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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.
15 votesWe are considering this idea for future development.
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Option to add to the field "short title" to the bibliography, citations and footnotes
In the citation style editor I am not able to add the field "short title" to my bibliography, citations or footnotes. Only the reference type Generic contains the field short title.
But for some citation styles it is required.4 votes -
1 vote
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Be able to support https callback.
It does not support https callback right now. With the wide-spread adoption of https, this should be supported.
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Quick Cite: Support footnotes
Quick Cite does not currently support notes.
5 votes -
Integrate RefWorks with Systematic Review Software
Simple, one-click exports to the a systematic review sofware like Coividence or DistillerSR
22 votes -
Opportunity for creating hyperlinks between in-text ctations and related references in the bibliography
As lots of reports are read as pfd-files is would be a nice help for the reader to have the possibility to jump from the in-text citation to the appropriate entry in the bibliography. Creating Hyperlinks Between In-text Citations and Related References is an option that has been seen at other reference tools
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Add RSS feeds to folders
Provide a simple RSS feed of a folder for sharing of references without the attachments.
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Assign custom sorting: chronologically, but in 17th ed. Chicago Style-Notes and Bib
While I want my entries to remain in Chicago Style, sometimes it is helpful to sort chronologically, but in more detail than RW currently allows which is only by year then author. I want to order the list more accurately: Year Ascending; Month Ascending; Day Ascending; Author; Title. I realize I can reorder the fields to begin with the full date, but then they are not in Chicago Style. How can I reorder the citations to be truly chronological (as I will have multiple dates within each year), without changing the Chicago Style order of each field?
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Show Author Address/Affiliation in the Full View
I manage an institutional database in legacy RefWorks, where it is vital, that I can see the author affiliation in reference.
Please make this field visible in New RefWorks as well.
11 votes -
Problems with entering date
When full dates are entered in long date format (i.e. February 3, 2018), a comma is being added after the day number in the APA Citation view (i.e. 2018, Feb 3,). However, it should be displayed without the final comma (i.e. 2018, Feb 3). Entering the date without a comma (i.e. February 3 2018) into the 'Publish Date' field seems to correct the issue, but does not match the format of date as suggested by the in-field tip (i.e. "Mar 12, 2015" or "2015").
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Copy and paste ready-material citation style from other Sources
Ready-made citations are provided in some databases. However, there is no 'copy and paste' function in Refworks to import them. The articles from four very popular databases cannot be grabbed by 'Save to Refworks' - Britannica School, Questia, Statista and Discovery Education Streaming. But the databases provide citations, it is ashamed that the data cannot be transferred to Refworks easily.
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Include resource types for Interview and Survey
Interview and Survey are 2 very common and popular resources types for student's project. However, they cannot be found on the pull down menu under 'Resources Type".
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Combining citations when article was published in installments, in Chicago Style
When a journal article is published in installments, over the course of at least two issues, according to Chicago Style, it should appear this way:
Brown, George C., ed. “A Swedish Traveler in Early Wisconsin: The Observations of Fredrika Bremer.” Pts. 1 and 2. Wisconsin Magazine of History 61 (Summer 1978): 300–318; 62 (Autumn 1978): 41–56.
Mine turns out like this, even after I edited the “Edition” field so it could have the “Pts. 1 and 2” included:
McLaughlin, George. "Cincinnati Artists of the Munich School." Pts. 1 and 2. The American Art Review 2, no. 1, 2 (Nov., Dec.…
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traductor de texto
incrementar en herramientas o en una pestaña nueva un traductor de textos y documentos
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Be able to import your school contact list for student/faculty emails into RefWorks
It would be great if we could have our school's contact info for emails imported into RefWorks so it was not necessary to manually type out each person's email for when you share a folder. This would greatly help when sharing with more than one person.
3 votes -
Fix discrepancy in handling of 'retrieved' date
In Edit record mode, 'Date retrieved' is a single uncontrolled text string. In Output Style editor, this data is split across two elements 'Retrieved (month/day)' and 'Retrieved (year)'. This means you risk ending up either with incomplete retrieved dates or with a repeat of the retrieval year in the citation output, depending on how the data is stored. Can these different data components by standardized, so that retrieval data is handled consistently?
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Provide detailed instructions for importing from MathSciNet
Please provide detailed instructions for importing from MathSciNet, so that the user doesn't have to take lots of time to reconstruct them. They were provided in legacy RW.
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Search output styles with other criteria than name of the style
For example by subject areas, citation systems (for example footnotes, intext citations) or language
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Enable analytics to refine display of usage stats by IP range or email domain
We would like to be able to access usage stats for partner institutions to whom we offer access to RefWorks via our account. This access has been set up using IP address ranges and email domains.
7 votes
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