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RefWorksisanonlinebibliographicmanagementsystemthatallowsyoutoimportcitationsfromover800databasesandtheWUlibrarycatalog.RefWorks2.0isreplacingtheclassicversionofRefWorks.IfyouwouldliketouseRefWorks2.0,youmustselectRefWorks2.0fromwithintheclassicversion.Youcanswitchbacktotheoldviewatanytime.
What can I do with RefWorks 2.0?
1. SubscriptiongiveseachWUfacultyandstudentafreeaccount.CreateandmanagebibliographiccitationsinyourpersonalRefWorksdatabase.
2. Exportyourcitationsinmultipleformats(MLA,APA,Chicago,etc.)3. ImportcitationsdirectlyfromtheCatalog,EBSCOdatabases,CSAdatabases4. Searchandretrievecitationsfromyourdatabasetocreatebibliographiesandinsertcitations
directlyintoyourresearchpapers.5. Accessfromanycomputerwithinternetconnection,onandoffcampusANYWHERE6. Constantlyupdatedwiththemostcurrentfilters(don’thavetoworryaboutmanagingthem
yourself)unlikeEndNote
Accessing RefWorks
• LinkfromWUlibraryhomepage• Linksfromvarioussubjectguides• Off‐campusAccess
o Windowsuserscanaccessthroughlibrarywebsite.Websitelinkwillusetheproxyserver,clickonYEStoacceptcertificate—agreetodisplayinsecureinformation
o Ifthisdoesn’twork,analternativeistogotohttps://www.refworks.com/RWSingle/login.asp?WNCLang=falseandentergroupcodeRWWUSTL,clickonGo to LoginandthenenteryourIDandpassword.
Help
• http://libguides.wustl.edu/refworks/• SarahBombich–[email protected] |935‐6003|AIM:sbombich|twitter:saleenl• KasiaLeousis–[email protected] |935‐4377|AIM:wuartlibrarian• MelissaVetter–[email protected] |935‐5079|AIM:wupsychlibrarian
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Navigating RefWorks
• LogintoRefWorksusingyourpersonalaccount
• Toolbar
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Getting Citations into RefWorks
Five methods for entering references into RefWorks
1. Directexportfromthedatabasewithasingleclick(e.g.AcademicSearchPremier,etc.)2. DirectexportfromtheWUcatalog3. Indatabasesthatdon’tsupportdirectexport,exportreferencestoatextfileandthenimportto
RefWorks(e.g.WUClassicCatalog)4. SearchwithinRefWorks(notcoveredinthisclass)5. Manuallyenterreferences(notcoveredinthisclass)
Direct Export from EBSCO Databases
Somedatabases,suchasAcademicSearchPremier,haveaRefWorksexportbutton.RefWorkswilllaunchautomaticallyandthereferenceswillappearinaLastImportedfolder.
Hands‐on With Direct Export in EBSCO Databases (e.g. Academic Search Premier)
1. Conductasearch
2. ClickonAdd to folder underthefirstthreerecords
3. ClickonFolder atthetopofthepage
4. ChecktheboxnexttoSelect / deselect all tochooseallyourrecordsand
thenclickontheexporticon .
5. Ontheresultingscreen,Direct Export to RefWorksisselectedbydefault.ClickonSave .6. AnewbrowserwillopenuptotheRefWorksloginpage(ifyouarenotalreadyloggedin).
NOTE:Ifthisfailsforyou,youmayneedtoturnoffyourpop‐upblockerandtrysavingagain.7. RefWorkswillreportthattheimportcompletedandthenumberofreferencesimported.
8. ClickonView Last Imported Folder .9. Doublechecktomakesurethattherecordsarecorrect.
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Direct Export from the Catalog
Youcanexportrecordsdirectlyfromthelibrary’snewcatalogintoyourRefWorksaccountwithjustaclick.
