RefWorks is a web-based citation manager provided to you by the Library at Durham College. It creates databases of citations by directly importing them from your library catalogue or from other databases or you can also manually enter citations. With RefWorks you can easily generate a bibliography and format it in any major bibliographic style (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc).
All Durham College faculty, staff, and students can access RefWorks. RefWorks is available from on campus and from off-campus using the library's proxy service or RefWorks groupcode.
Yes, RefWorks is a globally accessible tool. Simply go to http://refworks.scholarsportal.info and enter your institution assigned groupcode and then your username and password to gain access to your citations. Alternatively, click the "Login to RefWorks" link on the RefWorks page to use the library proxy server.
Each institution has been assigned an alphanumeric code that allows access to RefWorks from off-campus. When you sign up for RefWorks you will receive an email message which will include the groupcode.
Since RefWorks is a web-based tool it doesn't require any software downloading. However, you may download a product called "Write-N-Cite" which enables you to insert parenthetical references into your document as needed. Once the document has been completed this tool will automatically generate a bibliography of all the sources cited within the document. You can download it from here. (See the help information at the bottom of the page)
Start the" WNC Proxy Configuration Utility" from the RefWorks program menu and enter the following value: http://dproxy.library.dc-uoit.ca/login?url=https://refworks.scholarsportal.info/Refworks/?WNC=true . When starting Write-N-Cite, this will prompt you to log in through our proxy server first, then login to your RefWorks account as usual.
No. Your RefWorks database has an unlimited size; you can store as many citations as you like.
If you plan to share some folders but want to keep other folders private, you need to set up two different accounts.
Account # 1: Create one account for the folders you plan to share. You can make this account read-only if you want users to be able to view but not edit this account. Create a read-only password to share. If this account is to be used by a study group, you may want all members to have full editing rights. This permits users to enter comments and edit records. Share the login and password with your group.
Account #2: Create a separate account for personal work. Do not give out your username or password for this account.
Open two copies of your browser by selecting it twice from the Program menu or by clicking on the icon on your desktop or task bar. That is, do not open another window by using the FILE, NEW, WINDOW option. When you do this you will not open another existing RefWorks account. It will be a second copy of the first regardless of the password or login information.
Anyone with read-only access to your RefWorks account may look at your citations but neither edit nor delete any records.
The output format takes the data from a particular field and inserts it into the bibliography. If the data in the field is incorrect it will appear to be wrong in the output format. For example, if you see a book title in your bibliography that looks like: "Economics of America [Monograph]", you will find that the title in your data includes the text "[Monograph]" - it was not added by the output format.
If you see something like 'Vol. 32 Vol.' for the volume number of a journal, it is because the "Vol." text was imported with the data. The problem may be with the way the data was imported rather than with the output format. Always check to be sure the data in the database is correct before formatting a bibliography.
From the main view, click on 'View' or 'Edit' in the top right corner of the reference for which you want the folder information. Click on the 'In Folder' drop down box. Folders with a >> next to them contain the reference.
Check the detailed instructions prepared by our reference librarians.
RefShare is the sharing module of RefWorks. RefShare gives Durham College RefWorks users the ability to share their Refworks databases, or specific folders, with others. Use RefShare to share folders with fellow students or colleagues. Faculty can also share reading lists with their classes. View the shared area here (opens in a new window).
A RefShare tutorial is available under the Help menu in your RefWorks account, or here (opens in a new window).
Take a look at the Quick Start Guide for answers to queries not addressed here.