Importing References from the Catalog into RefWorks

Let’s say you have several books from the library that you need to cite. Instead of typing out the citation in RefWorks, follow the steps below to save yourself some time:

1. After doing your search in the catalog, select the records you want.
2. In the box labeled Print or Email at the bottom of the page, go to the Which Records section. Select either all in this page or selected, all pages.
3. In box labeled Print or Email at the bottom of the page, select format (full record or brief record).
4. Click print/save. The screen will change. You will see a list of your records.
5. Go up to file in your browser then select save page as to your desktop. You can change the name if you want to.
6. Login to RefWork.
7. Click on the References tab, select Import.
8. For Import Filter/Data Source, select University of Illinois at Chicago.
9. For database, select UICCAT and I-Share Online.
10. Under Import Data from the Following Text File, select choose file and insert the file
11. that you saved to your desktop
12. Click Import to import the records into Refworks.