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Add "one line one cite" feature. Gives people ability to insert in-text citations in programs other than Word or Google Docs.
Our campus is using Microsoft Office 365. The "one line one cite" feature that was available in the Legacy version gives the option of being able to insert citations/create bibliographies in other writing software.
32 votesWe are planning a One Line Cite equivalent. Once there will be a committed schedule this idea status will be updated.
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LibreOffice integration via a plugin (like Write-n-Cite with Word)
Although RefWorks supports exporting bibliographies in ODF format, it's missing the integration with LibreOffice. Other reference management tools do provide this, so it would be useful if RefWorks did as well. Thank you!
31 votesThe Quick Cite option can be used to copy citations and bibliographies into a document written in LibreOffice.
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Add the ability to resize the window of Write-N-CiteⅢ and WNC4
It may be useful for users to be able to change the window size of Write-n-Cite III and WNC 4 as they like.
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Add Menu for Language Setting on WnC
We can set the language by ourselves when we login to WnC with Legacy RefWorks account, but we cannot when we login to New version's account. Please add menu to set the language even when we login to WnC with New RefWorks accounts! This request is for users who also uses non-English languages in the world, but I think it is needed.
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RefWorks Citation Manager - change default to last folder used instead of "all references"
The RefWorks Citation Manager add-in always defaults to the “All references” folder after choosing an action. For example, if I go to a different folder and choose to “Edit & Cite” for one of the citations, it then toggles back to the All references folder instead of staying in the folder I had been using. This requires me to keep re-selecting the folder where I had accumulated sources for a project.
For workflow, it would be useful to have RefWorks Citation Manager default to folder last used instead of to All References.
16 votesWe are considering this idea for future development.
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HTTP prefix inserted to DOI
I'm very happy to hear that APA 7th was updated so that the correct prefix is now inserted to the doi code (see https://ideas.exlibrisgroup.com/forums/909445/suggestions/39183304).
Now, please note that this should apply also for all other major styles! The doi has really become a standard and therefore, reference management software should definitely support the use of doi, and expressly by inserting the entire prefix https://doi.org/ as now recommended in the latest Crossref standard https://www.crossref.org/display-guidelines/
So please, perform the corresponding update also to other major output styles, such as Chicago, Harvard,Vanouver
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Allow multiple independent bibliographies
Add an option to start a second new bibliography within a single document. This would be ideal for writing chapters where each section needs a separate bibliography.
This would be very simple to add and would help with keeping formating consistent for other objects in documents like figures.
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RCM: Add a "Recent" or "Frequently Used" option to help users easily retrieve references that have been recently/frequently used.
Add a "Recent" or "Frequently Used" option to RCM to help users easily retrieve references that have been recently/frequently used.
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Allow direct download of bibliography
Allow direct download of bibliography with the file type of choice like the old RefWorks
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I would like to suggest that an upgrade be written so RefWorks can interface with Scrivener.
It would be very handy to be able to import citations into the Scrivener writing system, as opposed to just having access to Word, etc.
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"Remove Field Codes" in WnC is an invaluable function for faculty and grad students. Please add to RCM.
Publishers do not want RefWorks field codes in submitted manuscripts. WnC provides this valuable function, but faculty and graduate students, who because of their platform must use RCM, do not have this feature. I submit that RCM must have this capability for this population of users.
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Edit in-line citation output style
There are some ways to edit the in-line citations (ex: supress author, add suffix), but no way to edit the overall display format like there is for the bibliography format in the output styles. An example of how this is useful is when I want to cite multiple sources but have a semi-colon between references rather than a comma, since I am delineating specific page numbers and am already using a comma for that.
Additionally, it would be great to see a preview of both the in-line text and the bibliography in RefWorks for a given output style, rather than…
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Write-n-Cite
Apreciados señores RefWords, les agradezco me colaboren informandome como hablitar el Write-n-Cite en el word de Microsoft offcie 365 proplus.
Gracias por su respuesta
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Technical standards currently uses the default reference type. We would prefer it to use Cite Them Right's Harvard specification
Cite Them Right defines it as:
Name of authorising organisation (Year of publication) Number and title of standard. Place of publication: publisher OR Available at: URL (Accessed: date).
(see attached screenshot for italics)
This could also be applied to Summon's Harvard output style which is also deficient. For example, on Summon the Harvard output style cites:
ASTM International 2017, Standard Practice for Sampling Freshly Mixed Concrete. This omits the parentheses around the year, and there is no metadata for: Place of publication: publisher. Similarly, for a BS EN ISO standard, the output is also wonky -- it should display British…6 votes -
Quick Cite: Support footnotes
Quick Cite does not currently support notes.
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To cite in Author(year) format, currently Refworks allows to hide the author in the default format (Author, year) and we need to write manu
To cite in Author(year) format, currently Refworks allows to hide the author in the default format (Author, year) and we need to write manually the author names outside the parenthesis.
This is error prone and time consuming.
Please bring in an option as a drop-down/tick box where "Author(year)" is also one choice. Endnote does this beautifully. See the attached illustration.
Thank you
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Allow page numbers to be included in in-text citation for books in Google Doc AddOn
It is currently not possible to add a specific page number or page range to an in-text citation when citing pages from a book. It is very common to need to cite particular pages, rather than a full book, so I expect this feature would be widely welcomed and used. Thank you!
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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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"Refworks Citation Manager (RCM)"
I would like "Refworks Citation Manager (RCM)" to appear explicitly in Tools / Cite references in the word processor / Microsoft word, since it is surprising not to find this term, because in the videos he is mentioned
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Write-n-Cite
Dear RefWords gentlemen, I thank you for collaborating informing me how to speak the Write-n-Cite in the Microsoft word offcie 365 proplus.
3 votes
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