A step-by-step Guide

Prepared by:

Razman Shah Mohd RazaliRazmanShahRazali@imu.edu.my

Contents

Part 1: Registering individual account

Part 2: Importing reference and its article from Google Scholar

Part 3: Importing reference and its article from Ebsco Discovery Services (EDS)

Part 4: Adding citation

Part 1: Registering individual account

Access IMU Library portal: http://i-lib.imu.edu.my

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Click RefWorks

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Click Advanced

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Click Proceed to www.refworks.com.ezp

.imu.edu.my (unsafe)

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Type your IMU computer username and password

and click Login

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Click Sign Up for a New Account

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Fill the mandatory details

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Group code available beside RefWorks link in

Library portal

Click Next

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Note: Ensure you remember your Login Name and Password

Fill the mandatory details

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Click Create Account

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Your account has been successfully registered

Part 2: Importing reference and its article from Google Scholar

Access Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/

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Type keyword in search box.

Use AND, OR, NOT as the Boolean operator(s). Click here for more information

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Click magnifying glass to execute your search

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To limit your results

Article available for free in PDF

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Option to download article in PDF

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Option to print article

Click the icon

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Click RefWorks17

Go back to your Google Scholar page

SelectExport to legacy RefWorks

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Re-login into your RefWorksaccount.

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Click Login20

Refer to step 7 for your username and password

This is to show that your reference has successfully being imported into your

accountClick View Last

Imported Folder to view your

reference

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Your newly imported

reference is here Click to

attach article in PDF

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Refer to step 14-15 on how to

download article in PDF

Click Choose File

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Select article that you want

to attach

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Click Open

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This is to indicate that the article is in the process to be

imported

Click Save Reference

Click to close page

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Article has been imported into the

reference

This icon indicates that your newly imported

reference has an attachment in PDF

format

Part 3: Importing reference and its article through Ebsco Discovery Services (EDS)

Access IMU Library portal: http://i-lib.imu.edu.my

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Bring your cursor to SEARCH ENGINES tab and click Search

E-Resource (EDS)

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EDS (Ebsco Discovery Service) = A Google-like one stop search engine that will search contents in all Library

resources based on your keyword(s)

Click Advanced Search

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Enter keywords in search boxes

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Select Boolean operators

Click Search button

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No. of hits (available in full text or otherwise)

Tick Full Text box to limit your hits to only

full text document

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No. of hits available in full text

Under Source Types, click Academic

Journals (to view articles only)

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This is to indicate that full text is available from other than Ebscohost database

Click Full Text Finder

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Click the link of our subscribed database

Example: Science Direct

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Download article in PDF

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Click article title

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Click Export

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Select Direct Export to RefWorks

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Click Save41

Refer to step 3

Refer to step 4

Refer to step 18

This is to show that your reference has successfully being imported into your

accountClick View Last

Imported Folder to view your

reference

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This is your newly imported

reference

Refer to step 22-26 on how to import

PDF into the reference

Bring your cursor to View

tab and click All References

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All References = Total references added into your

account

Part 4: Adding citation

Bring your cursor to Tools taband click Write-N-Cite

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Note: You will need to install Write-N-Cite software to add citation

into your paper

Download software based on your Microsoft Word specification and install

into your computer

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Note: To install the software into IMU

computers, please consult ITS personnel.

After you have open your Microsoft Word, go to RefWorks tab and click

Log In

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Re-login into your RefWorksaccount

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Click Log In

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Refer to step 7 for your username and password

Click Styles tab and select citation style.

To import Vancouver style, click Select Other Style

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Select Vancouver and click Save

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Click Insert Citation

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Bring your cursor at the place where you want the

number to be inserted. Left click your mouse

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Click Insert New

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Select this (Not in Folder) to retrieve your article (if you have not moved it

into any folder)

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Select article

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Click OK

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This is your footnote

Click Bibliography Options

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Click Insert Bibliography

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This is your reference citation

Please note that journal title is to be abbreviated when using Vancouver

style citation. Click herefor more information regarding Vancouver

style citation

Click this to view journal title abbreviation

through NLM Catalog

Thank you!