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  1. Transfer the search strategy from the database(s) searched to the results folder we shared with library user(s)

    It would be very helpful if we could transfer the search strategy from the database(s) searched to the results folder we shared with our library user(s) - our searches tend to be used for publications and search so the search strategy is very important. If PRISMA diagrams could also be added to the folder, this would also be helpful. Thanks.

    31 votes
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  2. Integrate RefWorks with Systematic Review Software

    Simple, one-click exports to the a systematic review sofware like Coividence or DistillerSR

    22 votes
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  3. Looked by Author/Periodical

    Please re-implement "Looked by Author/Periodical" features that were implemented in the legacy Refworks.

    These functions were very useful for keeping track of the total number of articles by author and by publication in the database, and for browsing through the lists.

    10 votes
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  4. Add WorldCat catalogues to Search Databases in RefWorks New

    Our library uses a WorldCat catalogue. We would like our catalogue to be added to "Search Databases" in RefWorks New to enable searching our institutions catalogue from within RefWorks. This is not possible at the moment because RefWork needs Z39.50 and WorldCat uses SRU. So we would like SRU to be added to RefWorks or the possibility to use the WorldCat Search API.
    [case 00615984]

    9 votes
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  5. Set candidate duplicates as "no duplicates"

    While deduplicating records that have been suggested as duplicates and that I have recognised as not being real duplicates accumulate at the beginning of each new page. They can become a hindrance, so it would be useful that there is a way to tell RefWorks that those records ARE NOT duplicates, so it would stop displaying them in deduplication pages.

    9 votes
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  6. Ability to copy metadata from the deduplication page

    It is currently impossible to copy any metadata from the deduplication page, yet it can be useful in doubtful cases to copy a DOI to verify it is correct, etc (I have just found a couple of duplicates that had the same reference but different DOIs: one of the two is somehow broken and non-existent. I had to write down on paper the two DOIs and then type them by hand in order to check the situation)

    9 votes
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  7. Optionally avoid deduplication when a criterion is void

    While deduplicating it can happen that RefWorks suggests large numbers of candidate duplicates because one of the chosen criteria is void, e.g. I choose "title/ISSN/page number" and RefWorks suggests a large number of totally unrelated records just because they all lack the page number - this is taken by the algorithm as "match succeeded". Since this behavior could be sometimes useful, there should be an option "also match void criteria" to choose when it is deemed useful by the user.

    9 votes
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  8. Be able to merge duplicate references

    I think it would be very useful that when Refworks detects duplicates, these references can be merged. In addition to could choose what information save from each of them. Sometimes the firsth reference has the DOI but not the pdf, second reference has the pdf but does not have author information correctly entered, etc.

    5 votes
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  9. View ePubs

    View ePubs within RefWorks and be able to annotate and collaborate

    3 votes
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  10. Searching comments (sticky notes) in PDFs

    Can you have a feature that would allow users to search their RefWorks database for comments (sticky notes) they have written on PDFs? Mendeley has this feature.

    2 votes
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  11. Highlight words in search function. Retain formatting from old Refworks.

    The new Refworks should be at least as good as the Legacy version. It is not. First critical issue: when I do searches, the new Refworks will identify which references contain the search word, but it does not highlight WHERE in the reference the term appears. This was not the case with the old Refworks; if the old Refworks could do it, the new version should be able to. The notes field for some of my references is huge, and reading through the whole reference is a frustrating, time-consuming pain. Second critical issue: when my database was transferred from Legacy…

    2 votes
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  12. Currently, we do not offer for users to ignore or not ignore casing or other options. - Please can this be an option?

    I know you can just ignore during screening, however it would help massively when looking through thousands of results if there were less due to casing issues :)

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