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1 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® RefWorks: The Basics October 10, 2006

2 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 2 What is RefWorks? A personal bibliographic software manager –Manages citations –Creates bibliogaphies Accessible from anywhere!

3 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 3 Why use RefWorks? Keep track of articles on your topic – or several topics Create bibliographies easily and quickly in over 200 citation styles Submitting your article to more than one journal expecting different citation styles? –A click of the mouse will change the style to fit the requirements of the journal Insert references into a Word document and have in-text citations/notes and the bibliography automatically generated using the Write-N-Cite module

4 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 4 How do I access RefWorks? Click on the RefWorks link on the Library’s homepage (preferred method) http://refworks.scholarsportal.info/ (log in using the Group Code given to you in the RefWorks welcome message)

5 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 5 What We’ll Cover Today Setting up an individual account Creating folders Putting references into your RefWorks database Modifying references Generating a bibliography Using Write-N-Cite

6 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 6 Setting Up an Individual Account

7 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 7 RefWorks Login Page

8 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 8 Creating Your Individual Account You MUST be at a UW IP-authenticated computer to set up your account

9 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 9 Creating Your Individual Account

10 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 10 RefWorks Interface

11 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 11 RefWorks Interface –Help

12 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 12 Creating Folders You can create as many folders as you want with as many citations or references in them as you want Click on Folders  Create New Folder

13 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 13 Creating Folders

14 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 14 Creating Folders

15 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 15 Any Questions??

16 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 16 Putting References into RefWorks Three methods –Direct Export –Import using an Import Filter –Enter manually

17 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 17 Direct Export About a dozen publishers/vendors make this feature available, e.g. –CSA –ScholarsPortal –EI Engineering Village 2 –PubMed –EBSCO –ProQuest

18 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 18 Direct Export - CSA

19 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 19 Direct Export– CSA

20 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 20 Direct Export– CSA

21 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 21 Direct Export - CSA If I’m not logged in to RefWorks, it will launch RefWorks allowing me to log in If I’m already logged in to RefWorks, it will automatically export…

22 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 22 Direct Export– CSA

23 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 23 Direct Export – CSA

24 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 24 Import using Import Filters Most other major database vendors have Import Filters –It is important to know who the vendor is…if you cannot find the information on the database’s site, contact your Liaison Librarian or the Information Desk Generally, save to a text file, and then import that file into RefWorks using the appropriate filter

25 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 25 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

26 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 26 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

27 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 27 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

28 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 28 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

29 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 29 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

30 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 30 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science Accept default type

31 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 31 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

32 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 32 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

33 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 33 Import Using Import Filters – Web of Science

34 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 34 Enter manually Use if –There is no Direct Export –There is no Import Filter –The citation is not available electronically –You have a print copy of an article –Your item is a book (generally not included in journal indexes)

35 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 35 Enter Manually

36 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 36 Enter Manually

37 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 37 Enter Manually

38 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 38 Any Questions??

39 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 39 Viewing Your References Take a look at all the filled-in fields in the record –e.g. Descriptors, Abstract, personal annotations, etc.

40 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 40 Viewing Your References

41 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 41 Viewing Your References

42 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 42 Modifying Your References Make corrections Add an Abstract Add Descriptors (indexing terms) Annotate references using the Note or User fields

43 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 43 Modifying Your Records

44 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 44 Modifying Your Records

45 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 45 Modifying Your Records

46 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 46 Generating a Bibliography It’s as simple as clicking a button and choosing a citation style!

47 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 47 Generating a Bibliography

48 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 48 Generating a Bibliography

49 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 49 Generating a Bibliography

50 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 50 Generating a Bibliography

51 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 51 Any Questions??

52 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 52 Using Write-N-Cite Insert references from RefWorks directly into your Word document Format your paper in the chosen output style Generate your bibliography in the chosen output style Two methods: –with the Write-N-Cite plug-in –without the Write-N-Cite plug-in

53 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 53 Using Write-N-Cite (plug-in) Download the Write-N-Cite plug-in (under Tools) and follow the directions to install it on your computer Open Microsoft Word Click on the Write-N-Cite icon RefWorks is automatically launched Log in to RefWorks –If off-campus, you will need the Group Code Check the “Always on top” box (optional) NB: Save your document before generating the bibliography NB: Always work in the ORIGINAL document

54 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 54 Using Write-N-Cite (plugin)

55 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 55 Using Write-N-Cite (plugin) If off-campus

56 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 56 Using Write-N-Cite (plugin)

57 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 57 Using Write-N-Cite (plugin)

58 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 58 Using Write-N-Cite (plugin)

59 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 59 Using Write-N-Cite (plugin)

60 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 60 Using Write-N-Cite (plugin)

61 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 61 Any Questions??

62 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 62 For more information… Contact your Liaison Librarian Attend RefWorks Advanced –Monday, February 13, 2006 –Covers managing and searching your personal database, sharing references, linking to the full-text of articles, editing bibliographic formats, and using Write- N-Cite to format your paper

63 Exercise Your Mind @ your Library ® 63 Thank you!


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