RefWorks Presented by Suzanne van den Hoogen Angus L. Macdonald Library October 6 th, 2010.
Transcript of RefWorks Presented by Suzanne van den Hoogen Angus L. Macdonald Library October 6 th, 2010.
Learning Outcomes
In today’s workshop we will learn how to:Create a RefWorks accountAccess RefWorks on and off campusExplore RefWorks Create folders and Import referencesGenerate a bibliography in multiple citation style formats
What is ?
• RefWorks is a web-based application tool that allows you to create and organize citations and generate a list of bibliographic references in a number of different citation styles.
Creating a New RefWorks Account
1. Sign up for an individual account
2. Fill out the registration form
3. Select “REGISTER”4. RefWorks will confirm
your registration with an instant email.
5. You are ready to log in to your new RefWorks account!
Logging in to RefWorks
Off Campus: The Group Code for StFX is RWStFrXaU. Proceed by logging in with your username and password.
Creating FoldersFrom the Folders drop-down menu, select “CREATE NEW FOLDER”
Enter a new folder name and select OK
• Open RefWorks.
• Go to the Angus L. Macdonald library website: http://library.stfx.ca
• Select a database to search.
• Complete your search.
• Select the articles you want to export to RefWorks
• Select the RefWorks button
Importing References from a database
Importing References from a database• Select “Export to
RefWorks”
• An import page will open and confirm that your references have been imported.
• Select “View Last Imported Folder” to view these references
• Go to Google
Scholar: http://scholar.google.ca/schhp?hl=en&tab=ws
• In the upper right hand corner, select “Scholar Preferences”
Importing References from Google Scholar
• Scroll down the
page to the “Bibliographer Manager”
• Select “RefWorks from the drop-down menu
• Save Preferences!
Importing References from Google Scholar
• Google Scholar
will now provide you with an option to import selected references directly into RefWorks.
Importing References from Google Scholar