RefWorks

RefWorks is free...

    . . . to use while you are registered at the University.

    You don't have to be on-campus to use it. Any Mac, ibook, PC or laptop with an internet connection and MS Word, can be used to access and use a RefWorks account online.

    You can download the Write-N-Cite plugin (the bit that makes it all talk nicely to MS Word) for your own machine for free

The University has a subscription to RefWorks.

Use Refworks to create properly formatted references and bibliographies in your essays and assignments
  • Download references from online databases, electronic journals and web pages
  • Create a personal "folder" (library or database) of references to material that you have come across during your study and research (books details, journal articles, etc.)
  • Share your folders of references with colleagues and friends
  • Insert "citations" chosen from the references in your RefWorks database into a document
  • Supports documents in these formats: Word for Windows or Mac, html, rich text format or text file
  • Automatically format the document to the referencing style recommended by your department (APA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, MHRA, MLA, Physical Reviews, Vancouver, etc.)
  • Use RefWorks' "Write-N-Cite" to create a correctly formatted bibliography of references at the end of the document
  • Avoid being accused of plagiarism, by using RefWorks to help you reference your sources and quotes correctly

Instructions

You will need to setup RefWorks correctly in order to make full use of its features. See the following sections:

  1. Setting up an account
  2. Installing Write-N-Cite
  3. Installing RefGrab-It
  4. Which resources work with RefWorks?
  5. User documentation
  6. Formatting Long Documents
  7. How to log into RefWorks

Notice any problems or have any suggestions for this page?

Please contact Jason Harper