Hands‐on With Direct Export in WU Catalog
1. SearchtheWUCatalogtofindthecitationsyouwant.Markeachrecord(clickonthebookselectedbox)andadropdownmenuwillappear.
2. Selectanaction:ExportselectiontoRefWorks
3. TheRefWorkslog‐inscreenwillappear.LogintoyourRefWorksaccount.4. Yourrecordsshouldimportautomatically.
5. Clickontheediticon nexttoeachitemtocheckyourreferencetoensurethatithasimportedcorrectly.
6. Whileontheeditscreen,youcanbrowsetotheactualpdfoftheitemdescribedandattachitso
thatacopyissavedontheRefWorksserverandyoucaneasilyfinditfromanywhere.‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐Or, one item at a time.‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
1. SearchtheWUCatalogtofindthecitationsyouwant.Clickonanindividualrecordtoseemore
detail.
2. Clickon ontherighthandsideofanyitemdetailpagetoaddittoyourRefWorksdatabase.
3. Clickontheediticon nexttoeachitemtocheckyourreferencetoensurethatithasimportedcorrectly.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE NOTE:Inourtests,recordsimportedfromtheWUcataloganddirectlyexportedfromdatabaseswereallimportedcorrectly,includingdiacritics.
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PubMed Export to Text and Import to RefWorks
SomedatabasesdonothavetheRefWorksbutton.YouwillneedtoexportyourreferencesintoatextfileandthenimportthemintoRefWorksandspecifyanimportfilter.Youdon’tneedtoupdatethesefilters;theyaremaintainedbyRefWorks.
Hands‐on with Export/Import from PubMed
1. SearchPubMed2. Fromtheresults,markonesyouwishtoaddtoRefWorksbyclickingonthecheckbox3. Abovethesearchresults,clickonSend to:4. ChooseFile astheDestination5. SelectMEDLINEastheFormat6. ClickCreate Fileandsavetheresultingfilesomewhereyouwillbeabletofindit.Thefilewillbe
namedpubmed_result.txt.7. LogintoyourRefWorksaccount.8. Onthetoolbar,chooseReferences > Import.
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9. ChooseNLM PubMedastheImport Filter/Data Source.10. ChoosePubMedastheDatabase.
11. Thennavigate toyoursavedfile(willbecalledpubmed_result.txtbydefault)
12. SelectImport fromthebottomoftheImportReferenceswindow.13. ThecitationsyoujustimportedwillappearinyourLastImportedfolder.
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Organizing References and Creating Citations
OnceyouarecomfortableaddingreferencestoRefWorks,youcanorganizethemintofoldersandgenerateformattedbibliographiesandin‐textcitations.
Organize References Into Folders Toseeallyourreferences,selectView > All References.Ifyouwanttoorganizeyourreferences,youneedtousefolders.
Hands‐On Creating a Folder
1. ClickontheNewFolderaccessbuttonabovethereferences
area .Intheresultinglightbox,giveyourfolderaname,forcourseorsubjectcategory.Youcanmakeasmanyfoldersasyouwant.ClickonCreate.
2. Toviewallthefoldersyouhavecreated,clickontheFolderstab.
Youwillbetakentoafoldermanagementarea.Inthisarea,youseealistofallofyourfoldersandthenumberofreferencessavedineach.Referencesnotfiledintofoldersarealsolistedabovethefolderlist.Clickonanyfolderforalistofitsreferences.
3. GotoView > All References toseeallyourreferences,regardlessoffolderplacement.Checktheboxnexttoeachreferenceyouwishtomoveintoyournewfolder.
4. Fromthefolder widget selectthenameofthenewfolderyoujustcreated. 5. YouwillbetakenbacktotheAll Referencespage,butyoushouldseethenameofthefolderto
whichyoujustaddedyourreferences.
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Bibliographies and Citations
YoucangenerateaformattedbibliographyfromalistofreferenceswithinRefWorksandcreateallin‐textcitationsmanually.Alternatively,youcandownloadandinstalltheWrite‐n‐Citeplug‐inforMicrosoftWordandRefWorkswillhandleallin‐textcitationsandbibliographycreationwithinWordautomatically.
Hands‐On Creating a Bibliography Within RefWorks
1. ClickontheCreateBibliography button.2. SelectthedesiredOutput Style from the drop‐down menu.
3. ClickonFormat a Bibliography from a List of References.
ChooseaFile Type to Createthatreflectsthewordprocessingprogramthatyouuse.
