In a previous blog entry, I had written about RefGrab-It, RefWorks’ feature for importing citation information directly from websites. RefGrab-It has been enhanced with a plug-in feature that is available for both Firefox and Internet Explorer browsers. These plug-ins can be customized so they can import data directly into your RefWorks account. RefGrab-It will also indicate if there is a duplicate entry already in your account.
Want to learn about RefGrab-It to your browser? Check out the RefWorks Help section.
The plug-in version has some features that are not available in the bookmarklet version:
- RefWorks Association – creates a direct export to your account and identifies which references RefGrab-It has already downloaded
- Embedded Mode – lets you view RefGrab-It on top of the webpage as opposed to displaying in a new window
- Export RIS Format Files (plug-in only) – allows users who have the ISI help file on their computer to override direct exports from certain data vendors to EndNote, Reference Manager and ProCite and save the references as an ris.text file for importing into RefWorks
