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Tips and tricks for using RefWorks to manage citations, create bibliographies, and share citations.
RefWorks Help
Questions?
- Email the JHU RefWorks support group
- refworks.support@proquest.com
or 775-327-4105
(Monday-Friday, 9am-8pm Eastern)
or (toll free) 800-521-0600 ext 74440 - RefWorks CHAT (Monday-Friday, 9am-8pm Eastern time)
- You must be logged in to this page to use chat
- Scroll down to REFWORKS on the right, and click it (if it says "available").
Chat can be used
Refworks Tools
NOTE about Write 'n' Cite (WnC):
--Starting in April, users will no longer be able to access the WnC installer download page on RefWorks
--By the end of 2024, all users should have upgraded to the RefWorks Citation Manger (RCM) add-in
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Write-N-Cite and Refworks Citation Manager both let you run a simplified version of Refworks inside Microsoft Word, so that you can create a bibliography (reference list).
JHU provides Office 365 to all students, faculty, and staff for free.
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RCM comes pre-installed, but it must be "added."
To add RCM on a PC:
- Open Word
- Go to Insert
- Click on "My Add-ins” (do NOT click on "Store" or "Get Add-ins!)
- Click on ADMIN MANAGED
Note: If you do NOT see "Admin Managed," click on "My Add-ins," NOT "Store")
- Select Refworks Citation Manager
- Scroll down, and click ADD
To add RCM on a Mac:
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Insert
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Add-ins
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My Add-ins
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See all
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Click ADMIN MANAGED, and select RefWorks Citation Manager
Note: If you do not see "Admin Managed," follow the PC instructions above
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Scroll down and click ADD
"Save to RefWorks" captures information to create citations in RefWorks.
- Install Save to RefWorks: login to RW, click TOOLS (on top), and then "Tools" again, and do what it says
Refworks for Google Docs lets you "access and cite your references while working in Google Docs."
- This page from RefWorks explains how to install and use RefWorks in Google docs