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Submitted by srf23 on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 16:10

RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool designed to help researchers gather, manage, store and share information and generate citations and bibliographies.

Log in to RefWorks

Being asked for a group code? Please contact the Reference Desk at reference@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-9351.

Key Features:

  • Create your own personal library of references
  • Add citations manually or export from numerous databases directly into RefWorks
  • Set up group accounts for collaborative scholarship
  • Capture information directly from websites with RefGrab-It
  • Add citations to Word documents with Write-N-Cite

For Help Using Refworks:

How to Use RefWorks Guide

RefWorks-Enabled Databases

RefWorks Online Tutorials

Spring 2010 Workshops
January 25
February 16
March 17
April 8
All workshops will be held from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Dubin Classroom on the first floor of Lauinger Library. No registration is required.

Contact Information: 

David Gibbs at dsg35@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-7595. For technical problems: Yan He at yh83@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-2573.

Policy: 

RefWorks is provided by the Library to Georgetown University students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Submitted by srf23 on Wed, 09/17/2008 - 16:13

Zotero is a tool designed to help you gather, manage and share information about books, articles, web pages and other digital objects which your are using in your research, and to generate citations and bibliographies.

Zotero is a Mozilla browser plugin. You can choose to gather your data on your hard drive (if you are working mainly from your laptop), or on a flash drive or a network (if you frequently access your data at multiple workstations).

Zotero is free!

Download & Quick Start Help

www.zotero.org

NEW! Zotero 2.0 opens up a collaborative platform for research with advanced group cooperation features. See www.zotero.org/blog/zotero-2mothership-lands/.

Key Features:

  • Create your own personal library of references:
    • Export references to Zotero at the touch of a button
    • Works with a host of scholarly databases and catalogs (including the Library of Congress)
    • Works with Wikipedia, Amazon.com, Google scholar and Google books
  • Download articles as PDFs and link them to your references.
  • Save snapshots of websites, then highlight and annotate saved snapshots.
  • Drag-and-drop references directly into Word or let Zotero insert fully-formatted references as you type.
  • Fully Unicode-compliant—accepts non-Roman scripts and complex diacritics.
  • Cooperate on research assignments using Zotero groups.

For Help Using Zotero:

To learn more about using Zotero, watch the screencast tutorials at www.zotero.org/support/screencast_tutorials.

Guidelines for migrating bibliographic data from RefWorks.

Contact Information: 

Mark Muehlhaeusler at mpm97@georgetown.edu or (202) 687-2878.