LibGuides: English: Reference Management Software

What is RefWorks

RefWorks is a reference management service that supports the needs of students, faculty and librarians. With an improved user experience, full-text management and collaboration features, RefWorks gives students and faculty a tool that enables a more efficient and reliable process for producing research papers.

Tired of trying to keep track of all your citations/references?

RefWorks is the answer!

NOTE: Rhodes University alumni may continue to use RefWorks after leaving the University

Reference Management

Browse through the Research Management, Writing and Collaboration Tools LibGuide for more information about RefWorks and Zotero at Rhodes University

RefWorks tutorial videos

Introduction to Refworks
In this brief introduction to RefWorks, you'll learn how to find and save references while doing your research, how to organize references once they're in RefWorks, and how to cite those references in your writing.
Accessing RefWorks
This RefWorks training session will cover how to access RefWorks, including creating a new account, and accessing through single sign-on at your institution.

RefWorks plugins

RefGrab-It This link opens in a new window
RefGrab-It is an optional feature for capturing bibliographic information from web pages. It is available in two versions -- a bookmarklet that works with either Internet Explorer or Firefox and downloadable plug-ins for Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Video: RefWorks Output Style Editor This link opens in a new window
Write-N-Cite downloads This link opens in a new window
To use Write-N-Cite with RefWorks you must download a small utility program to your computer. There are versions of Write-N-Cite for Windows users and a single version for Mac Users.