• What Can RefWorks Do for You?
• Create Your Personal RefWorks Account
• Remote Access to RefWorks
• Access to RefWorks via Blackboard
• Use Write-N-Cite to Format Papers within MS Word
• Help on Using RefWorks

(You'll be connected to the login page for the new RefWorks 2.0 interface by default.
Help on switching back to RefWorks Classic is available.
Please note that RefWorks Classic will phase out by the end of 2011.)

Information Skills Workshop: Using RefWorks (6 Feb & 9 Feb 2012)

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What Can RefWorks Do for You?

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool, available to CityU staff and students, that allows you to:

• create a personal database of references/citations that you found by searching various databases or library catalogues
• organize the references into folders for different topics/assignments/projects
• insert references in your paper and automatically format the in-text citations and create the bibliography in the citation style of your choice
• access your references from any location via the Web as they are stored on the RefWorks server instead of on a local PC

Create Your Personal RefWorks Account

CityU staff and students can register for a personal RefWorks account to use the service. Click on the Log in RefWorks button above to get to the RefWorks 2.0 login page. (If you do this off-campus, you need to enter a Group Code first.) Click on Sign up for a New Account. Please note that only CityU email address will be accepted for registration.

Step-by-step guide on account creation

Remote Access to RefWorks

If you access RefWorks from off-campus, you need to enter the RefWorks Group Code before you can log in your personal RefWorks account. Get the RefWorks Group Code now.

If you access RefWorks at another institution (e.g. when you are visiting another university overseas) that is also a RefWorks customer, you will see a RefWorks login page with the name of that institution instead of "City University of Hong Kong". In such case,

1. Click on not my Institution next to the name of that institution.
2. Enter CityU's Group Code.
3. Click on the Go to Login button.
4. When you see "City University of Hong Kong" under "Login using RefWorks Credentials", you can log in your personal RefWorks account.

Access to RefWorks via Blackboard

With the installation of the Blackboard Building Block for RefWorks, you may also access RefWorks via any Blackboard course sites or organization sites of which you are a member.

Tutorials on how to access your RefWorks account via Blackboard:

• when you have not created any RefWorks account before
• when you already have a RefWorks account

Important Notes:

• If you choose to use your existing RefWorks account via Blackboard, immediately after your first access to your account via any Blackboard course/organization site, the login name of your RefWorks account will be automatically changed to this format: BB-[your Electronic ID] e.g. BB-tmchan11. Therefore, when you access your RefWorks account outside Blackboard (e.g. via the Library web site), do remember to use this new login name.
• Only a single RefWorks account can be associated with your e-Portal/Blackboard login. Hence, the RefWorks link in the Tools menu of all of your Blackboard course/organization sites will log you onto the same RefWorks account.

Use Write-N-Cite to Format Papers within MS Word

Write-N-Cite is a utility that allows Microsoft Word and Internet Explorer users to cite references from their personal RefWorks databases in a paper and create a bibliography at the end of the document in the preferred citation style easily with simple clicks on buttons/links while they are working within MS Word.

To use this feature, you need to download and install the Write-N-Cite utility program on your PC. Brief instruction on the use of this feature is available in the RefWorks 2.0 Quick Start Guide or the RefWorks Classic Quick Start Guide. More information on this feature is available from RefWorks Help (select from the left menu "Writing Your Paper And Creating Your Bibliography", then "Using Write-N-Cite To Write and Format Your Paper"). New version of Write-N-Cite for RefWorks 2.0 is not available yet. The Write-N-Cite for RefWorks Classic is compatible with RefWorks 2.0.

Help on Using RefWorks

Getting Started (highly recommended):
Guide on RefWorks Account Creation	step-by-step guide on how to create a personal RefWorks account
RefWorks 2.0 Quick Start Guide RefWorks Classic Quick Start Guide	concise instructions on the major features of RefWorks
How to Import References from Library E-Resources to RefWorks	Flash tutorials demonstrating how to directly export references from major Library databases into RefWorks; and step-by-step help on how to import references exported from databases in text file format into RefWorks
RefWorks 2.0 Fundamental Tutorials RefWorks Classic Tutorials: Basics / Advanced	Flash tutorials showing you step by step how to use RefWorks. For some of the tutorials, interactive practice is available.
More Information for Advanced Users:
Working with RefMobile	instructions on how to access your references in RefWorks from your smart phone, mobile phone or PDA via RefMobile (the mobile interface of RefWorks)
Write-N-Cite Help in left menu, select "Writing Your Paper And Creating Your Bibliography" select "Using Write-N-Cite To Write and Format Your Paper"	instructions on how to download, install and use Write-N-Cite to format your papers within MS Word.
Writing Your Paper And Creating Your Bibliography -- Working With Footnotes And Endnotes: RefWorks 2.0 / RefWorks Classic	instructions on adding a citation to a footnote or endnote, and creating a bibliography and formatting a paper with footnotes or endnotes
RefWorks Classic Tutorial: Creating an Output Style	Flash tutorial illustrating how to create your own custom Output Style within RefWorks. (N.B. More details in RefWorks Help -> Writing Your Paper And Creating Your Bibliography -> Customizing An Output Style)
Converting References from Other Bibliographic Software: RefWorks 2.0 / RefWorks Classic	instructions for getting your data out of other bibliographic management programs such as EndNote, EndNote Web, ProCite, Reference Manager, Biblioscape, Citation, Papyrus, etc. and into RefWorks
Converting References from Microsoft Access, Excel and Word	instructions for converting and tagging references in Microsoft Access, Excel and Word
RefWorks 2.0 Help RefWorks Classic Help	everything you want to know about using RefWorks
Questions / Enquiries
RefWorks 2.0 FAQ RefWorks Classic FAQ	answers to frequently asked questions that you can consult
Further enquiries:     Library Reference Desk     (in person, or at 3442-6415);     Email: lbinf@cityu.edu.hk     Email: support@refworks-cos.com	for questions on account creation, access to RefWorks, use of general RefWorks features for problems with RefWorks features/functions, especially technical ones