• 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

What Can RefWorks Do for You?

• 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 or assignments or projects
• insert these 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 workstation

Create Your Personal RefWorks Account

CityU staff and students can register for a personal RefWorks account to use the service. If you do this off-campus, you need to enter a Group Code first. Please note that you have to enter your CityU email address in the registration form.

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, click on login using your group code under "Not your Organization?". Enter CityU's group code. When you see the heading "RefWorks User Login for City University of Hong Kong", 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 now 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 in 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 of buttons 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 Quick Start Guide. More information on this feature is available from RefWorks Help (select from left menut "Writing Your Paper And Creating Your Bibliography", then "Using Write-N-Cite To Write and Format Your Paper").

News: Write-N-Cite III (Beta Version) compatible with Windows Vista and MS Word 2007, which employs single document formatting and supports offline use, is available now. [more information | download program]

Help on Using RefWorks

RefWorks Tutorials: Basics / Advanced

Highly recommended! Flash movies showing you step by step how to use RefWorks. For some of the tutorials, practice is available.

RefWorks Quick Start Guide

Concise instructions on the major features of RefWorks

How to Change the Interface Language of RefWorks

Flash movies showing you how to change the interface language of RefWorks from Chinese to English: for Internet Explorer / for Firefox

How to Import References from Library E-Resources

Instructions on how to directly export references from selected Library-subscribed databases into RefWorks; and how to import references from text files exported from databases that do not have this direct export feature

Write-N-Cite Help (select from left menut "Writing Your Paper And Creating Your Bibliography", then "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.

Converting References from Other Bibliographic Software

Instructions on how to convert references from other bibliographic software such as EndNote, ProCite, Reference Manager, Biblioscape, Citation and Papyrus

Converting References from Microsoft Access, Excel and Word

Instructions on how to convert references in Microsoft Access, Excel and Word files

RefWorks Help

Comprehensive Help pages on RefWorks

RefWorks FAQ

For further enquiries on account creation and access to RefWorks, please contact the Library at lbinf@cityu.edu.hk. For further enquiries about the features of RefWorks, you may also contact RefWorks directly at support@refworks.com.