RefWorks Tips, Tricks, and Guides 

(To see a handout with screen shots of steps 4-10, click here.)

1.  Run search in PubMed

2.  Add desired records to clipboard using “send to” dropdown.  Under “Choose Destination” select “Clipboard” and click “Add to Clipboard”.

3.  Click on the “Clipboard” icon in upper right to view clipboard.

4.  Use the “Send to” dropdown menu and select “File” to  save the citations on your computer.

5.  Change the “Format” to Medline.  This puts the document in a tagged format that RefWorks can interpret.  When finished press “Create File”.   Note the filename and location so you can retrieve it when importing into RefWorks.

6.  Open Refworks from UNMC homepage or use group code and login with username and passoword

7.  In Refworks, hover on “References” dropdown and select “Import”

8.  Make sure “Import Filter/Data Source” is NLM/PubMed and “Database” is PubMed.  You can also select a folder to import the file directly into if you wish.

9.  Browse your computer files for the PubMed citations text file you saved from PubMed above in step #5.

10.  Click “Import” button.