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.)
About RefWorks plus RefWorks Tutorials
Adding the Write-N-Cite Utility Program Please note: Word 2007 users – download Write-N-Cite III for Windows; Mac 2008 users – download v.2.5 for Mac see Download Write-N-Cite for more information.
RefWorks Attachment Feature - now you can add full-text articles to your citations!
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:
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 /hsl/classes.
RefWorks Step-by-Step Instructions (PDF)
Importing PubMed References into RefWorks (PDF)
Tutorials from RefWorks
RefWorks Flash Tutorials -- Basic (15 lessons on the fundamentals of using RefWorks)
RefWorks Flash Tutorials -- Advanced
RefWorks Webinars -- Basic and Advanced sessions (75 minute live sessions, both sessions require registration)
Create a RefWorks Account — Instructions
On-campus — “On-campus,” VPN users and UC Remote Access (UCRA) users
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)
To open your personal RefWorks account:
1. Connect to RefWorks at:
http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.refworks.com/refworks.2. At the Proxy screen, enter your last name and ID 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
On-campus — “On-campus,” VPN users and UC Remote Access (UCRA) users
1. Open your RefWorks account
2. Point to [Tools] from the RefWorks menu bar, and select "Write-N-Cite"
3. From the "Download Write-N-Cite" screen, select the appropriate Windows or the Mac version Please note: Word 2007 users – download Write-N-Cite III for Windows; Mac 2008 users – download v.2.5 for Mac see Download Write-N-Cite for more information.
4. From the "File Download" box, select "Run"
5. Click on "Run" again to invoke the "Setup Wizard"
6. Follow the "Setup Wizard" instructions to complete the process
Off-campus — All persons using a non-U.C. Internet Service Provider (ISP)
1. Follow the preceding six (6) steps for "On-campus" use
2. Click on the [Start] button (Windows XP) and then select "Programs" and then point to "RefWorks"
3. Select "WNC Proxy Configuration Utility"
4. Enter the following proxy server URL: http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/?WNC=true
5. Click on [OK]
If you have any questions 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.)