RefWorks 2.0

February 9, 2010 by RWEUR

RefWorks has already announced their new user interface: RefWorks 2.0. Do you want a preview?  Click here to register for the RefWorks 2.0 Webinar.

Please note: this webinar is made for experienced users. When you’re new to RefWorks, it’s better to watch a recorded RefWorks-webinar, take a look at our online course or register for the library RefWorks workshop.

Are you a Scopus and RefWorks user?

February 9, 2010 by RWEUR

When you register at Scopus and make a personal account, you can add your RefWorks login-information to your settings. After this you don’t have to login in RefWorks when you export your references from Scopus (you have to login in Scopus). You will see which references are already exported from Scopus to your RefWorks database when you perform a new search.

With a personal Scopus account you can also create alerts and receive an e-mail when a search renders new results in Scopus, when a certain document  is cited or when a document of a certain author is cited. You can also save searches.

New database: De Gruyter Online

January 20, 2010 by RWEUR

Again a new database was added to list of databases of the University Library: De Gruyter Online. This database offers access to electronic journals from Philosophy, Law, Medicine, Communications etc.

To import references from this database into your RefWorks-account you have to:

  1. Mark the titles
  2. Click Download to Citation Mgr.
  3. Choose the information you want to import
  4. Click Download publication citation data
  5. Click Save
  6. Save the RIS-file

In RefWorks you have to choose RIS Format twice.

New database: Thieme e-journals

January 18, 2010 by RWEUR

A new database was added to the list: Thieme e-journals, covering dozens of research and review journals in medicine and biology.

You can get references from Thieme into your RefWorks-account, but it’s not very user-friendly (one by one and no abstract included):

  1. Click an interesting title (to see the abstract)
  2. Under the header Service in the column at the right side of the screen, there is a link called ‘Download Bibliographical Data’. Click this link and save the RIS-file.
  3. In RefWorks you have to choose RIS format (twice) to import the reference.

Problems with Scopus are solved

January 12, 2010 by RWEUR

The Direct Export from Scopus to RefWorks is working again.

However, when you have added your RefWorks login information to your personal profile in Scopus (that allows you to export references without logging in) you will still get an error message. Scopus and RefWorks are working together to solve this problem as well.

New database: Economists Online

January 6, 2010 by RWEUR

A new database has been added to the list of databases the EUR has access to: Economists Online. This database contains the academic output of major European Economists. It is the result of the NEEO project from the Nereus network and co-financed by the European Commission.

To export titles found in this database you have to:

  • Mark ‘Add to folder’ at each title
  • Open the folder at the top of the page in the red row
  • Click ‘Select all’ (or make a new selection)
  • Click ‘Export’
  • Choose ‘RIS’ behind File Format
  • Click the little arrow in the right corner of the screen (it’s very small!)
  • Save the file

In RefWorks you have to choose RIS Format behind Import Filter ánd behind Database.

New database: Annual Reviews

December 23, 2009 by RWEUR

We have recently got access to the psychology and sociology annual reviews in the database Annual Reviews. These publications synthesize the vast amount of primary research literature and identify the principal contributions within these fields. This makes them a good starting point for your own research.

You can export references from this database to RefWorks like this:

  1. Mark the titles
  2. Click ‘Download to Citation Manager’ at the top of the list
  3. Choose the items you want to export
  4. Mark RefWorks
  5. Click ‘Download chapter metadata’

RefWorks announces RefWorks 2.0

December 11, 2009 by RWEUR

From the press announcement of RefWorks:

RefWorks-COS has announced its plan to launch a new user interface in early 2010 for RefWorks, its web-based research management, writing and collaboration tool.

Dubbed, RefWorks 2.0, the new interface greatly improves the user experience, putting all of RefWorks’ sophisticated features right at users’ fingertips. It uses intuitive Web 2.0 conventions and a cleaner layout, making it easier to navigate and more visually appealing.

Throughout the development of the new interface, the RefWorks design team had the user foremost in mind, analyzing usage habits, reviewing user feedback, conducting surveys, and engaging users before and during the design process. The new Web 2.0 interface focuses on the site usability and the end-users needs, providing sophisticated and contemporary design elements to highlight many of the current, valuable features in RefWorks.

RefWorks 2.0 also includes some back-end technological improvements that will make it easier for RefWorks to develop new features and to work with customers and partners in new ways.

“For years, we have focused on adding functionality to RefWorks based on direct feedback from our users. The product is feature rich; however, some of its best features are not being fully utilized as they have become harder to discover within the existing interface.” said Colleen Stempien, RefWorks-COS’ Executive Director of Operations. “With RefWorks 2.0, not only does this new interface make all of our existing features easier to discover and use, it greatly facilitates our ability to further develop more features and make them quickly accessible to our users.”

Though it is anticipated that most users will be able to take full advantage of RefWorks 2.0 from the outset, a six-month phased transition period is planned so that RefWorks administrators and users have ample time for preparation, training and adjusting to the new interface.

The new interface will also introduce an updated RefWorks logo, and will be launched along with a new RefWorks-COS website, which marks the completion of the integration of the RefWorks and COS organizations.

For sneak peak of RefWorks 2.0, go to http://www.refworks-cos.com/RefWorks2.0

Importing references from PubMed/MedLine

November 11, 2009 by RWEUR

The interface of PubMed/MedLine has been changed, and so the steps you have to take to get your references from this database into your RefWorks-account.

After marking the titles you want to put into RefWorks, click Send to in the right upper corner. Mark ‘file’ and choose MEDLINE as format. (You can change the order of the titles.)  Save the file to your computer as a text-file.

In RefWorks the steps haven’t changed:

* Choose References > Import
* Behind Import Filter you can select Erasmus University Rotterdam
* Behind Database you select PubMed

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Problems with Direct Export from EBSCO-databases solved

November 11, 2009 by RWEUR

According to RefWorks the Direct Export from the EBSCO-databases is working again.