You can import references from other sources into your review. The process has two main steps, one of which takes place within RevMan:
First, outside of RevMan, retrieve the references you want and save them in a format RevMan can open (see ‘Preparing a reference file’ immediately below).
Then, within RevMan, import the file and organise the references.
See also Importing studies.
RevMan can read four reference formats:
RIS format - a generic format supported by most reference management software.
PubMed MEDLINE format - files downloaded from PubMed using MEDLINE format.
RevMan format - supported by RevMan 4 and 5; can be generated from reference management software by using the relevant output style. See the RevMan web site at http://tech.cochrane.org/revman/documentation/reference-management for updated output styles.
Vancouver format. Note that for Vancouver style, RevMan accepts only journal articles.
To import your references to RevMan, you must have saved them in a text file in one of these four formats somewhere on your computer.
To import references
Use File > Import > References.
The Import References Wizard opens.
Go through the steps in the Wizard.
Click Finish.
Tip: If you import a file that also contains non-reference text, RevMan will try to ignore the text. The number of lines ignored will be shown beneath the preview of the import file.