Transcript Burlington Textiles Library: Textile Engineering 302 RefWorks Online guide: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/refworks First Steps: NCSU Libraries Website The library’s home page: www.lib.ncsu.edu Click on “RefWorks”

Burlington Textiles Library:
Textile Engineering 302
RefWorks
Online guide: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/refworks
First Steps:
NCSU Libraries Website
The library’s home
page: www.lib.ncsu.edu
Click on “RefWorks”
Keeping track of all of your research
How do you save all your research work?
Bookmarking webpages is unstable, no easy way
to organize
Notecards are great until one day you leave
them on the bus…
“Citation management software”
– Saves all references from most databases in
ONE place
How Citation Managers Work
CAB abstracts
Books from
catalog
Other
databases and
sources
Saved citations
Saved citations
Saved citations
Web of Science
Export:
ONE PLACE
-Access from anywhere
- Links back to articles, saved PDFs
-Organize citations into multiple folders
-Create bibliographies
Different products
 RefWorks
– Free for NCSU students, internet-based, available
through Libraries’ site
– Library support available!
 Zotero
– Free, browser-based, works with Firefox
– Library support available!
 EndNote
– Costs $100+, standalone software installed on your
computer
 No choice is permanent! Easy to export between
them if your needs change
Different products
We’ll talk about RefWorks today
– Easy to use and demonstrate
– Stable
– Free
– Recommended for anyone
If you think another product suits your work
better later on, it’s easy to change
RefWorks account
Let’s take a few minutes now to create a
RefWorks account…
Not related to unity ID/password
– It can be, but probably shouldn’t
For TE302, you’re required to use a specific
password: te302
It’s easy to
organize all
references
into folders
How do you save things in RefWorks?
In general:
1. Export citations to a file.
2. Go into RefWorks.
3. Import.
Exporting and importing
Usually straightforward
Just follow a few steps, no specialized
computing skills required
Let’s see how to do it in a couple of different
databases…
Creates a file containing your
references
Exporting usually requires a couple of steps, but pretty straightforward
Then from within
RefWorks, import the file
Just specify the database
you pulled the references
from
Getting citations into RefWorks
Exporting/importing requires slightly different
steps depending on the database
– But conceptually, always the same
– Look for specific instructions in the RefWorks
guide
Some databases make it even easier…
Even easier:
Some databases support
direct exporting into
RefWorks
Manual creation of references
Not recommended, but sometimes
necessary…
Note you can also edit existing references
– This is more common
– Mostly it’s just good to know what kind of
information is actually saved in here
– You may need to edit citations manually –
importing isn’t always perfect
Extra stuff you can do
Find saved papers with FindText link
Share an account
– Work with a group on a research project
• Everyone can save to the same account, create a shared literature
database
Create a bibliography
Ref-Grab-It
Write-N-Cite
Write-N-Cite
An extension for MS Word that integrates
your RefWorks citations
Add references to text as you write
See Write-N-Cite in action:
http://screencast.com/t/mem8RR4w
You CAN take it with you
Accounts are through the library, but you can
export your work
– Take it with you to other institutions or other
software and import
Getting help later
NCSU Libraries’ guides:
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/refworks/
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/guides/zotero
Ask-A-Librarian
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/libref
Reference & Research Assistance
In-person, Telephone, E-mail
Honora Eskridge
[email protected]
Phone: 919 | 515-6120
Greg Tourino
[email protected]
Phone: 919 | 513-3862
David Zwicky
[email protected]
Phone: 919 | 515-6602