RefWorks makes sure that your data is backed up and safe as part of their normal practice.
It can, however, be useful to make copies of your data from time-to-time.
- In the Tools pull-down menu there is a Backup/Restore section. The default is Backup and you can decide whether to include References, RSS feeds and any attachments.
- Click on the Perform Backup button (bottom right of the page).
- You will be prompted to save a file (.rwb). You won't be able to open this file as it's only readable by RefWorks. If you want a backup of your references that you can view, use the Export option (from the References pull-down menu) and select RefWorks Tagged Format. The difference is that Backup/Restore allows you to copy references, RefID numbers, folders (as long as they have references in them), RSS feeds and attachments - i.e. an almost identical copy of your RefWorks database.
Export simply extracts your references in a tagged format. This export can be re-imported into RefWorks but Ref IDs, folders, output styles and RSS feeds are not included.
