Exporting Records From: ACM Digital Library

Single record:

1. If you are in a results list, click on the title of the record you want to export to RefWorks.
2. Below the record, in the “Tools and Actions” section, choose to display your record in Bibtex format.
3. Copy the text of the record.
4. Open a second browser window and login to RefWorks.
5. Choose References/Import from the toolbar.
6. Select Macalester College as the Import Filter/Data Source and ACM Digital Library (BibteX format)[BibTeX] as the Database.
7. Paste the copied text into the “Import Data from the Following Text” box. Click on the Import button.
8. Your record should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

Multiple records:

1. If you are in a results list, click on the title of the record you want to export to RefWorks.
2. Below the record, in the “Tools and Actions” section, choose to display your record in Bibtex format.
3. Copy the text of the record.
4. Paste the text into a text editor program such as Notepad.
5. Repeat the above for each record you wish to keep, pasting each record below the previous record and creating a list.
6. Save the document as a text file (*.txt)
7. Login to RefWorks.
8. Choose References/Import from the toolbar.
9. Select Macalester College as the Import Filter/Data Source and ACM Digital Library (Bibtex) as the Database.
10. Under "Import data from the following text file", use the Browse button to find the text file you saved to your computer. Click the Import button.
11. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.