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RefWorks

This guide will provide you with tips and instructions on how to use RefWorks to best manage your references.

Organize References

Organizing in Projects

For users working on multiple research projects with different groups of people, having separate projects with different collections of references and unique sets of folders and tags each is greatly helpful.

Upon log in, the default project is called Untitled Project. You can rename it and/or create/delete/share new projects:

  1. Click on the i icon 
  2. Select Manage projects
  3. Click on Create a new Project 
  4. On the right of the list, click onActions to share, delete, switch to a new project and/or set a certain project as the current one  

Organizing in Folders

By default, references are are added into the "Not in Folder" under "Folders" in the left navigation. You can create folders and subfolders to organize your references. Folders can be sorted alphabetically or in any order of your preference by dragging and dropping. 

Create a Folder
  1. Click on +Add folder 
  2. Name your folder then save it.
Create a Subfolder
  1. Click on the selected folder’s 3 dots on the right and select Add subfolder 
  2. Name and save the subfolder.

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