I like to save the pdfs for articles on my hard drive. Can I put a link from a RefWorks record to the pdf file on my computer?
A. Yes! First, you’ll need to figure out the pathway to the pdf file of interest. Here’s an easy way (for PC’s): • Open up your Web browser. • Click on File / Open / • Browse around your computer’s directory until you locate the pdf of interest. Select it. • Now, look at the location bar of your browser — this is where you’d usually type in a URL for a website. • You should see something like file:///C:/Downloads/PDFs/xyz.pdf , where xyz.pdf is the name of your pdf file. This whole string of text is the pathway to your file. In RefWorks: • Open up the RefWorks record for the article of interest in the “Edit” mode. • Copy the pathway to your file (file:///C:/Downloads/PDFs/xyz.pdf) and paste it into either the “URL” or “Links” field of the record. • Save the record. • Now “View” the record. The Links or URL field will be hotlinked to the pdf file on your hard drive. Click on the link, and the pdf will open! Note: It’s a wise practice to create a folder for all your pdfs. Then you’ll ju
