including RefWorks
Library and Information Services
Reference Management
for Researchers
Reference Management for
Researchers
How do you save the materials you find?
• Write them on a piece of paper
• Write them in a notebook
• Cut and paste into a word document
• E-mail them to yourself
• Save them to your HomeDrive
• Save them to your USB
• Maybe you just remember them !!
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Why should I manage my
references?
• Keep track of everything
you've read
• Generate a bibliography in
the required style
Outsource your memory
"[I do not] carry such information in my mind since
it is readily available ....
“The value of a college education is not the
learning of many facts but the training of the
mind to think.”
Albert Einstein
via www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker/building-
your-own-memex
Have a system that's ...
• Consistent
• Safe (back-up-able)
• Flexible enough to meet your needs
• Compatible with the way you work
What can RefWorks do?
• Import references from databases, Library Search,
Google Scholar, other reference managers
• Automatically insert citations within your text
• Automatically create a bibliography
• Organise your references into folders
• Choose your referencing style
• Share references with others
RefWorks Help
Register with RefWorks
• Access RefWorks via the Library Gateway A-Z list
Register with RefWorks
• On the RefWorks homepage click on Login
• Sign up for new account
• Fill in new account form - create your Login Name / Password
Set up RefWorks
• Select Customize (on the top menu)
Importing references from
Library Search
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Importing references from
a database
Manual inputting
Folders
Creating a bibliography
Creating a bibliography via Folders
Output styles
Editing / Global edit
Editing & searching references
Edit page
Other reference management
systems
Software for purchase
Free software:
• Mendeley
• Qiqqa
• Zotero
and many more...
Free Reference Management
Systems - things to consider
– Are there charges?
– Compatibility and requirements
– Do you want to be able to share and collaborate or does your research need to be private?
– Does the software create references in the way you want to - from web pages, PDF documents, library databases?
– Do you want to be able to work with PDF documents
– Does the software support the referencing style(s) you use?
– Sustainability
Sources of help
• Help on Referencing guide via the Library Gateway - http://libguides.shu.ac.uk/referencing
• 0114 225 3333
• The researcher's guide: http://libguides.shu.ac.uk/research
• The subject guide for your subject
• Visit the learning centre Helpdesk