How Do I?> export Ovid citations into RefWorks?

How do I export Ovid citations into RefWorks?

Answer

Use Ovid's Results Manager to export Ovid search results directly into RefWorks.

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Introduction

Conducting a good Ovid search takes time and effort. Save yourself steps when you find the citations you want -- export them directly to RefWorks, the bibliographic management software available free to all UVa affiliates.

Step-By-Step

  1. On the Library’s Home page, locate the Core Resources heading in the middle of the page, then click Ovid MEDLINE.
  2. In the Ovid MEDLINE screen, perform your search. Click Display to see your search results. For more information on conducting Medline searches, the Library has live and online educational classes and tutorials for Searching MEDLINE.
  3. Select each listed item you want to export to your bibliographic database by clicking its checkbox. Go to Results Manager in the left column to view the Results Manager options.

    The Results Manager has four sections:
    • Results: Specify which references you’d like to download.

      resultsA

    • Fields: The default fields are the citation and abstract fields. If you’d like to use the MeSH headings as your RefWorks descriptors, choose “Citation+Abstract+ Subject Headings.”

      fieldsA

    • Result Format:
      resltformatA

      Direct Export. Use this option to directly export the citations into RefWorks.

    • Actions:
      actionA

      Click Save.

  4. Select Export results to RefWorks when prompted, then click Continue.

    exportresultsA

  5. The RefWorks login screen is displayed. If you do not already have a RefWorks account set up, you will need to create one.

    login_refWorks

  6. Click on View Last Imported Folder to view the imported references.

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  7. The Last Imported Folder window will appear, and the imported references will have been added to your main database.

    If you use folders and want to put the imported references into a specific folder, you may do so at this point. Select the references you want to save to a folder by checking the box to the left of the reference. From the Put in Folder... pulldown menu, select the desired folder. The selected references will be saved to the folder you chose.

    put_in_folder

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Help

For additional information about importing downloaded citations from OVID into RefWorks, contact Inhye Son at 924-0057 or iks4j@virginia.edu.

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