Burlington Textiles Library: Textile Engineering 302

							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
                                                         Other
    Web of Science                                   databases and
                                Books from
     CAB abstracts                catalog               sources
    Saved citations           Saved citations        Saved citations


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
     honora_eskridge@ncsu.edu
     Phone: 919 | 515-6120

     Greg Tourino
     greg_tourino@ncsu.edu
     Phone: 919 | 513-3862

     David Zwicky
     david_zwicky@ncsu.edu
     Phone: 919 | 515-6602