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RefWorks

RefWorks is a user-friendly cloud-based reference manager that keeps all your articles and citations in the one place. This guide will help you get started with RefWorks.

Exporting references

Save to RefWorks Tab

Install the Save to RefWorks tab to your browser bar and add full-text references from any website.

Chrome is our preferred browser.

1. Find the Tools menu in the top right-hand corner by selecting your name:

2. Click and drag the button to your bookmark/favourites bar.

3. Save websites and journal articles using the Save to RefWorks button.

Exporting references from databases

Library Search and some of the library databases enable you to export your search results to your RefWorks database. It is important to remember:

Always open your RefWorks account before exporting
Exporting is seldom 100% accurate - due to the metadata descriptions issued by different authors, publishers,databases
As with any reference management platform - It is essential to check the quality of the references and edit them if necessary.

Ebsco
Proquest
Google Scholar
Library Search

Ebsco Megafile Complete
Multidisciplinary database specialising in academic journals, magazines and newspapers, many with full text and images.

Exporting references

Go to Ebsco
Seach for information on your chosen topic
Click the title of the article you wish to export
Select Export from the Tools menu
Select Direct Export to RefWorks and click Save

ProQuest
Multidisciplinary database with over 9,000 titles in full-text. Covers many subject areas including business and economic, health and medical, criminology, psychology, military, news and world affairs, technology.

Exporting references

Go to ProQuest
Search for information on your chosen topic
Select the check boxes next to the articles you wish to export
Select RefWorks from the Export/Save drop-down list

Google Scholar
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature.

If you use this Bond ezproxied link instead of the standard URL, you will be able to see holdings information from Bond Library.

Exporting references

Go to Google Scholar
Search for information on your topic
Select Cite
Select RefWorks to import citations to your RefWorks account

Bond University Library Search
Library Search provides one-stop searching across the Library's collection.

Referencing style guides

The following guides have been created to assist you in referencing the most common types of sources in styles used at Bond University.

APA referencing
by Rachel Peate Last Updated Oct 15, 2019 7387 views this year
Harvard referencing
by Tiffany Mitchell Last Updated Aug 22, 2019 50975 views this year
Vancouver referencing
by Bronwyn Linthwaite Last Updated Aug 20, 2019 1795 views this year
Australian Guide to Legal Citation
by Daniel Walker Last Updated Aug 19, 2019 8997 views this year
Chicago style referencing
by Sarah Bateup Last Updated Aug 20, 2019 156 views this year

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