Save to RefWorks
Save to RefWorks is a bookmarklet that you can install in your browser's favorites (bookmarks) bar. When you are browsing a website that has references that you would like to add to your RefWorks account, select the bookmarklet. RefWorks attempts to save the references and full texts.
Save to RefWorks should work on any modern browser.
Installing Save to RefWorks
To install Save to RefWorks:
- Ensure that your browser's favorites toolbar is currently visible in your browser.
- In RefWorks, select Tools > Tools. The Tools page appears.
- Select Install Save to RefWorks. A dialog box appears.
- Drag and drop the Save to RefWorks add-on to your browser's favorites toolbar. The add-on is installed.
- Click anywhere on the page to close the dialog box.
If you experience any problems, you can manually install Save to RefWorks as described here.
Adding References Using Save to RefWorks
To add a reference or a list of references from a website to RefWorks:
- Ensure that you are logged into RefWorks.
- While browsing any website, when viewing a page containing a reference, or information about a reference, select Save to RefWorks from your browser's favorites toolbar. Save to RefWorks opens a Reference Editor window.
Save to RefWorks Reference Editor
- If Save to RefWorks detects a single reference on the page, Save to RefWorks prefills as many fields as it can. Enter or correct information as required and select Save to RefWorks. The reference is added to your RefWorks account.
- If Save to RefWorks detects multiple references, a list of references appears in the Reference Editor. Select the relevant references and select Save to RefWorks. You can edit each one by first opening the reference (select > in the reference row).
- You can then choose to assign the reference/s to a folder/s and whether to import tags or not.
- If you have multiple projects, select the project to which you want to save the reference and click Continue.
