Maintain a List of Your Works in RefWorks

Gwendolyn MacNairn

Computer Science LibrarianDalhousie University

Dal Libraries UnZipped September 1, 2011

Why use RefWorks?

To keep track of what you have written and to make creating an accurate bibliography just a little bit easier…

Grant Applications

BEIKO, R. G.

Look for Digital Records …

Getting Started

RefWorks

Login to your account

Create a new file folder• Beiko Bibliography

http://refworks.scholarsportal.info

New Version (2.0)

Sources of Digital Records

Search for yourself as an author

Web of Science• BEIKO, R*

Google Scholar• Robert Beiko

Five records in Web of Science

All published in 2010

Export into RefWorks

Five records imported into RefWorks

Look for errors

Move all records into your bibliography file folder

Return to Web of Science for 2011

Repeat Export-Import Procedure

Do you want to attach the PDF?

Rename the file…

Open your file folder in

RefWorks

Choose record to edit

Attach file to record

Search in Google Scholar

Search in Google Scholar

http://scholar.google.ca

Google Scholar Preferences Google Scholar Preferences

Export from Google Scholar

Generate your Bibliography Generate your Bibliography

In APA Style

In Chicago Style

? Questions ?

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