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Burlington Textiles Library: Textile Engineering 302. RefWorks. Online guide: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/refworks. First Steps: NCSU Libraries Website. The library’s home page: www.lib.ncsu.edu Click on “ RefWorks ”. Keeping track of all of your research. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Burlington Textiles Library:
Textile Engineering 302
RefWorks
Online guide: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/refworks
First Steps: NCSU Libraries Website
The library’s home page: www.lib.ncsu.edu
Click on “RefWorks”
Keeping track of all of your research
How do you save all your research work?Bookmarking webpages is unstable, no easy way
to organizeNotecards are great until one day you leave
them on the bus…“Citation management software”
– Saves all references from most databases in ONE place
How Citation Managers WorkWeb of Science
CAB abstracts
Saved citations
Other databases and
sources
Saved citations
Books from catalog
Saved citations
ONE PLACE-Access from anywhere
- Links back to articles, saved PDFs
-Organize citations into multiple folders
-Create bibliographies
Export:
Different productsRefWorks
– Free for NCSU students, internet-based, available through Libraries’ site
– Library support available!Zotero
– Free, browser-based, works with Firefox– Library support available!
EndNote– Costs $100+, standalone software installed on your
computerNo choice is permanent! Easy to export between
them if your needs change
Different products
We’ll talk about RefWorks today– Easy to use and demonstrate– Stable– Free– Recommended for anyone
If you think another product suits your work better later on, it’s easy to change
RefWorks account
Let’s take a few minutes now to create a RefWorks account…
Not related to unity ID/password– It can be, but probably shouldn’t
For TE302, you’re required to use a specific password: te302
It’s easy to organize all references into folders
How do you save things in RefWorks?
In general:
1. Export citations to a file.
2. Go into RefWorks.
3. Import.
Exporting and importing
Usually straightforward
Just follow a few steps, no specialized computing skills required
Let’s see how to do it in a couple of different databases…
Creates a file containing your references
Exporting usually requires a couple of steps, but pretty straightforward
Then from within RefWorks, import the file
Just specify the database you pulled the references from
Getting citations into RefWorks
Exporting/importing requires slightly different steps depending on the database– But conceptually, always the same– Look for specific instructions in the RefWorks
guide
Some databases make it even easier…
Even easier:
Some databases support direct exporting into
RefWorks
Manual creation of references
Not recommended, but sometimes necessary…
Note you can also edit existing references– This is more common– Mostly it’s just good to know what kind of
information is actually saved in here– You may need to edit citations manually –
importing isn’t always perfect
Extra stuff you can do
Find saved papers with FindText linkShare an account
– Work with a group on a research project• Everyone can save to the same account, create a shared literature
database
Create a bibliographyRef-Grab-ItWrite-N-Cite
Write-N-Cite
An extension for MS Word that integrates your RefWorks citations
Add references to text as you write
See Write-N-Cite in action:http://screencast.com/t/mem8RR4w
You CAN take it with you
Accounts are through the library, but you can export your work– Take it with you to other institutions or other
software and import
Getting help later
NCSU Libraries’ guides:http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/refworks/http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/zotero
Ask-A-Librarianhttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref
Reference & Research Assistance
In-person, Telephone, E-mail
Honora [email protected]: 919 | 515-6120
Greg Tourino [email protected] Phone: 919 | 513-3862
David [email protected]: 919 | 515-6602