{"id":121,"date":"2013-11-13T14:51:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T12:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ueflibrary.wordpress.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:32:06","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-4-how-to-import-pubmed-citations-to-refworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/frequently-asked-questions-4-how-to-import-pubmed-citations-to-refworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently asked questions 4 &#8211; How to import PubMed citations to RefWorks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Question:<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What is the easiest way to put references from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed?otool=ifikuplib\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PubMed <\/a>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.refworks.com\/refworks2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RefWorks<\/a>?<\/bdo><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is quite simple;<\/bdo><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Click <strong>Send To<\/strong> and choose <strong>Citation Manager<\/strong> to create and save an <em>nbib file<\/em>.<\/bdo><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Import the <em>nbib file<\/em> to RefWorks using <strong>Filter\/Data Source<\/strong> <strong>NLM PubMed<\/strong>.<\/bdo><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/11\/createfile.jpg?w=282\" alt=\"Create file\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uef.fi\/ueflibrary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2013\/11\/import.jpg?w=487\" alt=\"Import\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tuulevi Ovaska, <bdo lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Head of Services, Kuopio University Hospital Medical Library, University of Eastern Finland Library<\/bdo><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: It is quite simple; 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