RefWorks Reviews

I love that Refworks has direct incorporation with Google Scholar. So, with just one click you can add a Google Scholar quote to our Refworks database. Also, the tool allows making bibliographies that are easy to modify in order to fit the demands of the different journals. This is perhaps, the greatest attraction of this application.

The appearance of RefWorks is perhaps what could benefit most from an upgrade to its interface. It's pretty ugly as it is. At times, adding a quote becomes a repetitive and boring task as the flow is not very natural or intuitive.

Refworks is a reliable tool for managing bibliographic citations. Without a tool like refworks, the amount of work is radically increased when writing a research paper. Therefore, I recommend Refworks to anyone who wants to simplify their research work.

As every researcher has realized, one of the most difficult tasks in the research process is to keep an accurate record of all the material to be cited. This task can turn into chaos if we suddenly need to make a bibliography in another style that we had originally intended. This problem is solved immediately with Refworks.

Refworks keeps my references organized and lets me manage my multiple projects

Sometimes it can be hard to sort the references

This product allows me to organize my references that were previously a mess

I love the new interface and new features. I especially appreciate the automatic metadata import and the option to save web page content. I am also thrilled about the new link resolver.

I dislike that I can't have more than one account for myself. I teach RefWorks and my account gets clogged up with examples, so it does not make sense for me to use it for my own collection of sources. I also wish that PDF files and other files were automatically uploaded as an attachment when I import a citation into Refworks.

It is absolutely worth the time you will have to invest to learn how to use it initially. It will save you so much time and make it seamless for you to keep all of your information sources together in one place. Try it with any internet browser as well as Google Scholar and just about every database that indexes scholarly journals.

Students need an easy way to keep track of sources, and RefWorks makes that easy. My undergraduate students are always absolutely thrilled when I show them how to use Refworks for the first time.

RefWorks allows you to keep your citations in whichever format you prefer (MLA, APA, Chicago) all saved in separate folders for separate projects. If you are working on more than one research project at a time, this makes it easy to go back and find all the different references you have used or would like to use.

There are not many things that I dislike. The interface could be a little more user-friendly, possibly.

Students are able to quickly save their sources directly from the library website. It makes one of the more tedious tasks of writing research a little less stressful for students and researchers.

I used refworks during my masters thesis writing. It is a wonderful tool. I had justone month to write my thesis and the toolbar in MS word was a savior. I loved how it syncs the references and creates a bibliography at the end. Saves so much time. Also the ability to change the writing styles is fantastic.

No major disappointment. Only that it used to get stuck at times when you would refresh it.

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The layout of the website, how easy it was to transfer files to different folders

I have found the reworks to be rather slow in terms of processing different commands.

Create more customizable options

I'm not trying to solve any problems.

I love idea of RefWorks: keeping citations of all articles you are interested in on one program. Refworks allows you to make your own bibliographies and save those citations for later!

I dislike how need-to-know the software feels. It was very hard for me to be able to use it fluidly at first, and it's a difficult program for new users to grasp.

This product is a fantastic help! Other programs like Zotero are more difficult to use, and the integration of most journals with RefWorks makes it the clear choice when doing research.

When assisting in writing research papers, citation of sources in specific formatting is sometimes a hassle. I write research papers in the Unified Linguistic Style, one that can be a bit picky on minute details. Using RefWorks creates in-text citations instantly and can be used in many different styles. Once one has learned how to use it, the ability to syncrinize programs like Microsoft Word and RefWorks is a nice feature. You can actually add citations within Word and other products to make writing research papers significantly easier than using other online bibiography creators. Saving citations is the best as well, as one no longer needs to write down the citations.

I like that I'm able to house all my references in one location and easily create bibliographies. Also, the ease of changing format style has been very helpful, as some of reports and publication submissions require various formatting styles. being able to export refercences direclty from Google Scholar is a great benefit.

There's not too much I dislike about it. However it is a little slow to respond sometimes and the look and feel of it is a bit antiquated.

Start with a small project or report to get a feel for the program and how it works. Then move up to larger ones.

RefWorks is a major time saver when writing reports and publications submissions. It assists me with all my citation needs, reference managament, and bibilograpy development.

I like the fact that RefWorks can store links to publications in you account for later use. These links are connected to publications available at your institution. They have a feature that allows you to do intext citations in Word.

I dislike the fact that the tab on the right side doesn't allow you to see all the folders. You have to scroll down to see them all.

RefWorks is really good for citations especially in-text citations. I highly recommend

Good for keeping record of references when writing papers

The best part about using RefWorks in a university setting is that it's so commonly used, there is often an option on pubmed, or other websites (like the journals themselves) that you can select export citation and refworks is one of the options. Then, it's automatically imported into your refworks account. So easy!

I only wish I could store the entire paper, not just the citation or abstract.

It has removed my need to have a huge filing cabinet full of papers!