[Yulpub] FW: New! Ref-Grab-It 2 Release Candidate 1 Available for Beta Testing

[Horning, Emily]

FYI - For all you RefWorks users out there, a new version of RefGrab-It.

Also, if you're interested, there's a beta version of RefWorks for mobile devices available for testing.  It doesn't work with VPN or the proxy server yet; it requires your entering our institutional group code to get in. If you have a mobile device and would like to try it out, let me know and I will forward you the information, as long as you PROMISE not to give out the group code.

Emily
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From: RefWorks Administrator Discussion List [RWADMIN-L at ls.refworks.com] On Behalf Of Faulkner, Stephanie [Stephanie.Faulkner at refworks-cos.com]
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 3:42 PM
To: RWADMIN-L at ls.refworks.com
Subject: [RWLIST] New!  Ref-Grab-It 2 Release Candidate 1 Available for Beta Testing

Greetings RefWorks Administrators,



We are pleased to announce that we have developed the next generation of our RefGrab– It tool and we would welcome your assistance in beta testing.  Please feel free to recruit users to test as well.
RefGrab-It Version 2 has three different options available:


-          A bookmarklet (which is how the current RefGrab-it is available)

-          A browser add-on for Internet Explorer (requires downloading and installation)

-          A browser add-on for Firefox (requires downloading and installation)
In all three options of RefGrab-It, the functionality has been enhanced from the current version to include improved handling of information from the following sources:

-          Amazon

-          Google Scholar

-          PubMed

-          Wikipedia

-          BBC

-          National Public Radio

-          USA Today

-          New York Times

-          Los Angeles Times

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All other Websites will continue to be supported with the original functionality but the display has been enhanced to load within the new interface.
In addition, the results display has been modified to provide users with additional options and features including:
·         Show Details link for each references – Clicking the Show Details link will give you all the information RefGrab-It has about this reference.
·         Author Resolver linking – When RefGrab-It finds authors in a reference it will try to resolve them through the COS Author Resolver. This feature shows up in the Show Details window as well as in the RefGrab-It results list itself.
·         OpenURL Resolver – RefGrab-It will provide a link to your OpenURL resolver for each item it finds. RefGrab-it will pick up your intuitions resolver if implemented into the RefWorks Administration Tool
·         Export to RefWorks – RefGrab-It will allow you to export individual or selected groups of items to RefWorks.
The features listed above are available for all versions of RefGrab-It.  Additionally, in the Firefox and Internet Explorer plug-ins there are additional options that allow RefGrab-It to redirect RIS file downloads from your browser directly into your RefWorks account.
·         RefWorks Association – You can associate your RefWorks account with RefGrab-It. Doing so will give RefGrab-It the ability to notify you if references it finds already exist in your RefWorks account.
·         Embedded Mode – RefGrab-It has two different modes. Embedded mode makes the RefGrab-It window pop up inside the current webpage. RefGrab-It will float on top of the current webpage and allow you to see both the webpage and data it is displaying. If this box is unchecked, RefGrab-It will pop up in a new browser window or tab, depending on your browser settings.
·         Export RIS Format (plug-in only)
Installation and usage instructions are attached – please read the instructions carefully, as these beta versions are not available from within your RefWorks account Tools area and RefGrab-It page.  To install the beta versions  you must log into your account, then paste the URL (from the attached instructions) into your browser.

We would appreciate your feedback and findings on all versions of RefGrab-It available in this beta test.

Please send your feedback or questions to:  jsramek at proquest.com<mailto:jsramek at proquest.com> or rs-rwsupport at refworks-cos.com<mailto:rs-rwsupport at refworks-cos.com> by April 17, 2009.

The RefWorks/COS Development Team


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