An Introduction to RefWorks overview presented to doctoral students in the Syracuse University iSchool on January 7, 2009. Accompanying notes are at http://tomkeays.com/about/presentations/refworks_ischool_2009/ischool_refworks.pdf.
5. What Well Cover We will learn how to: Get help via Library Citation Support pages Sign up for an individual RefWorks account Add citations to RefWorks from databases Organize citations within RefWorks Add citations from RefWorks to a paper Format citations in a paper (create a bibliography with Write-N-Cite) Cite webpages using RefGrab-It bookmarklet
6. Sign up for an individual Refworks account Create a new account Log in to an existing account Citation Support page http://library.syr.edu/cite/
14. Adding citations to RefWorks Manually enter citations Import citations from a text file or by copying and pasting
21. Adding citations to RefWorks Manually enter citations Import citations from a text file or by copying and pasting Export citations from a database that includes a direct export feature
36. Adding citations to RefWorks Manually enter citations Import citations from a text file or by copying and pasting Export citations from a database that includes a direct export feature Search > Online Catalog or Database
43. Write-N-Cite Add references to a paper (Microsoft Word document) Format the reference list using a citation style that you choose
#2: Welcome to this introduction to RefWorks class. My name is Tom Keays. Im a science librarian here at SU (Syracuse University) and I can be found most days at the SciTech Library over in Carnegie. Over the next hour or so, Im going to try to give you a good understanding of what the program is designed to do and how you can use it to improve your research productivity.