A tutorial I created for a student to address the question of how to import PubMed records from an NCBI account into RefWorks.

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Importing records from an NCBI account into
RefWorks
John Pell
Assistant Professor
Hunter College Libraries

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Exporting from NCBI Bibliography:
Click on the link to your
bibliography items.

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Exporting from NCBI Bibliography:
First, select the items that you
wish to export (this step is
important.)
Next, click the “Save…” link.

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Exporting from NCBI Bibliography:
(Tip: Choosing to open the file with
a text editor can help you to avoid
having the file automatically saved
in a location that you are not sure
of.)

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Exporting from NCBI Bibliography:
(You will need to keep track of the
file in order to import it into
RefWorks, so be sure that you
know its location.)

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Importing into RefWorks:
Over in Refworks, select “Import”
from the “References” drop-down
menu.

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Importing into RefWorks:
In the “Import Filter/Data Source”
field, you will need to select “NLM
PubMed.” “PubMed” should then
be selected as the database. (This
is important.)

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Importing into RefWorks:
Now, it is time to retrieve that file
that you exported from NCBI
earlier. Select the file, then
click, “Import.”

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Importing into RefWorks:
Once the import is complete, you
can click, “View Last Imported
Folder” to get a quick look at your
new records.

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Importing into RefWorks:
Congratulations! Your NCBI
records are now in your RefWorks
Database. That is all there is to it.