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RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic reference manager that can be accessed from any Mac or PC computer on or off campus.

RefWorks...
  • Helps you create the bibliographies for your papers.
  • Automatically formats your citations or references in MLA, APA and other styles.
  • Creates a personal collection of reference sources.
  • Organizes and manages your citations.
  • Imports citations from article databases, such as Academic Search Premier, ERIC, Agricola, and PsycINFO.
  • Allows you to share references with groups, classmates and colleagues.
  • Uses the Write-N-Cite utility to pull citations into your paper as you type.
Look for Refworks. . .
  • on the library homepage, http://iris.unl.edu
  • in the UNL Libraries catalog
  • in the UNL databases

Contact

Research & Instructional Services

(402) 472-2848 or (402) 472-4407

refworks@unlnotes.unl.edu

Save Time on Class or Research Papers: Try a Refworks Workshop
Save time when doing your research and writing your papers by using RefWorks to organize your citations and references. Learn how at several workshops sponsored by the University Libraries. in doing research and with writing papers. To register or ask questions, contact , Engineering Library, at or 472-3411.

What you will learn in the "hands-on" workshops:
  • How to sign up for a Refworks account.
  • How to organize their references.
  • How to import references from various Databases and from the Library Catalog.
  • How to share references with their colleagues.
  • How to create bibliographies for their papers.
  • How to use the Write-N-Cite feature provided by Refworks in order to cite their sources within a paper while they are writing it.
  • How to manually create a Reference in a preferred citation style.
  • How to use Webridge to link citations stored on your Refworks account back to the original source.