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RefWorks - Transferring References - OCLC FirstSearch

Databases:

WorldCat

Direct Export to RefWorks

1. Conduct a search and select the records you want by clicking the check box to the left of each citation
2. Click the Export button on the gray button bar toward the top of the screen
3. In the Export section, select Marked records from this search
4. In the Export To: section, select RefWorks
5. Click the Export button
6. Log into RefWorks and your records should automatically appear in the Last Imported Folder

Save as Text File and Import into RefWorks 

In FirstSearch indexes:

1. Conduct a search and select the records you want by clicking the check box to the left of each citation
2. Click the Export button on the gray button bar toward the top of the screen
3. In the Export section, select Marked records from this search
4. In the Export To: section, select Text file
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 OCLC FirstSearch 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.