Database Guide - RefWorks

You can include the references when writing documents and RefWorks can automatically format the cited references and final bibliography in a range of output styles. You can organise all your references into folders, so you can easily find them and use them in your work. You can import references from other databases, or add them individually. You can also save the PDFs of articles in RefWorks – this can help you organise your reading.

• Go to LibrarySearch or access it via Blackboard.
• Log in to LibrarySearch using your CCCU username and password.
• If you are away from campus, or connecting with your own device over WiFi, you will need to include @canterbury.ac.uk after your CCCU username [username@canterbury.ac.uk] as well as your normal CCCU password.
• Select Find Databases, click on R, then click on the link to RefWorks (New ProQuest version) to open it in a new tab.
• If you haven’t used it before, you will need to create an account.

RefWorks provides a screen-reader friendly interface for Windows users using JAWS or MS Narrator. This functionality is automatically provided in RefWorks 2.0 with no user configuration necessary. Screen readers such as MS Narrator or JAWS should automatically detect the compliant interface. See the RefWorks Accessibility Statement.

1. Find RefWorks on Library Search and create an account.
2. Export some references from another database into RefWorks.
3. Add an item to RefWorks manually.
4. Create a bibliography using the “Create bibliography” tool in RefWorks.

Your Learning and Research Librarian will be able to help you make the best use of online resources. For detailed guidance, book a tutorial via the Learning Skills Hub.