Exporting to RefWorks from PubMed

PubMed : Manual import to RefWorks

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1. Perform a search and mark the references you want to export.
2. Change the Display settings option to MEDLINE.
3. Your references will display in text format.  
4. Select Save As from your browser*; name the file and select Text as the Save As file type. You may save this to your desktop.
5. Log in to RefWorks.
6. Select References --> Import from the toolbar.
7. Select NLM PubMed as the data source and as the database.
8. Browse to find the text file you saved to your computer.
9. Click Import.
10. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

* If your browser’s Save As function does not work for you, try this:

• When the window opens with your references in MEDLINE format, select all the text and copy it. Then login to RefWorks. Select References --> Import.
• Change the Data Source to NLM PubMed and Database to PubMed.
• Paste your text into the box to Import Data from the following Text.
• Select the Import button.

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