Introduction to RefWorks

RefWorks is web-based bibliographic citation management software that is licensed for Western students, faculty and staff. With this tool you can save, search and format references you find in databases, catalogue searches, and on web sites. This tutorial will cover setting up a RefWorks account, importing from databases, creating manual references, formatting bibliographies, and more.

By the end of the tutorial, you will be able to:

• Set up a RefWorks account
• Import references from various databases, the library catalogue, and web sites
• Create references manually
• Share folders with RefShare
• Create and format a bibliography

The tutorial is divided into eleven sections:

• Personal Bibliographic Citation Managers
• Getting Started with RefWorks
• Entering References Manually
• Importing from Databases
• Importing from the UWO Library Catalogue
• Importing Citations from Web sites using RefGrab it
• Creating/Managing Folders
• Sharing References using RefShare
• Creating Bibliographies
• Importing Citations into Word Documents
• Additional Features and Further Information

Before going through the material in these sections, you should be familiar with the content in Basic Searching Skills.

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