RefWorks

Natalia Vidal

WOOD 120

November 2, 2009

About RefWorks

• Creates personal databases and use them for different research activities

• Online • Free for UBC students• With RefWorks you can:

– Organize and create a personal database online– Format bibliographies and manuscripts– Import references from a variety of databases– Search your RefWorks database

Using RefWorks

1. Create an account• UBC Library webpage: under e-Resources• Can create more than one account

2. Create your database of citations• Import citations from databases OR

manually create a reference• Format bibliographies of papers using Write-

N-Cite

Assistance

• RefWorks website (tutorials, contact, FAQs): http://www.refworks.com/content/products/content.asp

• UBC Library: – http://toby.library.ubc.ca/webpage/webpage.cfm?id=486

– a lot of info on the website– Subject librarian at Woodward Library (Forestry -

undergraduate): Katherine Miller - (604) 822-0295

• RefWorks workshops: – November 3, 5 ,9, 17 – For details please see:

http://elred.library.ubc.ca/libs/date//search/life