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Include a copy prompt for your referenced quotes when you highlight them.
Include a copy prompt for your referenced quotes when you highlight them.
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Make it work on tablets
It's currently almost impossible to use on tablets
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For institutions with multiple users create a syncing system
Allow institutions to create accounts on behalf of users via Google.
Instead of having users create an account, admins simply provide users with the login and password for their account.
Support integration into the Clever application.1 vote -
It would be helpful if we could hide certain fields for manual input of references. Either that or make the default forms simpler.
It would be helpful if we could hide certain fields for manual input of references. Many of the fields are not used on a regular basis. Could we have the option of moving fields to the "Add More Fields" button?
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create an output style with sub-citations (see style Angewandte Chemie International)
We need that Refworks support the sub-citation feature for the in-text citation and the reference list. There are many styles with this feature, Angewandte Chemie International... And a lot of science journals require this formatting.
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Continue repeating citation suffix throughout text
The disambiguation system for multiple references from the same author, same year is to add a suffix (a, b, c, etc). However the suffix only appears the first time the reference is cited. This creates confusion when the references are cited multiple times in the text as it becomes impossible to know which references future citations refer to.
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Different sort orders with different reference types
The Cite Them Right 11th edition Harvard style should have films sorted in the reference list by director, not title. But this is not possible because different reference types cannot have different sort orders. Could that be changed?
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Improve the note when I see the PDF document
when I write some note while reading PDF document, the note hides some part of the text of PDF document.
Can you let me keep see the full text while opening the note?1 vote -
Include ISSN/ISBN in Publication admin analytics
Add ISSN/ISBN column to the reports when downloaded. This will better enable librarians to use this data to analyze their collections, a common reason for having these reports at all. This may cause splintering of counts if users imported different ISNs for the same title (especially print vs e) but it would be worth that side effect to have the data. If you can provide separate print and e columns that would be ideal.
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Reference editing - Increase the sidebar window size
My suggestion is for the referenced editing sidebar window. Can we increase the size of this side window? Why not give the user more room to see and view what they are editing? I know for myself, I'd like to have the ability to increase or decrease the width of the edit sidebar window.
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Citation in text with continuous notes (ISO 690) used in books
I would like to see RCM (Refworks Citation Manager) incorporate the option to use numerical citation with continuous notes, which is widely used in books. As permitted by Standard ISO 690
"The numbers inserted in the text (in parentheses, brackets or superscripts) refer to notes, numbered according to the order of appearance in the text. Notes may contain references to cited resources. If there are several citations of the same resource, they will be given separate note numbers. "
Now it isn´t possible
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Field mapping and labeling - motion picture
In the Video reference type the labels ‘Studio Location’ and ‘Distributer/Studio’ are used. However, in the Motion Picture reference type, instead of ‘Studio Location’ the label ‘Place of Publication’ is used.
This is confusing for students. Can the label be modified by RefWorks or alternatively is there a way to customise it locally for our institutional style?
There is also a strange mapping issue between Motion Picture and DVD:
- If you have a record in ‘Video’ ref type format and change it to ‘Motion Picture’, you have to do delete ‘Medium’ and then add it again (otherwise it does…1 vote -
Add media Type field to references for BibTex
LaTex references are allowed to have a media Type field that is not currently an option in Refworks. This field when available and used can specify the media type in a bracket. For example, a personal communication reference with Type field set to Email will have [Email] specified in the bibliographic after compiled. Like so:
Chapman, S. (2021, Feb 4,). Re: Recreating DFN model in 2018 paper [Email].
This field should be available when selecting Personal Communication as a reference type.
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Please make en offline installer of Refworks RCM, .msi or .exe file
To use Refworks RCM in our enviroment we need to distribute the Word 2019 addin as an .msi or .exe file (from SCCM) as we can't get access Microsoft Store nor use an a local SharePoint solution
Please make an downloadble installation possibility,
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Add dataset as item type
As NIH gears up to enforce a new data management and sharing plan and librarians work with researchers to develop plans and create new norms, I think it is important for reference management tools to enable researchers to cite data by creating dataset as an item type.
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include web retrieval date in bibliography
I am using APA 7th addition and the bibliography is 'Checked' on. I want to include the retrieval date for my websites I am referencing, but I don't know how to add it?
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In mendeley, you see the time & date when uploading a reference to mendeley. I can only see a date in refworks. Please add timestamp.
In mendeley, you see the time & date when uploading a reference to mendeley. I can only see a date in refworks. Please add time stamp to refworks.
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For mac users of Korea, support Hangul RCM
Now in Korea, mac users are increasing. Many mac users of Korea need the Hangul RCM. Most Koreans are using the Hangul to write document. I look forward to positive reply.
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Customizable order of fields in a citation's edit pane
We had an inquiry/feedback request regarding the order of fields that appear in the RefWorks edit pane.
Is it possible to re-order/re-organize the order of the editable fields based on individual personal preference?
I.e., if a user would like to view their Notes field prior to viewing Tags in an individual resource, they would be able to re-sort the fields as appropriate to promote Notes.
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Font sizing issue even after corrected. New citations resort all intext citations to 11, even the already correct intext ones.
When putting a new citation in every citation resorts back to font size 11 changing the entire document (thesis chapters).
Improvement: Once a citation is in a sizes correctly, keep it so. this should not be resized everytime a new citation is added.
Point: pre-updated refworks didnt have this issue, so this should have a solution.
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