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RefWorks - Transferring References - CSA

Databases:

EconLit
ERIC
GeoRef
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences: IBSS
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
MLA Bibliography
Philosopher's Index
PsycARTICLES
PsycINFO
RILM
Social Services Abstracts
Sociological Abstracts

Direct Export to Refworks

1. Conduct a search and select the records you want by clicking the check box next to each citation
2. Click the RefWorks link (located above the citations)
3. Click the Export to RefWorks button
4. Log into RefWorks and your records should automatically appear in the Last Imported Folder

Save as Text File and Import into RefWorks 

In CSA Illumina indexes:

1. Conduct a search and select the records you want by clicking the check box next to each citation
2. Click the Save, Print, Email link (located above the citations)
3. Select Full Format
4. Scroll down the page, select the File Format you want and click the Save button
5. 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)
6. If you select Open with you will have to choose an editor to view the file, e.g., NotePad, MS Word
7. Click the OK button
8. From the File menu, select Save As. Save your file as a text file (with a .txt 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 CSA as the Import Filter/Data Source and select the appropriate 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.