A tutorial on setting up RefGrab-It and using it to capture records from PubMed.

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Capturing Citations from Websites using
RefGrab-It.
John Pell
Assistant Professor
Hunter College Libraries

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RefGrab-It?
RefWorks provides a tool for
capturing citation data from
websites that can be found in
the “Tools” drop-down menu.

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Setting up RefGrab-It:
RefGrab-It can be quickly
set up by right-clicking on
the RefGrab-It Bookmarklet
and selecting “Bookmark
this link.”
Note: At the time I created
this tutorial, RefGrab-It was
not functioning correctly in
Internet Explorer.

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Setting up RefGrab-It:
Saving the bookmarklet to the
tool bar will keep it readily
available.

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Using RefGrab-It:
RefGrab-It can be used to
capture records for your
RefWorks database from
websites such as PubMed.
To get started, click the
bookmark when there are
records on screen that you
wish to capture.

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Using RefGrab-It:
A window will pop-up listing the
available records that were
displayed on the webpage when
you clicked the bookmark.
Note: you need to have javascript
enabled for this to work.

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Using RefGrab-It:
To import the records to RefWorks,
check the box next to each record
you wish to import and then click,
“Import to RefWorks.”

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Using RefGrab-It:
If you are still logged in to Ref-
Works, your records will be
imported; if not, you will be taken
to the log-in screen. You can
quickly view your new records by
clicking the, “View Last Import
Folder” button.

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Using RefGrab-It:
Congratulations! You have just
imported your records.