac Web as the Import Filter/Data Source and <Multiple Databases> as the database
4. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer
5. Click Import
6. Your citation(s) will be imported into the Last Imported Folder. You may now move them into the folder of your choice.

Original Format Save as Text File and Import into RefWorks 

In Gale InfoTrac indexes:

1. Conduct a search and select the records you want by clicking the 'Mark' check box to the left of each citation
2. Click the View mark list link (left side of screen)
3. In E-Mail Delivery options, select Abstracts (if available) and e-mail the list to yourself.
4. Open your word processor/text editor and copy and paste the information into a blank document
5. From the File menu, select Save As. Save your file as a text file (with a .txt extension) [not a .doc extension] to the location of your choice (e.g. desktop)

In RefWorks

1. Login to your RefWorks database
2. Select References/Import from the toolbar
3. Select GALE InfoTrac Web as the Import Filter/Data Source and <Multiple Databases> as the database
4. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer
5. Click Import
6. Your citation(s) will be imported into the Last Imported Folder. You may now move them into the folder of your choice.