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What is RefWorks?

RefWorks is a personal online database and bibliography center. Use RefWorks to...

• Create a personal database with unlimited storage online
• Import references directly from multiple databases
• Organize and manage references
• Share references
• Format bibliographies and manuscripts

Want to create a free account?

• Access RefWorks from http://www.refworks.com/refworks from any computer on campus (see below for further instructions about off-campus access)
• Enter your Net ID and password 
• Click Sign Up for an Individual Account
• Enter your personal information and click Register

How do I register or access my account off campus?

• Access RefWorks from this page 
  
• Enter your net ID and password; you will be taken directly to your RefWorks account (see info about converting your existing account if logging in this way for the first time) 

                                    OR

• Access RefWorks from http://www.refworks.com/refworks
• Click Login through your institution (Shibboleth users)
• Choose Duke University from the drop-down menu
• Enter your net ID and password; you will be taken directly to your RefWorks account (see info about converting your existing account if logging in this way for the first time)

I set up a RefWorks account prior to October 2008.  How do I convert that account to a Net ID-authenticated account? 

• Access RefWorks from this page or from http://www.refworks.com/refworks (follow steps listed above)
• Enter your net ID and password
• Click Automatically login to your RefWorks Account from your university (find this link above the RefWorks login box)
• Enter your old RefWorks login and old RefWorks password (not your net ID and password), enter the code requested by RefWorks, and click register

Note: You will only need to complete these conversion steps once; after that, you will be prompted for your net ID and password and taken directly to your RefWorks account.  Your old RefWorks login and password will no longer be valid for off-campus access. 

Are you graduating soon? Learn about RefWorks for alumni.

Having problems with your account?  Check out the RefWorks Troubleshooting Guide.

Want to learn more?

Check out these handy help docs:

• Creating an Account and Logging in to RefWorks
• RefWorks Quick Start Guide
• RefWorks Online Tutorial
• RefWorks Online Help
• Importing Citations from databases into RefWorks
• Importing Citations from Google Scholar into RefWorks

Want to use RefWorks to format bibliographies and papers?

Write-N-Cite (WNC) is a program that works with Microsoft Word and RefWorks to format bibliographies.

• Download Write-N-Cite
• Write-N-Cite Guide
• Access Write-N-Cite off campus

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