4. Decidewhichreferencesyouwanttoinclude,Alloronlythecontentsofoneofyourfolders
and
selectCreate Bibliography .5. Whenprompted,savetheresultingfile.
NOTE:Ifthefiledoesn’tworkwhendouble‐clicked,youmayneedtoaddthecorrectfileextensionsuchas“.rtf”or“.docx”.
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Additional RefWorks Info
Direct Export from ProQuest Databases
Somedatabases,suchasAcademicSearchPremier,haveaRefWorksexportbutton.RefWorkswilllaunchautomaticallyandthereferenceswillappearinaLastImportedfolder.
Hands‐on With Direct Export in ProQuest Databases (e.g. American Periodicals)
1. Conductasearch2. ChecktheboxnexttoallitemsinyoursearchresultthatyouwouldliketoaddtoRefWorks.
Whenyoucheckthebox,theitemwillbehighlightedinyellowandaddedtoyourmarkeditemsfolder.
3. ClickonExport atthetopofyoursearchresults4. Ontheresultingpage,clickonExport directly to RefWorksortheRefWorks
icon.5. AnewbrowserwindowwillopenuptotheRefWorksloginpage(ifyouarenotalreadylogged
in).NOTE:Ifthisfailsforyou,youmayneedtoturnoffyourpop‐upblockerandtrysavingagain.
6. RefWorkswillreportthattheimportcompletedandthenumberofreferencesimported.
7. ClickonView Last Imported Folder .8. Doublechecktomakesurethattherecordsarecorrect.
Direct Export from CSA Databases
Somedatabases,suchasGeoRef,haveaRefWorksexportbutton.RefWorkswilllaunchautomaticallyandthereferenceswillappearinaLastImportedfolder.
Hands‐on With Direct Export in CSA Databases (e.g. Avery Index, Index Islamicus, GeoRef )
1. Searchtofindthecitationsyouwant.2. Checktheboxesnexttotherecordstoyouwishtosave,andthenclicktheRefWorkslinkbelow
thetabbedresults:
3. Onceyou’veverifiedtherecordsyouwanttoexport,clickon .4. RefWorkswillreportthattheimportcompletedandthenumberofreferencesimported.
5. ClickonView Last Imported Folder .6. Doublechecktomakesurethattherecordsarecorrect.
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Classic Catalog Export to Text and Import to RefWorks
SomedatabasessuchastheClassicCatalogdonothavetheRefWorksbutton.YouwillneedtoexportyourreferencesintoatextfileandthenimportthemintoRefWorksandspecifyanimportfilter.Youdon’tneedtoupdatethesefilters;theyaremaintainedbyRefWorks.
Hands‐on with Export/Import from the WU Classic Catalog
1. Searchthecatalogtofindthecitationsyouwant,andmarkeachone (clicktheSave
Marked Records buttononanyresultsscreen,ortheSave Recordbuttonontherecordforanindividualitem).
2. ClicktheView Saved button.3. ChooseFull Displayfortheformat,andLocal DiskfortheSend List tooption,thenclickSubmit.
Youcanopenthetextfile,orsaveit(someplaceyoucanfinditagain!).
4. LogintoyourRefWorksaccount.5. Onthetoolbar,chooseReferences > Import.
6. ChooseWashington University, St. Louis, MOfortheImport Filter/Data Source.
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7. ChooseWashington University Catalog (Full Display)fortheDatabase.
8. Thennavigate toyoursavedfile(willbecalled
export.txtbydefault)andselect fromthebottomoftheImportReferenceswindow.9. ThecitationsyoujustimportedwillappearinyourLastImportedfolder.
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NOTE:YoucanalsodirectexportWUCatalogdatabyusingWorldCat.IfusingWorldCat,limitholdingstoWashingtonUniversity(holdingsaredelayedbyamonth,somusthavebeenaddedmorethanamonthagotoappearinresults).
Installing WriteNCite 1. YoufirstneedtodownloadandinstallWrite‐N‐Cite(WNC).GotoTools > Write‐N‐Cite.
