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

• learning.centre@shu.ac.uk

• 0114 225 3333

• The researcher's guide: http://libguides.shu.ac.uk/research

• The subject guide for your subject

• Visit the learning centre Helpdesk