Create a RefWorks Account
- Click this link to visit the RefWorks homepage
- Click “Create Account”
- Enter your Rutgers email address and create a password
- Click the activation link in the confirmation email to complete your account setup
Research Workflow with RefWorks
- RefWorks PowerPointA guide to RefWorks created by Judit Ward. Includes screenshots of the most important features highlighting workflows for research and writing.
A Review of the New RefWorks
- A Review of the New RefWorksAn article reviewing features of the New RefWorks written by RBHS librarian Yingting Zhang.
Science Librarian on Cook/Douglass
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This guide is for users new to citation management and RefWorks. It focuses on using the "new" RefWorks, i. e., the ProQuest RefWorks or, as earlier known, RefWorks 3. Legacy RefWorks is no longer available at Rutgers.
What is RefWorks?
RefWorks is a cloud-based research and bibliographic management tool providing access to your references and documents from any computer or mobile device. Using RefWorks, you can
- import or manually upload citations and full-text articles from databases and websites
- organize, customize, and store information in folders and subfolders
- read, highlight, and annotate documents
- add in-text citations and footnotes to a paper directly from your RefWorks library
- create and format a bibliography in a variety of citation styles
- share documents to collaborate with other researchers
VIDEO: Introduction to RefWorks
Overview of the RefWorks website (Video from ProQuest, 5:12 min)
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TIP: Visit the original RefWorks LibGuide created by ProQuest for more instructional material and updates.
- ProQuest RefWorks LibGuideThe most authoritative RefWorks guide from ProQuest. Updated frequently.
Reference Management Options at Rutgers
Rutgers supports three major reference management systems: the subscription-based EndNote, and RefWorks, available for Rutgers faculty, staff, and students, and Zotero, free to use for anyone. For more, please see related guides.
CREDITS
This LibGuide was created using content from the ExLibris Knowledge Center, the ProQuest LibGuide RefWorks, the Proquest YouTube Channnel RefWorks, and from the Rutgers University Libraries RefWorks 3 page.