Access RefWorks

• What is RefWorks?
• Before You Can Get Started . . . Creating Your Account
• Refworks Quick Start Guide and Tutorials
• FAQ
• Getting Citations into RefWorks
  • Databases with Direct Export to RefWorks
  • Selected Gale Databases and RefWorks
  • Other Databases and RefWorks
• Style Manuals
• Write-N-Cite

What is RefWorks?

RefWorks is a web-based tool in which you can automatically create bibliographies in all major styles (APA, MLA, etc.) by directly or indirectly importing citations from any of the library's databases. For optimal performance, use of Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later is recommended. RefWorks is restricted to students, faculty and staff at Longwood University.

You can use RefWorks to:

• Import or type in citations for books, articles or essays
• Organize and manage your citations in folders
• Create and format bibliographies in different styles
• Export citations
• Insert footnotes into Word documents using the Write-N-Cite feature

Before You Can Get Started . . . Creating Your Account

You must set up your own RefWorks account. To do so, go to the RefWorks User Login page and click “Sign up for an individual account.” You will need to enter the following information to create your account:

• Your name
• A login name of your choice
• A password of your choice
• Your Longwood email address
• A user type (select from the dropdown list)
• A focus area (select from the dropdown list, usually your major or department)

Once you have your individual account set up, you can start building and using your own citations database. To use RefWorks off-campus, you will be required to enter your LancerNet ID and password first.