Transcript RefWorks: The Basics - Dalhousie University

Maintain a List of Your
Works in RefWorks
Gwendolyn MacNairn
Computer Science Librarian
Dalhousie 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
New Version (2.0)
http://refworks.scholarsportal.info
Sources of Digital Records
Search for yourself as an author
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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
Google Scholar Preferences
http://scholar.google.ca
Export from Google Scholar
Generate your Bibliography
In APA Style
In Chicago Style
? Questions ?
Dal Libraries UnZipped (2011)