Documenting Your Research - RefWorks

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RefWorks is a web-based tool designed to help you organize your references and use them to create bibliographies and format citations in papers. This bibliography manager essentially allows you to create your own personal database by manually entering reference information or by importing references from online library catalogs and article databases.

Accessing Refworks On and Off Campus

Any Wheaton student, staff, or faculty member can create his or her own Refworks account. From on campus, go to https://www.refworks.com/refworks and chose a username and password to create your account.

For off campus access, please contact Elliot Brandow at X3736 or brandow_elliot@wheatoncollege.edu for the group code.

Exporting References from a Specific Database

The Refworks Help includes a page with step by step directions for exporting from almost any scholarly database.

You can also export from our library catalog, HELIN.

RefShare

RefShare allows you to share your database of references with others, by publishing a viewable site of your references to the web. See RefShare Overview to learn more.

How Do I Learn to Use RefWorks?

There are several options for getting started with Refworks

Learn online with Refworks's Online Tutorial
Learn by reading the step by step Quick Start Guide, available online in pdf format.
Students, staff, or faculty: schedule an appointment for individual help or a classroom instruction session by contacting Elliot Brandow at X3736 or brandow_elliot@wheatoncollege.edu

More Help

For additional frequently asked questions about RefWorks, visit Refwork's own FAQ page.

To learn more about RefWorks or Zotero, or for technical help, please contact: Elliot Brandow X3736 .

RefWorks News and Updates

Write-N-Cite for MS Word 2007 (PC) & MS Word 2008 (Mac)

To use RefWorks with the newest versions of Word for PC or Mac, download the newest version of Write-N-Cite. You can also still download the older version for use with previous Word versions.

File Uploading Now Available!

This new enhancement allows you to upload files (.pdf, .doc, .jpg, etc...) to RefWorks and store them along with your citation information. To upload a document, edit an already saved citation and then browse to the file on your local computer, just like an email attachment. Now you can access that file from anywhere through your RefWorks account.

Article Linker Now Appears in RefWorks

For each reference, an Article Linker button will appear. Clicking on this button will execute a search for the particular article through Wheaton's Journal Finder to see if we have the article electronically, in print, or if we'll need to request it through interlibrary loan.

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