Andruss Library Science/Health Science Info

RefWorks now available: "You Write it, We Cite It"

I’m pleased to report that Andruss Library now offers RefWorks, a bibliographic management program similar to EndNote. It's available through our Web page to students, faculty, and staff. Unlike EndNote, which must be downloaded on a computer, RefWorks is Web-based and is relatively easy to use. RefWorks provides many useful features that let you

-Format a bibliography in virtually hundreds of styles
-Format footnotes & endnotes
-Format in-text citations as you write
-Find references from online catalogs (including Andruss Library’s, Library of Congress, etc.)
-Import from most of our online databases
-Store your research
-Organize your research
-Share your research with others

Students at the Reference Desk to whom I've shown RefWorks have immediately grasped its value. One student informed me she did not mind taking the time to learn programs like RefWorks because she saw how it would save her time. The program can be used to whatever "depth" the student (or faculty member) desires. Graduate students will obviously find it useful when writing papers/theses since it works with Word in either Windows or Mac to do in-text citing. But freshmen will also want to use it instead of the free program, Citation Machine, to format their citations since it will save the references for later use (and reuse).

RefWorks interface is relatively intuitive, and their online tutorials in either print format or audio can quickly bring you up to speed or provide you with a quick refresher on how to do something.

For more information about RefWorks or to create your account, go to the Library Web page > Citing Sources > General > RefWorks, or contact me.

posted by Linda @ 11:44 AM