RefWorks

Introduction

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic reference manager. You can use it to:

• Organize your research to keep track of all primary and secondary sources you are consulting for this project.
• Automatically generate a bibliography or a works cited list in a variety of formats (books, articles, unpublished archival sources).
• Automatically export and share references from many different research resources (article databases, library catalogue, the Internet, etc.).

Accessing RefWorks

RefWorks can be accessed via the University of Toronto Libraries.

Note: Click on “Login to ProQuest Flow” and not “Login to RefWorks.”

Adding Unpublished References

Please provide the following bibliographic information for all archival and other unpublished references:

• Title
• Tags (your first name)
• Attachments (photographic reproduction of the source)
• Authors
• Publish Date (the date of the creation of the source, if available)
• Collection Name
• Type of Work (for instance, a letter or a photograph)
• Notes (Series number and title)
• Date Retrieved (the date you consulted the item)
• Source Library (the name of the repository, such as the City of Toronto Archives, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
• Source Location (archival box number, file number, and item number, if available).

RefWorks Help & Technical Assistance

For questions and technical support, please send a message to refworks@library.utoronto.ca.

Citing Archival & Other Unpublished Sources

Please consult “Citing Archival Materials” on information for citing archival sources.

Creighton Barrett (Digital Archivist, Dalhousie University), created the guide.