This 3 slide tutorial explains how to transfer references from one RefWorks account to another using RefShare. It involves clicking the "Share Folder" icon in the original account, copying the URL, logging into the target account and pasting the URL to access the shared references, selecting the references to transfer, and clicking "Save References" to complete the transfer.

1. TRANSFERING REFERENCES FROM
ONE REFWORKS ACCOUNT TO
ANOTHER USING REFSHARE
Slide Tutorial by John Pell, Librarian
at the CUNY School of Public Health
at Hunter College.

2. Click on the “Organize &
Share Folders” tab.

4. Click on the “Share
Folder” icon.
(The one with the little
arrow going out of it.)

5. Click “Share.”

6. Copy this URL

7. Click “Save.”

8. Close this pop-up.

9. Log out.

10. Login to the account that you want to
transfer your shared references to.

11. Remember that URL you copied back on slide #6?
Paste that into your address bar and hit the Enter
key.

12. Boom! The references have been
added as shared folder, but they are
not completely transferred yet.

13. Select the items to transfer. If
you are transferring the whole
list, select “All in list.”

14. Click the “Save references into
your account” icon.

15. To complete the transfer, just click the
“Save References” button in the pop-up
and you will be finished.