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ECS 300: Google Scholar: Exporting references to RefWorks

Google Scholar: Exporting references to RefWorks

  • Note: if you're off campus, log into your RefWorks account in another window or tab before trying to export records into it
  • Unfortunately, you have to import references one by one into RefWorks from Google Scholar
  • Make sure you set up RefWorks links in Google Scholar by using the Scholar Preferences as detailed in the box next to this one
  • Click Import into RefWorks under the title of a desired reference in your Google Scholar search results
  • RefWorks will open in another window/tab and ask you to sign in, if you haven't already
  • It will then import the reference into an actual reference form in RefWorks
  • However, it also puts it in the Last Imported folder
  • Above the reference form for your imported reference, mouse over Folders and then View, and click Last Imported at the top of your folders list
  • You'll get to the short form of the record that you just imported from Google Scholar
  • Click in the box above the record to select it, then either create a folder for it to go into by mousing over Folders at the top of the screen and selecting Create New Folder and following the on-screen prompts, or put it in an already existing folder by choosing its name at Put in folder
  • You must do this for each record that you import from Google Scholar