refworks fall 08 how to set up and use

Narrated by Stefanie McAllisterISU EAF

• Go to Milner Library Main RFW Page http://www.library.ilstu.edu/page/1279

• Download and print out Help Getting Started

• Write down ISU Group Code rwillstu on that document

• Write down the ISU Group code rwillstu

• Click on Connect to RefWorks

Click on New to RefWorks.

Use your first name for your user name.

User your ULID as the log in

Use any password Use your ISU email

address

1. View the Tutorial2. Wait, didn’t I ask you

to view the Tutorial?

3. No, really, did I forget to ask you to view the tutorials, yes, well, then I need to remind you to view the tutorials!

1. Go to refworks.com2. Click log in3. Under the Remote Access Tab, type the

group code RWIllStU1. rwillstu works also!

4. Login with your user name and password5. You can also log in from the Milner page

the same way that we did here.6. Happy Researching!

In IE 7, this download was blocked.

I clicked on Download it now.

Save to Desktop Open up in Word.

Or you can have it emailed to your account.

I suggest you become familiar with RW before you change your preferences.

Some suggestions:◦ Tools>customize>

You can change most things here

◦ Tools>Customize>Output style choices Select APA 5th

Select APA Annotated Abstracts

Next, start writing your Questions that you will ask of each Source you review. Scroll down from the Output Styles, and you will see User Defined Fields. Edit those fields. SAVE

Click on Bibliography Click on Edit button

Click Bibliography

Click Edit We will now

make our own output.

Click NEW Give it a New

Name

Add the fields of your choice.

Include:◦ Database◦ Descriptors◦ Database◦ Retrieved date◦ And your newly

defined fields in addition to the others you will need for APA output.

Hit Save at top

1. You will have to get some sources.2. You will have to answer your questions that you have created for

each source.3. After you have answered questions about the sources you have

selected, you can then generate a Reference List that will have the User Defined Fields that you had made.

4. Make sure to select the output view to your newly created output.

After you have established some viewing preferences, you can select the ways you want view your reference list .

Notice the FIND IT button, it will help find the source in the library for you.

1. Submit a Reference list. 2. Submit a screen shot of your Criteria that

you created. Hit Print Screen while viewing the Criteria, paste into a PPT slide, and submit that slide.

3. Answer the questions pertaining to your search from the instructions given for this assignment in Blackboard.

Bottom line, you must hammer it out, spend about 3-4 hours learning RefWorks and setting it up to your specifications.

Once you have this database, it is yours!