When downloading citations from Digital Dissertations one needs to use the "Citation + Abstract" format, not the default "Citation". The "Citation" format isn't tagged, so won't import into RefWorks.
I've asked that the Guide be corrected.
/Scott
RE downloading citations from Indexes for importing them into RefWorks - from the public ADCS & Writing Center workstations:
When you do the "File - Save As" part of this operation, the only place you can save the file is to the "My Documents" folder, which is the default location that pops up. You cannot save the file directly to the desktop, and I guess you also cannot save it to a disk in the "A" drive (Scott, I can check with Chris Moon on that A drive part if you haven't written to him yet?). Also, for some reason when you do a "File - Save As", it defaults to "Web page" for the File Type. You need to change that to "Text file .txt" as type, or it will not work.
Hope this helps. We can discuss it more tomorrow in our RefWorks tutorial.
Linda
Linda Eells wrote:
> Hi Scott,
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> RE item 1, Julie mentioned last night that Write-N-Cite users from outside should not need that group code if they come into RefWorks via the U of MN Libraries website (as opposed to directly via RefWorks.com) AND if they open RefWorks before they open whatever index they want to use. Julie, please correct me if I misunderstood that.
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> RE item 2, I used an ADCS terminal in a class on Monday night and was able to save files from an index to the "My Documents" folder on the desktop - that is the only place it will let you save to - and our ADCS terminal here should be the same. I'm going to go try it right now!
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> Thanks.
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> Linda
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> Scott Marsalis wrote:
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>> Hi guys. I can't remember how this information has been shared, but as a reminder:
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>> There are 2 common problems that are arising as patrons use RefWorks:
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>> * For the time being, to use the Write-N-Cite from off campus, they need to enter a "Group code". Ours is RWUMinnTwin
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>> * Library public terminals won't let the patron save to the desktop or hard drive, so they'll need to save to a floppy. I've put a small stash of floppies at the Magrath reference desk, and the Branches will want to do the same.
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>> The ADCS terminal in Magrath wasn't letting us save to the floppy or desktop last night, so I'll be looking into this further.
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>> People are working on fixes to both problems, but in the mean time, we need to make sure people on the front lines know.
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>> Kevin: is the Blog public? Can we post the group code there, or would that be a security problem?
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>> --Scott