About RefWorks

RefWorks is a user-friendly database system that allows you to manage your citations via the Web. It is now site-licensed for Arizona State University students, faculty, staff and affiliates. With RefWorks, you're able to create, search and maintain your own personal citations database. These citations can then be easily inserted in papers or publications, and are automatically added to bibliographies in multiple citation styles. More information about RefWorks

Accessing RefWorks

Use of RefWorks requires users to sign up for an individual account at their Website. Keep your Refworks UserID and password handy, and always authenticate from off-campus by entering through the ASU authentication page. First-time users must subscribe for an individual account from this page before accessing your citation management software.

Keep your UserID and password safe! ASU does not have access to the RefWorks system to reset passwords. If you lose your password, follow the reset link on the authentication page.

Creating Your Citations Database

Once logged into RefWorks, there are a number of ways to enter your citations:

• manually via the RefWorks References menu
• automatically via most ASU Libraries online resources: follow the RefWorks online help for each of the direct-import vendor resources supported. The list of currently supported databases and import instructions for each vendor resource is available from the RefWorks site Help Index (Building Your Database, Importing from a Text File, Exporting from a Data Service).
• ASU Libraries online catalog entries can be searched and added to your citations database directly from the RefWorks Search menu.
• imported from other citation software formats via the Help Index (Building Your Database, Converting from Other Bibliographic Management Programs).

Using Write-N-Cite from Off Campus

ASU authenticates to RefWorks through a proxy server, rather than the RefWorks Group Code. This means you must load the WNC Proxy Configuration Utility to access Write-N-Cite from off campus.

     • From the Start Menu select Programs and RefWorks

     • Select the WNC Proxy Configuration Utility

     •  Enter:

http://ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/?WNC=true

     • Click OK

After running the utility, when you launch Write-N-Cite you will be directed to the organization's proxy server to login rather than going directly to RefWorks. (Note: Mac users need to restart Write-N-Cite for this proxy configuration to take effect.) For more information, or if you have trouble logging into ASU's proxy server, please contact a librarian.