Don't see the exact citation style that you need? Modify an existing style, or create your own using the Output Style Editor!
RefWorks Tutorial - Output Style Editor
There are 2 ways to use your RefWorks Account database references to Format a Paper with In-Text Citations & a Bibliography:
The Quick and Easy version to insert in-text citations from your RefWorks account and format the paper with in-text citations and a bibliography in the style of your choice
Downloadable Google Doc with Step by Step Instructions
RefWorks Tutorial:
Download the Write N Cite III application and use it within Microsoft Word (for Macs or PCs) to:
ASU students and employees
Download the Write N Cite plugin appropriate to your computer and Microsoft Word version from your RefWorks Account
1) Login to your RefWorks account
2) From your RefWorks account, under Tools, choose Write-N-Cite
3) Choose the appropriate Download option for your computer and version of Microsoft Word
4) Copy the code that shows on this screen - this code will be unique to your RefWorks account and will be how the Write N Cite plugin can access your references.
5) When you install and open the Write N Cite plugin on your computer, it will ask for a personal login code. Paste in the long string of letters and numbers that shows on your account's Write-N-Cite page.
6) If Word requests an ASU proxy server URL for Write N Cite it is:
http://ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/?WNC=true
Questions or Problems?
Try the Installtion Guide below or contact us at: Refworks@asu.edu
Write N Cite Installation Guide - Troubleshooting Setup Issues
RefWorks Tutorial - Using Write N Cite IV
The Quick and Easy Way to Use Write’n’Cite (One Line Cite View) with RefWorks Online
1. Open up your document in WORD or OpenOffice
2. Go to RefWorks and login
3. You can either work with your complete list of references or just one folder
4. Once you have the references you want to work with displayed, to select a reference to cite, click on the gold {} icon at the top right of the entry
5. This brings up a window that looks like the image below – click on the Select button in the Citation Viewer, then paste the code into your document in the appropriate spot (just as you would when using Write’n’Cite)
6. If you want to put two or more citations in one spot in the document, on the screen above, just click on the citation brackets for the all the documents that you wish to cite --- they’ll appear, added and appropriately coded, within the window (and of course, you just cut and paste from there).
7. Once you’re finished with your document, save your document.
8. In RefWorks, click the button ‘Create Bibliography.’
9. Click on:
10. This will open this option:
11. Click, ‘Choose File,’ find the document you saved, and click ‘Open.’
12. Click ‘Create Bibliography’ – in the bottom right corner of the window
13. You will either automatically see a file download, or you can click on a link in the box that comes up to download or email yourself the final document
14. A new file will be created with the word ‘Final’ added before your document’s title. The final document will have the in-text citations and a References list formatted according to the style you chose. (Make sure to add page numbers to your in-text citations as needed and to add other formatting as needed for your style, such as adding space if needed so that the References list is on a separate page, the last page of the document).
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