Often when searching in multiple databases for a topic, you may unintentionally import the same citation more than once. RefWorks has a duplicate detection function that looks for duplicates across your entire RefWorks account.
Note: Be careful not to delete any citations that have already been imbedded in papers that have been or will be formatted using RefWorks. When formatting a paper, if RefWorks (or Write-N-Cite) can't find the Reference ID Number for a citation that has been imbedded in the paper, the formatting process will generate an error message.
You may wnat to remove duplicates from a specific folder rather than across your entire database. Do the following:
Note: Be careful not to delete any citations that have already been imbedded in papers that have been or will be formatted using RefWorks. When formatting a paper, if RefWorks (or Write-N-Cite) can't find the Reference ID Number for a citation that has been imbedded in the paper, the formatting process will generate an error message.