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RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management service.

Allows users to create personal citation databases by importing references from text files or online databases.
Also, facilitates manuscript preparation, allowing for automatic formatting of the paper and the bibliography.

There are currently two versions of RefWorks:

Resources to help you use New RefWorks

Resources to help you use Legacy Refworks

Please note - Legacy RefWorks will eventually be seamlessly integrated into the New RefWorks.

Collect citation information for every piece of material found as it's found

Don't do research twice by having to go back and find material again to get the citation
If it is not used in the final draft of the paper, delete it
RefWorks (details above) provides a software solution
Low-Tech Option is to Copy and Paste citations into a working Bibliography during the research process

Insert citation information into the body of the paper as the paper is written

RefWorks' Write-N-Cite Microsoft Word Plugin provides a software solution
Low-Tech Option is to create In-Text Citation place holders that refer to back to the citations in the Bibliography

Wait to Format In-Text and Bibliographic Citations until after the paper is complete

Don't get distracted from writing by worrying about formatting
Once the paper is written, concentrate efforts on learning the specialized rules of prescribed Formatting and Style Guide
Use these Guides to understand and apply the Style rules
- Creating a Bibliography: Style Guides
- Purdue OWL - MLA
- Purdue OWL - APA