Fast Facts
Comprehensive citation management
Powerful collaboration
Overview
The new RefWorks is a reference management service that supports the needs of students, faculty and librarians. With an improved user experience, full-text management and collaboration features, RefWorks gives students and faculty a tool that enables a more efficient and reliable process for producing research papers. Libraries that offer this powerful service have access to administrative controls that help institutions honor intellectual property rights, and analytics that provide a consistent source of information on patron and content usage.
Are you a legacy RefWorks customer? You may start exploring the new version of RefWorks today. You will have access to both versions. During this dual-access period, ProQuest will continue to add functionality to new RefWorks, while being responsive to your needs and feedback. To get started, please contact ProQuest RefWorks support.
Sign up for access to Refworks
New RefWorks Toolkits for Libraries
Check out the new support materials for RefWorks. From new datasheets, customizable posters and table tents to new Refworks YouTube video Channel, ProQuest is excited to share with you materials that can help support your libraries and users.
New Support Page for New RefWorks
On this page you will find the most up-to-date information and resources for RefWorks including; Upgrade to new RefWorks, user guides, training & webinar sessions and more.
Future Updates
To keep inform of new feature releases in RefWorks link to our product upgrades page and select notify me get automatic updates sent to your inbox.
For the Researcher
The new RefWorks increases researcher productivity by simplifying the research experience. It is the one tool that researchers need to gather, organize, read, and cite their research materials. It also makes it easy to collaborate with others on joint projects.
- Collect and Import – With RefWorks it is simple and fast, to collect or import materials. Auto completion of reference data and retrieval of full text saves time and ensures accurate citations.
- Manage Research – RefWorks enables users to organize, read, and annotate everything they collect and import.
- Share and Collaborate – RefWorks smoothly allows users to share collections and collaborate with others.
- Write and Cite – RefWorks is accurate, delivering thousands of customizable citation styles to use within authoring tools.
- Streamlined Workflows – RefWorks makes research management and paper-writing easy with streamlined workflows that increase productivity.
For the Librarian
Take control of your subscription – RefWorks delivers the administrative controls you need.
- Take control of your subscription – RefWorks delivers the administrative controls you need.
- Deliver a superior user experience – RefWorks allows you to provide a reliable service that researchers will love.
- Rely on us for support – RefWorks includes the world class support that you need to succeed.
- Save students and researchers time – RefWorks enables you to create curated collections of materials for students and researchers.
- The most comprehensive capabilities – With RefWorks at your library, you’ll be able to present researchers with the most comprehensive capabilities, while providing your fellow with unsurpassed controls and support.
RefWorks Community
This site is dedicated to providing you with the latest news, updates and tips about everything RefWorks.
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