Accessing
RefWorks
Importing references from library databases
Importing references from NUcat
Entering references manually
Organizing your references
Creating and formatting bibliographies and reference lists
RefWorks-compatible databases available at Northwestern
Login to RefWorks
RefWorks Online Tutorial
RefWorks Quick Start Guide |
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RefWorks is a web-based bibliography management
program. It can help you keep track of references from a variety
of sources and organize your library research. It can also create
bibliographies in many different formats (e.g.: MLA, APA, Chicago
Manual of Style, Turabian, etc...) and can interact with Microsoft
Word to help you produce properly formatted in-text references,
footnotes and endnotes. The Library has purchased a campus-wide
site license for RefWorks, so access to it is free for all Northwestern
University students, faculty and staff.
Accessing RefWorks
You must create a personal account to use RefWorks,
and to do so you must either be on campus and connected to NUnet
or authenticating via the Virtual
Private Network from off-campus. (After you have established
an account, you may access RefWorks from off-campus; see below
for more information.)
To begin, go to http://www.refworks.com/refworks/ (opens
in a new window) and click on "Sign up for an individual account." Fill
out the brief registration form. An account confirmation email
will be sent to the the address you provide.
Should I use my Northwestern NetID
and password as my RefWorks Login and password?
This is up to you. You might want to make your RefWorks login the same as
your NetID to make it easier to remember. However, it is not a
good idea to make your RefWorks password the same as your NetID password.
RefWorks is not tied into Northwestern's NetID authentication system. When
you access your RefWorks account, you are making an unencrypted connection
to a server that is not managed by Northwestern, and it is possible for your
unencrypted password to be intercepted and used to access your Northwestern
accounts.
Once you have established an account, you may
login at http://www.refworks.com/refworks/ and
start using RefWorks. To use your RefWorks account from off-campus,
you will need to enter the Northwestern Group Code in
addition to your personal login and password. The Northwestern
Group Code is included in the account confirmation email
you received from RefWorks and should be considered confidential.
If you have misplaced this information, please
use this form to have the Group Code sent to you via email. |
