RefWorks Tutorial

RefWorks Tutorial

Setting up Account Import from PsycINFO References Page

Library Use RefWorks to create your own database/library of resources with links to psycINFO and other databases at your fingertips. Use your RefWorks library to organize your articles by research topic, then search through your articles by keyword, author, year of publication and more. Access your RefWorks account for free through the St. Michael’s College library and then connect to your RefWorks library from anywhere that you can access the internet! When you’re ready to write, let RefWorks create your APA-Style References page for you, directly in a Microsoft Word document.

Setting up your own account:

NOTE: You must be on the mikenet (a computer hooked up on campus) to set up your account, once you’ve set up a login name and password however, you can access your account from anywhere!

Click on the following link to skip to step 3 http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/login.asp?WNCLang=false

Go to the SMC library webpage (by clicking on library on the toolbar on the top right side of the St. Michael’s College Home Page).
Click on the gray box on the right side of the library page that says “RefWorks”.
Click on “Sign up for an individual account” in the gray user log-in box on the left.
Set up your account by entering a login name, password and your email address (Don’t forget, it is free to set up your own account since the school purchased RefWorks for the institution).
Once you’ve filled in all the fields in the “new user information” box click on the register link to finish setting up your account!

Now you have your own RefWorks account and can begin to import references from databases like PsycINFO.

Importing References from PsycInfo:

One of the most helpful databases for Psychology Students is PsycINFO, so we’ll start by importing references straight from there!

Open a new internet window.
Once again, from the St. Michael’s home page click on library to get to the SMC library site.
Click on “Find Articles and Databases”.
Click on “Find Databases by Subject”.
Scroll down the list of subjects and click on Psychology.
This will bring up three database links… Click on PsycINFO.
Run a search in PsycINFO.
When you find articles that interest you, click on the folder symbol to the right of each entry that says “add”. When you have added an article to the folder the folder symbol will turn yellow and say “added”.
Once you have gotten all of the articles that you’re interested in into the folder click on either the link that says “Folder has Items” or the link at the top of the page that says “view folder”. Now you should see a page that has the folder’s contents.
To import these articles into your RefWorks library click on “save to disk” (don’t worry you’re not actually saving to a disk, you won’t need a disk).
This will take you to another new page with two tabs on the top of it, click on the tab that says “Bibliographic Manager”.
Now click on the third button down on the right which says “Direct export to RefWorks”. Hit Save.
If you still have a browser window open with your RefWorks account open you will see it flash as it has new items in it.
Now you can open your RefWorks library browser. The page should say “Import complete- and the number of references imported”. Then it will have two buttons, click on the button that says “View last imported folder”.
Now you will see the references that you’ve just imported from PsycINFO.
There’s no need to save in RefWorks, everything saves automatically to your library!

Creating your References Page:

Once you are logged in to your RefWorks library click on the “Bibliography” Tab.
For Output Style choose APA, 5^th Edition.
Now you may choose to format your paper (including in-text citations) and bibliography or just your bibliography. If you choose to format your paper and bibliography click on the corresponding circle, and then click on the link that says: “How to enter Citations into your document”. If you choose to format your bibliography, click on the second circle and continue through this tutorial.
Now you need to choose a file type in which RefWorks will create your bibliography. Click on the arrow to see your options. You will most likely choose to create it as a word document, so that it will be in the same format as the rest of your paper.
Then choose which references in your library you wish to use.
Click on create bibliography
You will see a nearly blank screen which says: “Please wait while we process your document”. When the document is processed a bold message will appear that says: “Bibliography created with # of references”.
Now you need to download and save your bibliography. Click on “Download it”. If downloading does not work, RefWorks offers an option to e-mail your bibliography to yourself.
Now you can add your completed reference page to your APA formatted paper by copying and pasting or merging this new document into your paper!