Steps for Importing Records into RefWorks from OneSearch
- Use the OneSearch tab on the search widget found on the Libraries' home page to search for a topic of interest.
- You can transfer citations to RefWorks individually or as a group of citations
- Individual transfer:
- Click on the "Show Actions" ellipses (...) to the far right of the citation.
- Click on the "RefWorks" icon that displays in the actions toolbar.
- If given a warning about interacting with a third party, click on the "Continue" button.
- If presented with a choice between Legacy RefWorks and New RefWorks, select the option that applies. If you are using this guide, then most likely the Legacy RefWorks option applies.
- If asked, login to your RefWorks account.
- Once logged in, the citation should be transferred to your RefWorks account.
- Group of citations transfer:
- Login to OneSearch with your Bear ID and password in order to save citations to "My Favorites".
- Click on the "Pin" icon that is associated with each citation, which moves the citation to "My Favorites".
- Once you've completed adding citations to "My Favorites", click on the "Pin" icon to the left of your name (upper right of the display).
- Select all of the citations to be transferred to your RefWorks account. Note, you can select all of the citations in the list by clicking in the top-level checkbox that identifies the number of items listed (i.e., 5 items).
- Note that once you select one or more items the toolbar to the right of the "My Favorites" label is activated; these are actions that can be applied to all of the selected citations..
- Click on the "Show Actions" ellipses (...) to the far right of this toolbar.
- Click on the "RefWorks" icon that displays in this actions toolbar.
- If given a warning about interacting with a third party, click on the "Continue" button.
- If presented with a choice between Legacy RefWorks and New RefWorks, select the option that applies. If you are using this guide, then most likely the Legacy RefWorks option applies.
- If asked, login to your RefWorks account.
- Once logged in, all of the selected citations should be transferred to your RefWorks account.
- Always remember to review the citations after they have been transferred to RefWorks to make sure the information has transferred correctly.
