| Database Information |
RefWorks  |
| Access: | Internet-delivered database. There are three ways to connect: 1. from a public computer in the University of Delaware Library 2. from a University of Delaware campus connection in your dorm, lab, or office 3. from an off-campus connection (University of Delaware ID required) |
| Description: | A Web-based bibliography and database manager that allows you to create your own personal database by importing references from text files or online databases. You can use these references in writing papers and automatically format the paper and the bibliography in seconds. When you use RefWorks in conjunction with a Library database, log on to your database while you are logged on to RefWorks (in another window). Remote users need proxied connections to the database as well as to RefWorks. As of May 26, 2010, RefWorks is available in its new RefWorks 2.0 version as well as in its original version, RefWorks Classic. On the RefWorks login screen, you can enter your RefWorks username and password (under “Login to your University of Delaware RefWorks account”) and proceed to RefWorks 2.0, or else click on the “Login using RefWorks Classic” link to proceed to the old version of RefWorks. All of the folders you created using RefWorks Classic are still available to you if you use the RefWorks 2.0 interface. Once you log on to the RefWorks 2.0 interface, you may switch to RefWorks Classic by clicking on the link in the upper right of the screen. You may toggle between the two interfaces and work with the same folders. |
| Personalization: | Once you have connected to RefWorks and are at the RefWorks Welcome Screen, click on “Sign up for an Individual Account,” enter the appropriate information, and click on “Register.” You will receive an e-mail confirming your registration. Be sure to save a copy of this e-mail, because it contains the RefWorks Group Code that you may need later when you are working with RefWorks remotely via a proxied connection. |
| Notes: | Internet Explorer 7 users may experience extreme slowness when using RefWorks, because of IE’s Phishing Filter. Microsoft has a downloadable patch. |
| Permitted Uses: | See Terms and Conditions |
| Help: | See RefWorks [a “how-to” in PDF format], and RefWorks User Quick Start Guide. RefWorks Tutorials are also available. For further assistance, contact a librarian. |
| Users: | unlimited concurrent users |
| Producer: | RefWorks |
