RefWorks

RefWorks is an online tool that helps you manage your references and create bibliographies for your papers. It makes it easy to format in-text citations and bibliographies in a wide variety of styles, such as APA and MLA. For other citation management tools see our Managing Your Citations help guide.

RefWorks is one of the tools introduced in our Citation Management workshops: see Fall 2011 Schedule

Logging In to RefWorks

Go to the Login page. For a new account, click on "sign up for an individual account".

Using Refworks

To do anything with RefWorks, you need to start adding references. This creates your own personal database of references. Once you add a few references you can then organize them, annotate them, create bibliographies, export to Word, share lists, etc.

For details, see RefWorks help under "Getting References Into Your Account", or the video tutorial "Getting your References into RefWorks".

RefWorks Help

Use the online RefWorks help and tutorials, including Importing from Online Data Vendors (details on which database vendors support direct importing and instructions for each)
Email refworks@library.carleton.ca.
See some of our added help guides
- Exporting references from our library catalogue
- the new RefWorks 2.0 LibGuide

FAQ

Can I have more than one RefWorks account?

Yes. You can create one for personal use, one for group projects, etc.

How do I share my references or keep the private?

To share all or parts of your references database, go to Folders > Share Folders ("classic" interface) or the "Share" tab ("2.0" interface)
To enable Read Only access to your account, go to Tools > Settings > Update User Information ("classic" interface) or "update profile" link in upper right ("2.0" interface) and create a read-only password. You can then give others your login and this read-only password.

Is it possible to export references from the library catalogue?

Yes, just click the Export to RefWorks button that appears on each catalogue record.

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