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RefWorks

EUR offers her students and staff a web-based application for managing references, called ‘RefWorks’. The University Library also has a link on the UL website: http://www.eur.nl/ub/english > databases > alphabetical list > Refworks.

With RefWorks, you can easily capture, manage, save and share references in your own personal database.

RefWorks allows you to do four things:

  1. Capture information from the resources that you need easily and save them to your own personal database (Google Scholar, UL catalogue, EBSCO, Pubmed, Web of Science, other specific databases or publishers' sites like Science Direct or SpringerLink); you can use RSS feeds to import references automatically.
  2. Manage and organize all this data easily; create subfiles by subject or course; add keywords to your data and remove duplicate records.
  3. Share your references with others. For example, teachers can share a database with students as a reading list for a course. Researchers or students can cooperate using shared files or shared accounts.
  4. Use your database to create bibliographic reference lists for your research project or your thesis in any style you want (for instance Harvard, APA, MLA, Chicago). Use the Write n Cite application to help you correctly use your references in writing your papers for submission for publication.

RefWorks is accessible worldwide from any PC with Internet access. Simply enter your remote group code to access your RefWorks account. All RefWorks databases are username and password protected and only the user has access, unless you want to share your database with others for collaborative research. All this isn’t possible with traditional reference software like Endnote.

To get started, create your own RefWorks account today.

Note: to make an account, you have to use a PC on campus; if off-campus, you first have to log in to the EUR network via a VPN connection.

Want to learn more? Have a look at our online RefWorks course. Here you can also read how to import your references from Endnote into RefWorks.

Need assistance?

EUR staff members are invited to contact their subject librarian for personal instruction. Students can send their questions about RefWorks to our Virtual Desk.