About RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based citation manager provided by the Libraries for all U of M- Twin Cities' faculty, students, and staff that allows you to:

• Create your own databases of citations by importing references from MNCAT and other databases or entering them using a template. Databases can be for you alone or a group;
  
  
• Upload and attach one or more files (PDF, image, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.) to individual records in your account. There is a 5MB limit per attachment;
  
  
• Automatically generate bibliographies in all major styles (MLA, APA, Turabian, Chicago, etc.) in seconds, and then exporting them as several document types (Word, RTF, HTML, etc.); and
  
  
• Continue your access to RefWorks after you graduate for a nomimal annual fee, or export your database to a microcomputer-based citation manager such as EndNote.
  

Getting Started & Building Your Skills

• Register for a RefWorks Workshop
  
  
  • RefWorks Basics -- This 60-minute session covers the fundamentals of using RefWorks, including adding references to your personal RefWorks account, as well as exporting them to Word, and selecting styles (e.g., MLA, APA, etc.) to generate customized bibliographies.
    
    
• RefWorks Tutorial (presented as Flash movies or pdf files)
  
  
• RefWorks Basics (pdf)
  
  
• RefWorks Step-by-Step Guide: Detailed instructions for 15 key RefWorks tasks (pdf) )
  
  
• Linking to Documents Stored in NetFiles (pdf) )
  
  
• Creative Uses of RefWorks (in Word)  (pdf version)