Tip: Export book references into RefWorks

Transcultural Nursing book record in Voyager Catalog

Ever spent waaay too long tracking down and formatting the reference information for a book? Those days are over. With library catalogues you can easily export book information into your RefWorks account.

Here are two short (1-2 min) videos on how this is done.*

First, export book information from Voyager, University of Rochester’s library catalog.
http://screencast.com/t/xwtYHPXNH

Pretty simple, right?

Now not all books in Voyager have this option available, suppose your book is not in Voyager…what then? You can use OCLC WorldCat, the world’s largest catalog at http://www.worldcat.org.

Export from OCLC WorldCat: http://screencast.com/t/Mwsf3MNuKiyx

Note: It’s easier if you login to RefWorks before exporting, you may have noticed in the first demo that I logged in while exporting. If, in the middle of exporting, RefWorks asks you to login a second time, you probably need to go to internet browser options, delete your cookies, and restart the browser. This did the trick for me.

*Videos captured using the free TechSmith tool, Jing.

How To Find New Books at Williams Library

Did you know that you can quickly and easily find out what books are added to the Williams Library print collection? Here’s how!

Starting from the Williams Health Sciences Library homepage, click on the link library catalog link in the Journals & Books Section.

Have you ever noticed that there are three tabs on the first page of the library catalog? They are Basic Search, Advanced Search, and New Titles.

New titles? Yes! Click on that tab and you’ll see a series of drop-down menus. You can use those menus to filter to the books you want to see.

For example, here’s an image showing the books I found when I chose to filter to Highland Hospital (location), Nursing (subject), and 6 months (date). I also chose to sort by Date instead of title.

New nursing books in the Williams Library print collection

Did you notice the “Availability” field?

You can tell when a new book you might want to read has already been checked out by someone else. That’s when you need to request a hold. Never done that? Maybe that’ll be the next Tech Tip Thursday post.

In the mean time, you can always Ask A Librarian!

Posted by Lorraine Porcello