Use of RefWorks as a Use of RefWorks as a Research & Writing Aid Research & Writing Aid Judy Kammerer, MA, MLIS, AHIP Judy Kammerer, MA, MLIS, AHIP Medical Librarian Medical Librarian UCSF-Fresno & CRMC Medical Libraries UCSF-Fresno & CRMC Medical Libraries Slides are available at: Slides are available at: http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/ http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/ >“ >“ site site map map ”> “ ”> “ library library ”>” ”>” library library services services ”>” ”>” presentations presentations ” ”
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Use of RefWorks as a Use of RefWorks as a Research & Writing AidResearch & Writing Aid
You don’t use a typewriter You don’t use a typewriter to write your research to write your research paper . . . paper . . .
Why would you cite your sources & create your reference section by hand?
What is RefWorks?What is RefWorks?
It’s a web-based tool (free to UCSF residents, faculty & staff) that allows you to: Create your personal database of
bibliographic references Import citations from UCSF databases
including PubMed Organize your citation records into
electronic folders Manage related research materials such
as PDFs, notes, figures Automatically create in-text citations Format your papers & generate
bibliographies in seconds
1. Create your personal database of bibliographic references
2. Import citations from UCSF databases including PubMed
3. Organize your citation records into electronic folders
4. Manage related research materials (.pdf, .doc, .jpg,
etc.)
5. Automatically create in-text citations
Write-N-Cite is a powerful feature you can download to your computer & use interactively with a Word document
6. Format your papers & bibliographies in seconds
And that’s not all . . . And that’s not all . . . RefMobile lets you
add PubMed citations from your handheld mobile device quickly with the “Smart Add” feature
RefGrabIt allows you to capture bibliographic information from web pages
How do I How do I get get
started?started?
Pick up the RefWorks handout from the UCSF-Fresno Medical LibraryGo to http://www.library.ucsf.edu/help/ citemgmt/refworksSign up & view the short online tutorials which cover the basics