Exporting from ACM Digital Library to RefWorks
Choose to view the full citation of the article you are interested in by clicking on the title in
the results list:
Click on BibTex under Export Formats on the right-hand side.
Highlight the record in this BibTex Format window.
Use Ctrl+C (or right-click the mouse) to copy the record.
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Return to your RefWorks account.
From the References pull-down menu select Import.
1. Open up the From Text section
2. Select BibTex as the Import
Filter / Data Source.
3. Select ACM Digital Library
(BibTex format) as the Database
4. Paste (using Ctrl V) the text
that you previously copied
into this box.
5. Click on Import
Click on View Last Imported Folder to see this record.
Word of caution:
 The journal title is only exported in an abbreviated form and you will need to go into the
Edit page (the pencil icon) and add the full-title details into the Periodical, Full field.
 Click on Save Reference
An alternative way:
Click on the Download button in the BibTex box and save the file and follow the procedure
below.
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How to export more than one record at once:
An alternative way to import a set of references is to:
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Paste the information from the BibTex window into a Word document / or notepad.
Repeat the display and copy/paste for other articles of interest.
Save the document as a text file (.txt)
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Return to your RefWorks account
From the Reference pull-down menu select Import.
1. Make sure that the From Text File
section is open
2. Select BibTex
3. Select ACM Digital Library
(BibTeX format)
4. Browse for the file you have
saved and open it to here.
5. Click on Import
Click on View Last Imported Folder.
Teesside University, Library and Information Services
July 2015