RefWorks - ScienceDirect
Instructions for Transferring Citations

Direct Export into RefWorks

1. Mark the records you want to import and click Export Citations.
2. Select either All documents or Only these documents for the Marked records.
3. Select Citations + Abstracts to export the record's abstracts.
4. Select the RefWorks Direct Export and click Export.
5. The export will open RefWorks if it is not already open and automatically import the references.
6. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

Save as Text File and Import into RefWorks 

In ScienceDirect:

1. Conduct a search and select citations to save by clicking the check box to the left of each citation
2. Click the export citations button at the top of the bibliography
3. Following Export:, change the drop-down menu to read Citations + Abstracts
4. Leave the default File Format: RIS Format
5. Click the Export button
6. You will be prompted to either Open with [either a program name OR browse for program name] or Save to disk the file (which is already named and is a text file)
7. If you select Open with you will have to choose an editor to view the file, e.g., NotePad, MS Word
8. Click the OK button
9. 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 ScienceDirect (RIS Format) 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