What is RefWorks?
RefWorks is a citation management tool that can help researchers cite sources in styles most commonly used at SU like APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, ACS, AMA, and thousands of others. With this tool, researchers can gather, organize, read, annotate, and cite their research sources. Additionally, RefWorks can be used as an online collaboration space that enables groups of researchers to work together from any location.
Get started:
1. At the bottom of the library homepage, you can find the RefWorks icon under the Commonly Used Resources banner.
2. From the Citation Style Guide, located under Library Resources & Guides on the library homepage. Find "Citation" under the Subject Guides menu.
3. From just about any Subject Guide available through the library (found under Library Resources & Guides). Find the Cite Sources tab, and find the box for RefWorks.
Adding references to RefWorks
After searching the library catalog, select a title to open the detailed record page.
- Select the RefWorks link
- Place the citation in your chosen RefWorks folder
Clicking on a title within any database will open the detailed record for that item.
In the detailed record, click on the Export feature.
Then, select Direct Export to RefWorks.
Click the Save button.
Storing articles within RefWorks
RefWorks makes it really easy to get documents into your computer – just drag and drop one or more files and RefWorks will do the rest!
If you want to add your documents to a specific collection, make sure you’re viewing the collection first, then drag and drop the file(s). If you’re dragging multiple files, RefWorks will create a separate item for each document. Otherwise, drag and drop documents in the All Documents view and you can file them in collections once they are uploaded.
If you’re not sure where the file is on your computer, you can also click the Add a reference icon 
, then click Import reference option and then use the box for drag and drop, or, to browse and search your computer.
Note: This option allows you to upload only one document at a time.
Regardless of how you add your documents, RefWorks will try to recognize and populate the reference information using our document authority. RefWorks will present you with possible matches which you can select to populate the reference fields.
If no reference information is provided, you can manually enter the information. Make sure to click the Save button to save the reference information.
Adding a web page reference must be done from within your RefWorks account.
Click on the plus sign icon and select Create new reference.
Next, select the reference type: Web Page
Add the title of the web page in the title line and click the lightning bolt button. RefWorks may be able to find the web page you are referencing and display it at the bottom of the screen. Selecting the web page will auto-fill the fields. If RefWorks cannot find your web page, you will need to add the information manually.
In Google Scholar, click on the menu icon in the upper left side of the screen.
Select Settings at the bottom.
Under Bibliography Manager, select Show links to import citations into RefWorks and click Save.
Now all of your Google Scholar results will include the link: Import into RefWorks. Clicking this link immediately sends the reference to your RefWorks account.
