1. Go to
http://www.refworks.com
2. Select User-login (on the left under the photo)
3. Create an individual account.
Click on 'Sign up for an Individual Account'. The user is presented with a brief
form that requires completion by entering name, log-in name (to be used
in future log-ons, eg. nbarber) , creating your password, and your email
address (Note – we recommend that all users use their official Institutional
emails rather than personal ones - @yahoo/@hotmail etc).
4. Your account is ready and you can begin putting references into RefWorks.
5. See the
Quick Start Guide (attached pdf) for help on getting started.
Trial ends November 8, 2006
*If you are off-campus, follow step 1 and you will be prompted for the Institutional
code: RWAUC. Follow the rest of the steps.
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One feature of Refworks is RefShare, the sharing module allowing collaborative work between different
institutions on different geographic sites.
Our trial account has a RefShare
web page where we can
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post bibliographies of interest to all
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post reading lists for students or for collaborative research projects
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post lists like alerts on hot topics of interest to your Institution
RefWorks created a test list for the trial. To see these lists from
within RefWorks, go to the tool bar View/RefWorks Shared Area and you will
open an URL - click on the hyper links to see the bibliographies.
Currently,
all
users can post their bibliographies to the RefShare page (in the menu bar
Folders/Share folders and click on 'share folder', complete the details
and then at the bottom click on 'include in shared area and choose which
category or simply send your bibliography via email by clicking on the
'Email URL' button top right. You can see the results of the posting by
following the instructions above).