RefWorks

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1 What is RefWorks?
2 Create A RefWorks Account
3 Access Your RefWorks Account
4 Databases that Provide Direct Export to RefWorks
5 Get Help with RefWorks
6 A Note About Plagiarism and Academic Integrity
7 Further Assistance

[edit] 1 What is RefWorks?

Simply put, RefWorks is a tool for creating bibliographies and formatting research papers in the citation style of your choice (eg. APA, MLA). RefWorks also allows you to easily organize and keep track of your references.
RefWorks is an online resource and can be accessed from both on and off-campus.
RefWorks allows you to compile, edit and format bibliographies by importing references directly from online databases or by entering them manually.
Each Bentley College student, faculty and staff person has the ability to create their own individual RefWorks account.

[edit] 2 Create A RefWorks Account

Go to the RefWorks log-in page.
Make sure your screen says: "RefWorks User Login for Bentley College".
Click on the "Sign up for an individual account" link.
Complete the registration form. Please note: When creating your account you must use your Bentley email address. You will receive an email confirmation of your registration.
After you click on register, you'll be brought in to your new, empty RefWorks account where you can begin adding your references.

[edit] 3 Access Your RefWorks Account

Once you have created your account it is always accessible to you online by logging-in at the main RefWorks page.

[edit] 4 Databases that Provide Direct Export to RefWorks

Currently, the databases that offer a "direct export" to RefWorks are:

ABI Inform (ProQuest)
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)
Accounting & Tax Index (ProQuest)
Business Source Premier (EBSCO)
Communication & Mass Media Complete (EBSCO)
Congressional Quarterly Researcher
Congressional Quarterly Weekly
EBSCO
EconLit with Full Text (EBSCO)
Elsevier ScienceDirect - College Edition
ERIC (EBSCO)
Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
General Business File (InfoTrac)
General Reference Center (InfoTrac)
Google Scholar
IEEE Computer Society Digital Library
JSTOR
LexisNexis Academic
LISTA(EBSCO)
Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
Management & Organization Studies from SAGE (CSA)
MEDLINE (EBSCO)
MLA Directory of Periodicals (CSA)
MLA International Bibliography (CSA)
New York Times Historical(ProQuest)
Project Muse
PROMT (InfoTrac)
ProQuest
ProQuest Computing
ProQuest Newspapers
ProQuest Psychology Journals
ProQuest Research Library
ProQuest Telecommunications
PsycARTICLES (CSA)
Regional Business News (EBSCO)
Wall Street Journal (ProQuest)
Wall Street Journal Historical (ProQuest)
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts (CSA)

[edit] 5 Get Help with RefWorks

For help with RefWorks you may:

[edit] 6 A Note About Plagiarism and Academic Integrity

Plagiarism is a violation of Bentley College's Academic Integrity Policy as put forth in the Student Handbook. Whether you are writing a paper, compiling a business plan or creating a PowerPoint presentation, it is vital that you properly cite the information that you have used. Information from books, periodicals, online databases, websites, etc. should be cited according to the guidelines of your discipline (usually MLA or APA) or those of your professor. Even though RefWorks is an excellent tool, users should always double-check RefWorks results against the official guidelines of the citation style being followed.