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Using RefWorks

Brian JacksonResearch Librarian

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RefWorks

What RefWorks can do: Store and organize references to articles, websites,

books, blogs, etc. Store saved files Act as an RSS feed reader Link you directly to free or available subscription-

based content Create a bibliography in virtually any citation style Allow you to share references with colleagues Help you easily insert citations into a paper Search library catalogues and other databases

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What RefWorks can’t do: Create a flawless bibliography Allow you to directly search subscription databases Allow direct import from EVERY database Easily migrate references from SOME other sources

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GETTING STARTED

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Getting Started

Create a RefWorks account

Find books and articles of interest in a catalogue or database

Export them to RefWorks

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Keys to exporting from databases

Look for a link marked ‘Export’

If there is no such link, ‘mark’ or add reference to folder View ‘Marked List’ or ‘Folder’ There will usually be a direct export option from there…

but not always

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Exporting to RefWorks

Some databases do not export directly to RefWorks

References in these databases can usually be saved as a .txt file and imported through RefWorks

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RefWorks-specific tags

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Exporting to RefWorks

.txt file example

Web of Science

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Exporting from Google Scholar

In ‘Scholar Preferences’ set the Bibliographic Manager option to ‘Show links to import citations into RefWorks’

Search results will allow direct export to RefWorks

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Exporting from SFX

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Editing References

Once imported, references can be edited to include: All major fields Links Notes by multiple users Attachments

The ‘Global Edit’ option allows you to edit a field in a group of references

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Organizing References

Folders can be created without limit

Imported references go by default into ‘Last Imported’ folder

These can be moved into any folder

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Viewing Groups of References

Individual folders can be viewed by selecting ‘View’ and ‘Folder’

You may also view all references that are not in folders

Exact or closely matching duplicate references can be viewed by selecting ‘View’ and ‘Duplicates’

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Creating a Bibliography

Bibliographies can be created in a number of citation styles plus custom styles

Bibliographies can be created from a folder or from all references

Bibliographies must be checked for accuracy!!!

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Searching References

Searches can be conducted using a variety of fields across all references or within folders

Searches can be saved

RefWorks also permits browsing by author, descriptor, or publication

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ADVANCED REFWORKS

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Searching Other Library Catalogues

RefWorks allows users to search a large number of catalogues from post-secondary institutions and other libraries world-wide

References from these catalogues can be easily imported to a RefWorks account

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Exporting References

References can be exported to another bibliographic software program or to a .txt file for importing into another RefWorks account

Select ‘References’ and ‘Export’

Choose folder and output style

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Importing References

Select ‘References’ and ‘Import’ Select the Data Source

This can be a specific database or RefWorks Tagged Format

See RefWorks help for instructions regarding individual databases

Select the folder to which references will be imported Upload the .txt file

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RefWorks RSS Reader

RefWorks RSS reader can read RSS feeds from databases (TOCs, searches) as well as most other RSS content (blogs, newspapers, podcasts, etc.)

Copy and paste an RSS URL into the reader. Download references

Choose references to keep and import them into a folder

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Author Profiles

If this symbol appears beside an author’s name, RefWorks has a profile of that author.

Click on the symbol to see the author’s position and institutional affiliation

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Importing Web Pages using RefGrab-It

RefGrab-It is a bookmarklet that sits on your browser

ISBNs, DOIs, and RSS feeds If the above are not present, it will allow you to import

the web page as a reference

Amazon

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Write-N-Cite

Microsoft Word compatible add-in

One click citations

One click bibliography

Demo

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Questions?

Brian [email protected]

780-633-3189