1. Bibliographic Management
Systems
Refworks & Mendeley
an overview and comparison of a
subscribed and a freeware system
j.mcsorley 10.2011

2. Access to RefWorks
 Login to myUniHub from the tab on the main UniHub screen
http://unihub.mdx.ac.uk/
 Scroll down to My Library
 Select Databases
 RefWorks – under R !
 Logging in via myUniHub should eliminate the need to login
repeatedly when accessing RefWorks and other resources
 Initial registration will be required to facilitate off-campus use

3. Two Parts of RefWorks
 Bibliographic Manager
 provides folders for storing your bibliographic citations
 enables precise organisation of and immediate access
to records
 Write-N-Cite
 requires downloading to the desktop
 use to place saved bibliographic citations directly into
your own text
 and to instantly create your Bibliographies in appropriate
styles

4. Downloading Write-N-Cite
Click:
under
Tools

5. Downloading Write-N-Cite
Downloads
installation
programme to
desktop
Install to
create the
Write-N-Cite
icon on
your desktop

6. Middlesex Catalogue Citations
To save Mdx
citations to
Bibliographic
Manager select
“Online Catalog”
Then select
Middlesex
University from
the drop-down
menu
Type your
search term into
the box

7. Middlesex Catalogue Citations
Select required title(s) by ticking in the box(es)
Then click to Import Further details may be Viewed

8. Bibliographic Manager Folders
•View in Last Imported
•Create New Folder –
“Dreaming”
•Save record(s) in
..“Dreaming” folder –
..tick in box

9. PsycINFO Citations
Select required citation(s) - tick box(es)
Click to Export

10. PsycINFO Citations
•Click to Export
..Citation List to
..RefWorks
•Now
•It is usually
..necessary to
..click the link to
..open RefWorks
..at this next screen

11. Bibliographic Manager Folders
As before ;
•View Last
Imported Folder

12. Create New Folder
Create New folder- BILINGUALISM and put items from Last Imported into it

13. Social Science Citation Index
Select
record(s) from
your search
then open
Marked List

14. Social Science Citation Index
Save to Other Reference
Software eg BibTex

15. SSCI into RefWorks
Click to Save
File. Records
save to the
desktop.

16. SSCI into RefWorks
Back in RefWorks, click to Import
from the drop-down References
menu. Use the Browse button to
locate the file on your desktop.
Select BibTex and Bilingualism
folder. Finally click

17. RefWorks –“Bilingualism”Citations

18. Write-N-Cite
In Write-N-Cite under View select the Bilingualism Folder
Login to Write-
N-Cite as
Athens User

19. Citing within text
Click on
Cite next
to the
record Click in the text
where you want
you want the citation
to cite

20. Citing within text
The formatting
is generic and
adapts to which
Bibliographic
style is applied

21. Creating the Bibliography
In RefWorks from the Tools menu – Output Style Manager
offers many styles from which to select your Favourites

22. Creating the Bibliography
Select your
chosen style
from Favourites
Then click to

23. The Bibliography

24. Mendeley – free downloadable software
https://www.mendeley.com
Go to the web site and create
an account.

25. Mendeley – free downloadable software
Install the Web Importer

26. Mendeley – selecting citations
From a database eg Medline, having selected one or more
articles, click on the Bookmark Bar for your Web Importer

27. Mendeley – importing
You can save the citation directly into
the relevant folder – eg. IVF

28. Mendeley – Desktop
At the bottom of
the Mendeley
screen click to
Download
Mendeley. This
will give you
access to the
Desktop download

29. Mendeley – Desktop
Save the file, click to run the programme and follow instructions

30. Mendeley – Desktop
When the Desktop opens click to Sync Library to import your
records from Mendeley on the web

31. Mendeley – Desktop
Problems with Syncing can be caused by the default connection.
Use the Connection tab to select No Proxy

32. Mendeley – Sync Desktop : Library
Once completed your records and folders appear on the Desktop

33. Mendeley – Word Plugin
Tools
Next, install
the Plugin to
connect to
Word in order
to cite your
references
within the text.
This option is
located under
Tools in the
menu bar.

34. Mendeley – Citing in the text
To cite in the text, use the Add-ins tab within Word. Place the
cursor where you want to cite and click on the Insert Citation
button on the menu bar. A small window will pop up, click the
button to Go To Mendeley

35. Mendeley – Citing in the text
In Mendeley, select the reference you want to cite at the chosen
place and the full details appear in the panel to the right. Details
can be edited here if necessary – eg. Remove brackets.
Now click to Send Citation to MS Word

36. Mendeley – Citing in the text

37. Mendeley – the bibliography
From the document in the menu bar you can select Bibliographic styles
from the drop-down menu. A longer list is also available, from which you
can select favourites

38. Mendeley – the bibliography
Scroll to the
end of the text.
Place the
cursor, then
click to Insert
Bibliography,
having
selected your
preferred
style.

39. Mendeley – the bibliography
The brackets in the first citation have disappeared but
further amendments to “doi” numbers and other extraneous
details may be required.
Bos, A. M. E., Pelinck, M.-J., Dumoulin, J. C. M., Arts, E. G. J. M.,
Echten-Arends, J. van & Simons, A. H. M. (2010). IVF in a modified
natural cycle. Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde, 154(45),
A2519.
Fujii, M., Matsuoka, R., Bergel, E., Poel, S. van der & Okai, T. (2010).
Perinatal risk in singleton pregnancies after in vitro fertilization. Fertility
and sterility, 94(6), 2113-7. doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2009.12.031.
Puissant, F., Van Rysselberge, M., Barlow, P., Deweze, J. & Leroy, F.
(1987). Embryo scoring as a prognostic tool in IVF treatment. Human
Reproduction., 2(8), 705-708.

40. RefWorks vs. Mendeley
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