RefWorks: EBSCO Databases
This tutorial will assist you with exporting references from EBSCO databases into RefWorks. A few examples of EBSCO databases include:America: History and Life, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus and ATLA religion database.
This Tutorial Covers:
How to mark citations you would like to export
How to export these citations from Primo to RefWorks
Where to locate newly exported citations within RefWorks
[Transition to main search screen in CINAHL]
We’ll begin the tutorial in the EBSCO database CINAHL.
I have already conducted a search for articles related to falls in the elderly.
In order to select the articles you want to export to RefWorks, you must click on add to folder link located just below the citation.
Let’s select results #1 and #3.
In order to view the items in your folder, you can either go to the “folder view”, which is located in the right hand menu, or click on the folder icon at the top of the page.
When you are in the folder view, you must once again select the items you would like to export to RefWorks by clicking on the box to the left of the article information.
Let’s select both articles to export.
The next step is to click on the “export” button which is represented by a page with a green arrow. It is the last icon on the right.
You should now be on a page with the title “export manager” in the top left corner.
From here, you must select the option for “direct export to RefWorks” located at the bottom of the list on the right side of the page.
Note: If you want to delete the exported citations from your folder, then you should select the box on the left of the screen which says “remove these items from folder after saving”.
The final step before beginning your export is to click on the save button on the left side of the screen.
You will now see a new page open for RefWorks and be prompted to log in to your RefWorks account if you have not already done so.
If you are already logged in to RefWorks then the export will continue without this step.
To log-in: Type your username into the first box provided.
This is followed by your password in the second box. Click on the log-in button to finish.
Your references will now be exported.
When the import is complete, you will see the sentence “Import Completed – 2 references imported” near the top of the page.
The references will automatically be sent to your “last imported folder”.
In order to view the references, click on the “View Last Imported Folder” button in the middle of the screen.
You should now see the set of references which you have imported into RefWorks.