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HelP: Exporting & Importing References from RLG Databases into RefWorks

These instructions assume that you have searched an RLG database and have a list of results.

Exporting References from an RLG Database

  1. From the Title List of your search results, mark the records you want to import.
  2. Click Full. Citations must be in the full record format to be successfully imported into RefWorks.

  1. The Full Marked Records List appears.
  2. Click Print.

  1. The Eureka Export window appears and your results are displayed in your browser window.
  2. From the menu bar, click File and then click Save as in the drop-down menu.

  1. The Save Web Page screen appears.
  2. Select Desktop from the Save in dropdown box.
  3. The File Name box shows Eureka Export.
  4. Select Text File ("txt) from the Save as Type dropdown box.
  5. Click Save.

Importing References into RefWorks

  1. From the library's homepage under the Welcome! tab, click RefWorks.

At the RefWorks User Login page:

  1. Enter your login name.
  2. Enter your password.
  3. Click Login.

NOTE: If you are in an off-campus location, you will be asked for a Group Code. Call the reference desk at 513 745-4808 to obtain this information.

  1. At the Getting Started page, click References in the top menu.
  2. Then click Import in the drop-down menu..

  1. At the Import page, select RLG Eureka (Full Format) from the Import Filter/Data Source dropdown box.
  2. Select the database you were searching from the Database dropdown box.
  3. Click Browse to search the Desktop for the Eureka Export file.

  1. The Choose File box will appear.
  2. Choose Desktop at the Look in dropdown box.
  3. Select the file Eureka Export.txt
  4. The Eureka Export.txt file will now appear in the File name box.
  5. Click Open.

  1. The Eureka Export.txt file now appears in the Import Data from the following Text File box.
  2. Click Import.

The RefWorks Import page will open

  1. RefWorks will prompt with Import completed when it is finished.
  2. Click View Last Imported Folder to view your references.

  1. RefWorks will display references in the Last Imported Folder window.
  2. For information about searching and sorting your citations or about creating and organizing folders click the RefWorks HELP link, or for information about downloading citations from different databases, see the RefWorks help links in the library's database lists (see second image below).
  3. Click the OLinks icon to see if an article is available in full-text, print or microform format and to submit an interlibrary loan request.

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