Citation Styles & Tools: Citations in UW Libraries Search

• Direct exports from main search screen using the Zotero address bar icons work as expected.
• Direct exports from the e-Shelf do not work; RIS exports from the e-shelf provide unsatisfactory results. Your best bet is to import items directly from your search screen

• Direct exports to RefWorks are available for both individual records (using the Share/Save menu) and groups of marked records in the e-Shelf (using the "Push to" menu)

• When exporting directly to RefWorks from the libraries' page, you will be given the option of exporting to RefWorks Legacy or ProQuest RefWorks. We recommend you begin using ProQuest RefWorks as the Legacy version is being phased out.

• Data might require a bit of clean-up: one or more authors will have a double entry and book records will have the location repeated in the Publisher field in RefWorks records imported from UW Libraries Search.

• Direct exports via Mendeley's web importer tool currently do not work.There is no projected fix at this time.
• Work-around: Save single or multiple records in RIS format [see instructions in the box below] and then import them into Mendeley Desktop

• To import RIS files into Mendeley Desktop, go to File --> Import --> RIS; navigate to RIS fiie you saved to your computer (it should be called something like Primo_RIS_Export.ris) and  import into Mendeley

Note: RIS imports only work in the installed desktop version of Mendeley, not in Mendeley's web interface.

• Direct exports to EndNote Basic (the web version of EndNote) are available for both individual records (using the Share/Save menu) and groups of marked records in the e-Shelf (using the "Push to" menu)
• Data will require a bit of clean-up: for book records, one or more authors will have a double entry and the location will be repeated in the Publisher field in  records imported from UW Libraries Search.

• Direct exports to the desktop version of EndNote are available for both individual records (using the Share/Save menu) and groups of marked records in the e-Shelf (using the "Push to" menu), through this method:
• Make sure the EndNote library you want to save the records to is open.
• Choose the Export RIS option in the Share/Save menu.
• Keep the default encoding (UTF-8) and select "Open with..." then the Browse button from the pop-up window. Select ResearchSoft Direct Export Helper from the list of programs; you should be prompted to choose between EndNote and EndNote Web in a popup box.  Select EndNote and the citation will move directly into the open EndNote library.
• This short screencast video illustrates the process.
• Data will require a bit of clean-up: for book records, one or more authors will have a double entry and the location will be repeated in the Publisher field in  records imported from UW Libraries Search.

RIS Exports

RIS is a standardized tag format developed by Research Information Systems to enable citation data exchange. The .ris format is supported by many citation management programs. You can save single or multiple records from UW Libraries Search in RIS tagged format.

To save a single item in RIS tagged format, click on any of the tabs underneat the item in your search results screen. In the Share/Save menu, select Export RIS. Keep the default encoding (UTF-8) and save the file to your computer. You can then import the file into your citation management program.

To save multiple records in RIS tagged format, click the star icon to move them into the e-Shelf, then click on the link to e-Shelf in the upper right part of the screen. Select the records you'd like to export, then select "Push ot Export RIS" [illustrated below] and save the resulting file to your computer. You may then import the saved .ris file into a citation managment program.

You can get a citation for an individual item in the new UW Libraries Search in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian formats.

• Click on "Share/Save" in the right-hand corner of the record.
• In the drop-down that appears, click on "Citation."

• A window will pop up with the citation (see below). Choose a citation style by clicking on the left-hand side, then copy the citation and paste it into your bibliography.