5. What we’ll cover today… Creating your own RefWorks account Exporting citations from online databases Creating a bibliography Creating in-text citations Where to go for more help
6. How to access RefWorks? Use the Quick Link menu on the Libraries home page: http://www.library.unlv.edu/
7. RefWorks login page From off-campus, you may need to use the group login: RWUNLV To create a new account, click on “Sign up for new account”
8. “Create Account” pop-up form Write down your user name and password. We don’t have access to those.
10. Exporting from a database: Ebsco From any Ebsco database, e.g., ERIC, PsycInfo, follow these steps: Click on “Add to Folder” to select articles Click on Folder to see selected articles Check the box for articles you want to export Click on the icon with the white paper and green arrow
12. Exporting from Ebsco databases (cont.) Select items to be exported from you Folder list, then click on Export icon (on right side)
13. Exporting from Ebsco databases (cont.) Select “Direct Export to RefWorks, then click on “Save”
14. Check in RefWorks You will get a message (once you are logged into RefWorks) telling you how many references were imported. “View Last Imported Folder” to see your items.
15. Searching “Summon” Search across all the libraries’ collections and resources with a keyword search.
16. Exporting from “Summon” Mouse over the record and click on the “Save this item” icon (folder with a + sign). Then click on “Saved items.”
17. Exporting from “Summon” (cont.) Select the desired format for your results, then click on the RefWorks tab.
18. Creating a Bibliography 1. Select Bibliography tab 2. Select a citation format 3. Select folder 4. Click on Create Bibliography button
19. In-text citations: Getting started 1 Download Write-N-Cite software to your computer Close everything Open a blank Microsoft Word document 1. Go to the Add-Ins Tab 2. Click on RefWorks Write-N-Cite 2
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22. In-text citations: part 4 Creating your bibliography 1. Select Bibliography from the top bar 2. Select your output style 3. Click on “Create Bibliography” 1 2 3
23. Where to go for more help RefWorks tutorials http://www.refworks-cos.com/refworks/tutorials/basic.html Using RefWorks at UNLV http://www.library.unlv.edu/help/refworks/index.html Ask Us! http://www.library.unlv.edu/ask/
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