Use of RefWorks as a Research & Writing Aid Judy Kammerer, MA, MLIS, AHIP Medical Librarian UCSF-Fresno & CRMC Medical Libraries Slides are available at: >“site map”> “library”>”library services”>”presentations”

You don’t use a typewriter to write your research paper... Why would you cite your sources & create your reference section by hand?

What is RefWorks?  It’s a web-based tool (free to UCSF residents, faculty & staff) that allows you to :  Create your personal database of bibliographic references  Import citations from UCSF databases including PubMed  Organize your citation records into electronic folders  Manage related research materials such as PDFs, notes, figures  Automatically create in-text citations  Format your papers & generate bibliographies in seconds

1. Create your personal database of bibliographic references

2. Import citations from UCSF databases including PubMed

3. Organize your citation records into electronic folders

4. Manage related research materials (.pdf,.doc,.jpg, etc.)

5. Automatically create in-text citations Write-N-Cite is a powerful feature you can download to your computer & use interactively with a Word document

6. Format your papers & bibliographies in seconds

And that’s not all... RefMobile lets you add PubMed citations from your handheld mobile device quickly with the “Smart Add” feature RefGrabIt allows you to capture bibliographic information from web pages

How do I get started?  Pick up the RefWorks handout from the UCSF-Fresno Medical Library  Go to citemgmt/refworks  Sign up & view the short online tutorials which cover the basics