TIP: Regardless of how you collect and import items into RefWorks, RefWorks will fill in all available metadata (title, authors, year, etc.), but references may be incomplete if the metadata isn't available. When you are adding items into RefWorks is the best time to double check that all of the information is complete and correct. While you have the items in your hand, open in another tab, or otherwise easily accessible. Spend a little time now making sure that your references are the best they can be and you will thank yourself later.
Within RefWorks you have three options for adding references. Click on the plus sign on the tabbed menu at the top to do one of the following:
Save to RefWorks is a bookmark used to add citations from webpages, Pubmed, Google Scholar, and more. NOTE: Will not grab citation(s) from PDFs.
Step 1: Adding Save to RefWorks to Browser
1. Within RefWorks, Select Tools then click on Tools and then Install Save to RefWorks
2. Drag the Save to RefWorks button up to the browser toolbar. If toolbar does not appear:
For Google Chrome
a. Click on Settings (Triple vertical dot icon in right corner)
b. Check Always show bookmarks bar
For Firefox
a. Select Show your bookmarks bar> Bookmarks Toolbar
b. Check View Bookmarks Toolbar
For Internet Explorer
a. Select Hub (triple horizontal bar icon) from right
b. Under Settings, turn Favorites bar on
Step 2: Using Save to RefWorks
Be sure to edit the record as needed
To add a PDF to an already existing reference in your RefWorks library:
When you import references you can check to make sure you aren't importing duplicates.