With RefWorks you can share your citations with anyone in the world with an Internet connection, even if the recipient does not subscribe to RefWorks. You have the option of sharing your entire database or just selected folders. If the recipient does have a RefWorks account they can import the citations into their own RefWorks database upon receiving the citations.

To email your citations:

1. Under Tools click on Share References.
2. Select the folder that you wish to share and click on Share Folder.
3. Customize settings and click on Email Folder.
4. Enter recipient(s) email and you can customize the subject line and email message that they will receive.
5. Send email.

Your recipient(s) will receive an email with a URL (web address.) The email will look like the following (with a different URL, of course).

http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=027781096926436000/1245144/OVID

[THIS TEXT IS CUSTOMIZABLE]
The sender of this email has granted you access to all or part of theirRefWorks database of bibliographic references.

Clicking on the link will take you to this database which is displayed inRefShare - the sharing module of RefWorks. The database owner has the option to allow you to print, export or generate a reference list from within RefShare. These options, if available, will appear at the top left of the View area when you click on the link.

Additional information on this database, which is provided by the database owner, can be found by clicking on the About This Database menu item. For more information on how to use RefShare, click on Help from the RefShare toolbar.

In order for the recipient(s) to import the citations into their own RefWorks account (they must be subscribers), they can follow these easy steps:

1. Click on the URL.
2. Select All in the list and then Export.
3. Select RefWorks Tagged Format.
4. Click on Download it and you will get the citations in a text format.
5. Press on Control A (highlight all citations) and then Control C to copy the entire text.
6. Login to your own RefWorks account.
7. Under References click on Import and select RefWorks Tagged Format.
8. Control V (to view) in the box that reads Import data from the following text and click Import.

Remember, even if the recipient does not own RefWorks they can still receive the citations.

• If you would like to learn more, contact Dan Kipnis to schedule a RefWorks workshop: Dan.Kipnis@jefferson.edu or 3-2825
• RefWorks Handouts and Online Demos