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Google Scholar

Shortcut link to import citations from Google Scholar into RefWorks.

Integrate with Google Drive

Save citations to Google Drive:

To save citations to Google Drive, you must enable the Google Scholar Button extension in your browser. Then, when you search for a source on Google Scholar, you can click on the button and choose "Save" to add the citation to your Google Drive folder 

Syncing the PDF to Google Drive

You can sync PDFs of the sources you find to your Google Drive folder. This can help you download and store the full-text versions of the sources you need for your research and access them offline or on different devices.

To sync PDFs to Google Drive, you must enable your browser's Google Scholar Button extension. Then, when you search for a source on Google Scholar, click the button and choose "View PDF" to open the PDF in a new tab. Then click on the Google Drive icon in the PDF viewer to save the PDF to your Google Drive folder.

Google Scholar & RefWorks

Preferences

You can adjust Google Scholar settings to show a shortcut link to allow the import of Google Scholar citations into RefWorks.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click on Settings, at the top of the Google Scholar homepage.
  2. Toward the bottom of the page, you'll see Bibliography Manager.  This is where you'll tell Google Scholar you want your citations sent to RefWorks, Trevecca's citation manager.
  3. Simply click the Show links to import citations into the option.
  4. Choose RefWorks from the list.
  5. Don't forget to click SAVE!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Import into RefWorks link now shows (see below) for each citation in the result list. A great shortcut!