Login to RefWorks on campus
Includes VPN and UC Remote Access (UCRA) users
Login to RefWorks off campus via the proxy server
Includes anyone using a non-U.C. Internet Service Provider (ISP), like Zoomtown, AOL, or Roadrunner. (Click on "Create a RefWorks Account" to discover how to create a direct link from your browser to the RefWorks login screen.)
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography manager that makes it easy to import references to articles, books, web pages and other types of sources from online databases.
RefWorks is licensed by the University of Cincinnati and is available at no cost to all students, faculty and staff.
RefWorks can help you:
Electronically collect, organize and manage your references in a personal database
Easily format bibliographies, footnotes and in-text citations into almost any output style
Conveniently link references to full-text articles, eliminating unwieldy storage of paper copy
Access your personal database 24/7 anywhere you have web access
Receive quarterly automatic quarterly upgrades (no installation required)
RefWorks Tutorial Series
This tutorial series is not meant to teach you RefWorks in its entirety. If you would like more information about RefWorks and how to use it, please attend one of the monthly RefWorks classes taught by AIT&L. Class times and listings can be found at http://aitl.uc.edu/classes.
Click on any of the modules below to view that specific tutorial. If you are already familiar with RefWorks, you may want to skip over Modules 1, 2, and 7.
To open your personal RefWorks account, connect to RefWorks at www.refworks.com/refworks from any on-campus IP authenticated PC. Once connected to RefWorks, proceed with the following steps to set up your account:
1. Select “Sign up for an Individual Account”
2. Fill in all the User Information boxes. (Create a username and a password without any spaces,
dashes, or punctuation marks.)
3. Click on the [Register] button to confirm your new account.
4. RefWorks will immediately send you confirmation of your account registration via email.
Off-campus — All persons using a non-U.C. Internet Service Provider (ISP)
2. At the Proxy screen, enter your last name and UCID M number and then click on [GO]. This will take you to the Univ. of Cincinnati RefWorks login screen.
3. Continue with Steps 1 - 4 above.
Adding the Write-N-Cite Utility Program -- Instructions
If you have any questions or want to use the Group Subscription Number to
access RefWorks from anywhere off campus, please contact Edith Starbuck at 558-1433, edith.starbuck@uc.edu.
(Thanks to Randall Roberts, Reference and Instructional Services Librarian, for much of the content and design ideas for this web page.)
