RefWorks – training sessions online

Want to learn RefWorks?  Need to enhance your RefWorks skills?  These online training sessions listed below are available for you to sign-up and attend.

 

Beyond Direct Export: Five Other Ways to Import Information to RefWorks (40 minutes)

Direct export is but one method for adding references; In this webinar we will review these other methods, which are: Importing from a text file; searching online catalogs or databases from within RefWorks; using a web browser tool called RefGrab-It to capture references from a web page; importing records from RSS feeds; entering references manually.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=713009438

 

 Using RefWorks to Quickly Import Citations and Write a Paper (30 minutes)

In this session, you’ll learn how to directly import citations from two online databases. Then you’ll see how to quickly create a bibliography for a paper two ways: 1) from a list or folder of citations in your RW account and 2) with in-text citations via the one line/cite view method. This session is primarily for undergraduates or beginning RefWorks users.

Tuesday, December 3, 2013 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=715826447

 

Thursday, December 19, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=719445592

 

Gather and Organize your Research Sources in RefWorks—Part 1

After you've mastered the fundamentals of RefWorks, you'll want to learn other features and functions. This 30-minute session will teach you how to use the following tools:

  1. Direct Export from database
  2. OpenURL
  3. Attachments
  4. Last Imported folder; Create and add a citation to folder
  5. Export from library catalog or Summon Discovery Service
  6. RefGrab-It
  7. Quick Search

Attendees should first attend one of the following webinars first (or have a basic understanding of RefWorks)

1)      RefWorks in 15 Minutes

2)      RefWorks Fundamentals

3)      Using RefWorks to Quickly Import Citations and Write a Paper

Wednesday, December 4, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=715275678

 

Gather and Organize your Research Sources in RefWorks – Part 2

In part two of Gather and Organize your research, we'll teach you how to do or use the following tools:

  1. Online catalog search via RefWorks
  2. Manual entry
  3. RSS feeds
  4. Managing Folders
  5. Viewing Exact and Close Duplicates, by database or folder
  6. Advanced Search

Attendees should first attend one of the following webinars first (or have a basic understanding of RefWorks)

1)      RefWorks in 15 Minutes

2)      RefWorks Fundamentals

3)      Using RefWorks to Quickly Import Citations and Write a Paper

Thursday, December 12, 2013 2:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=718627759

 

The New Write-N-Cite for Windows

This webinar will demonstrate the newly designed Write-N-Cite on the Windows platform, which fully integrates with MicroSoft Word while leveraging the strength of a web-based Cloud service. The new Write-N-Cite will run on Word for Windows 2007 & 2010. You'll get the same features on either platform, and sharing documents between Mac and Windows computers is as easy as opening a file.

Key improvements of the new Write-N-Cite:
• Auto formatting while you write
• Seamless online/offline access to your references
• Professional citation and bibliography customization tools
• Auto managed footnote styles

 Tuesday, December 17, 2013 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=710595366

 

The New Write-N-Cite for the Mac

This webinar will give demonstrate the newly designed Write-N-Cite on the Mac platform. Write-N-Cite fully integrates with MS Word while leveraging the strength of a web-based Cloud service. The new Write-N-Cite will run on Word 2008 & 2011 on the Mac; an operating system of 10.5+ is required. Documents created using the new Write-N-Cite on the Mac maybe also be opened and used on Windows PC computers.

 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 11:00 am Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=717887879

 

RefWorks Collaborative Features

(Note:  This webinar requires knowledge of RefWorks basic features.)

Topics covered in this session:

  • How to share your folder or database
  • Optional features you can enable in your shared folder or database
  • How to search, download, print and export citations from a folder
  • How to contact the original author of a folder (via e-mail)
  • How to post comments to a folder or citation

 Wednesday, December 11, 2013 10:00 am Eastern Standard Time

https://refworks.webex.com/refworks/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=714819335