2. Selecttheappropriateinstallerandfollowtheinstalldirections.
3. Onceinstalled,theWrite‐N‐Citesign willappearonallWord2003andearlierdocumentsinthetoprighthandcorner.InWord2007,itappearsintheadd‐insmenu.Italsoappearsasashortcutonyourdesktop.OntheMac,youneedtomanuallylaunchtheWrite‐N‐Citeapplication.
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Demo: Write‐N‐Cite
• In‐Text Citations 1. FromMicrosoftWordclickonWrite‐N‐Citeintherighttopcornerofthe
WorddocumentormanuallylaunchtheWrite‐N‐Citeprogram.2. Whenprompted,loginusingthesameloginandpasswordyouuseforRefWorks.3. SelecttheproperfolderfromView > Folder.4. Inyourpaperclickwhereyouwanttoinsertthecitation.5. SwitchtoWrite‐N‐CiteandclicktheCitelinkadjacenttothecorrectreference.
NOTE:Write‐N‐CiteautomaticallyinsertsdoublecurlybracketsaswellastheRefID,AuthorLastName,andYear.Thisisaplaceholder.
6. Tociteasecondreferenceinthesamelocation,clicktheCitelinkforthesecondreference.Thereferenceinformationisautomaticallyinsertedinthesamesetofcurlybrackets.
NOTE:Thein‐textreferencesarenotthefinalproduct—theyarecoded.Thefinaldocumentwillbeformattedwhenyoucreateabibliography.
• Create a Reference List/Bibliography 1. ClickBibliographyinWNCtogeneratetheformattedpaper.RECOMMENDATION:Don'tcreateyourbibliographyuntilyourpaperiscompletelydone!2. SelecttheOutput StyleandselectCreate Bibliography3. Write‐N‐Citewillcreateabibliographyandin‐textcitationsfromtherecordsthatyou
cited.
OffCampus Access and Using WriteNCite
Off‐campususersmusteitherusethegroupcode(RWWUSTL)orauthenticatethroughthelibraryproxyserver.ToaccessRefWorksthroughtheproxyserver,youcandooneofthefollowing:
• alwaysaccessRefWorksfromlinksonourlibrarywebpages• createabookmarkorshortcuttothefollowingaddress:
http://libproxy.wustl.edu/login?url=http://www.refworks.com/refworks/NOTE:Whenlogginginfromoff‐campusviatheproxyserver,youwillreceiveasecuritycertificateerror.Thisisbecausethesecuritycertificateisbeingreadaswww.refworks.com.libproxy.wustl.eduwhenyouloginthroughtheproxyserver.Accepttheexception/clickOK(dependingonyourwebbrowser)tocontinuetoRefWorks.Write‐N‐Cite When Off‐Campus PleaseloginwiththeGroupCode(RWWUSTL)andyourLog‐inNameandPasswordwhenusingWrite‐N‐Citeoff‐campus.WhileyoucantryconfiguringWNCfortheproxyserverthishasbeenknowntocauseproblems,andwedon'trecommendit.
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Direct Export With Google Scholar
YoucannowsetanexportpreferencetosenddatafromGoogleScholartoyourRefWorksaccountwiththeclickofabutton.
Hands‐on With Direct Export in Google Scholar
Set up 1. FromtheGoogleScholarsearchpage,clickontheScholarsPreferenceslinkatthetopright.2. ScrolldowntotheBibliographyManagersection.
3. SelectShowLinkstoImportintoandselectRefWorksfromthedrop‐down.4. ClickSavePreferences.
To initate a direct export to RefWorks1. ConductyoursearchinGoogleScholar
2. EachrecorddisplayedwillhaveanImportintoRefWorkslinkunderthecitation.Clickingonthe
linkwilllaunchtheRefWorksloginpage.3. Onceyoulogin,youarebroughtautomaticallytotheEditviewofthereference.Ifyoudonot
wishtoedittherecord,youcannavigatetoanyotherareaofRefWorks.4. YourrecordisstoredinyourLastImportedFolder.