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Share references with other projects (under the same account)
I need to share references with different projects and there is no way to do that. Please advise or add that feature. Thanks!
4 votesAlready Supported ·
AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
To move/copy references between projects, export the references from the initial project where they are placed and import them into the other project(s), or use sharing. See more details in the “To move references from one project to another:” section here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/RefWorks/Product_Documentation/RefWorks_User_Guide/0400_Managing_References#Working_with_Projects
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Ability for Admin to remove users
I would like to have the ability to remove users as an admin capability.
12 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
Admins can remove users by pressing the Actions button near the user name and selecting Deactivate User. If you do not have this option enabled please open a support case at https://supportcase.exlibrisgroup.com/?product=Refworks
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Empower Users to Continue Access to Data Post-Graduation
Logging in using institutional Shibboleth is easiest for the majority of users. However, this method of authentication only works so long as they continue their institutional affiliation. Please design a way for users to select their login preferences after the initial account creation, in order to offer users the option to change their sign-in to an email address and password of their choice. This will help them continue access post-graduation, which is particularly important for graduate students.
1 voteAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
In the login screen users can log in with their email and password or by selecting their institution from the drop down list (Shibboleth). If they left the institution they should simply use their email and password (defined when they initially created the account). They can change the email address associated with their account under Settings (to a non-institutional email), and if they forgot the password they originally defined they can click on Forgot Password.
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Search Using Keywords
When an article is read through the refworks, currently keywords cannot be searched nor highlighted. Currently, the paper should be downloaded to the computer and then searched using Ctrl+F. It would be great, to have this option in refworks itself.
1 voteAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
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When viewing an attachment in RefWorks (by pressing on Read in the preview pane) words can be highlighted and annotations can be made.
When using the RefWorks search bar (in the top tool bar, to the right of Tools), it searches in the attachment and in the annotations. -
When clicking on a citation, I'd like to be able to view which other RefWorks folders a citation has been added to.
It is possible to add single citations to multiple folders. I would like to click on a citation, and see which folders it has been added to.
1 voteAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
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In Normal view, all folders in which the reference is stored are displayed in blue font.
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Make it possible to save/ print draft of bibliography. Cannot access it outside ofRefWorks.
Make it possible to save/print draft of bibliography on my PC. cannot access it outside of RefWorks.
Thank you.1 voteAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
Using the Copy To Clipboard option you can copy the bibliography from RefWorks to another application and save/print it. In addition you can use the Word and Google Docs add-ins to insert a bibliography directly into your paper.
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Want to collect past Sessions from Usage Statistics
We can get sessions of only the year that we access the usage statistics page now, but we actually want to get ones of the previous year or before.
3 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
In the date drop down select “Custom” instead of “Year-to-Date” and enter the desired date range.
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Google Docs Tool -- Add the ability to include page numbers as part of the in-text citation
In APA if you are using a direct quote one should include the page number(s) as part of the in-text citation. In the Google docs tool, there is a space for adding page numbers for that very reason, but it's grayed out and unusable.
Our students primarily use Google docs for their writing so this would be super helpful.
14 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
APA 7th in-text citations do not include page numbers, unless there is a direct quote. Therefore the pages option is grayed out when selecting APA 7th. It is available for styles that include page numbers, such as MLA 7th Edition. There are two workarounds that allow editing page numbers when the style does not require them:
- Create a custom style with pages included and share it as an institutional style. For details refer to this section of the RefWorks Customer Knowledge Center: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/RefWorks/Product_Documentation/RefWorks_User_Guide/0900_Managing_Citation_Styles#Editing_Non-CSL_Citation_Styles. Note that this style would then apply to all in-text citations in the document, whether they are direct quote or not.
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I would appreciate if you could tell me how to install a style from CSL and how to create or modify a style
I would appreciate if you could tell me how to install a style from CSL and how to create or modify a style
2 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
CSL styles are supported in RefWorks from the July 2018 release, there is no need to install them. For instructions on how to edit styles please refer to the following link: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/RefWorks/Product_Documentation/RefWorks_User_Guide/0900_Appendix%3A_Managing_Citation_Styles
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'Create a new account' when linking to New RefWorks for the first time from a search tool (Google Scholar, Primo etc)?
From Google Scholar, Primo etc, when you click on the RefWorks link next to each search record, it takes you to the following page:
https://refworks.proquest.com/combined-export/?groupcode=RWMiddlesexU&detoken=XBLgJo9sJFPnYg1wJ%5B44
If you then select to export to the New Refworks, you are taken to the following page:
https://refworks.proquest.com/login/
However, this is problematic, as it does not offer the opportunity to 'Create a new Account'.
We think that users should be directed to the following URL instead: https://refworks.proquest.com/
10 votesLogin page defaults to user's account for export, if already logged in. Login page also offers create account link in the same way as https://refworks.proquest.com/
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Show author & date in Normal view (RW3)
For users with hundreds of records, we need to identify references in a long list of similar titles. Author or date sorting doesn't help if that info isn't visible. Normal view could be more citation-like, please.
39 votesWe released an update to the normal view that shows the author and date in Normal view.
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Show folder location
When displaying search results within Refworks, indicate the folder(s) where it resides.
25 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
In Normal and Full views, the folder name has always been displayed, however we recently changed the folder name to blue to make it more noticeable. We will consider showing the folder in Table and Citation views as well in the future.
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DOI search function
Under "Add Reference" Have a space to quickly input the DOI and find article based on that. Currently, there is a space to add that modifier under the Save to Refworks function, but all I continually get is "service is unavailable".
6 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
If the DOI field does not appear in the reference pane, click on “Add more fields…” and add the field. After entering all or part of the DOI, you can click on the lightning bolt icon to find possible matches.
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Add notes onto references.
It would be useful if you could add notes onto your reference as to the themes or something you want to touch on in your work. Tags and folders just aren't quite enough.
3 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
You can create a custom field and enter reference notes into that field.
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Search and find references by PMID!
can we search and find references by PMID?
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Small Caps
Some citation styles require small caps, yet there is no mechanism within RefWorks to generate them. This is problematic.
12 votesThis can be set using RefWorks Citation Style Editor. Title may be set to appear as UPPECASE, lowercase, Title Case and Sentence case
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Enable Option to Delete User Accounts
Currently Refworks doesn´t have the option for delete user accounts. Even if you send invitation for new users, you can not delete invitations.
Is extrange because, you can give admin privilegies to account but you can not delete it.
7 votesCurrently in new RefWorks Admins can deactivate user accounts. Please let us know if there is something about this feature that you would like enhanced.
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Browser Extensions for Importing
Provide a browser add-on or extension which paints a button on database pages to easily download the citation, but also the full text.
4 votesAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
The Save to RefWorks browser bookmarklet performs this functionality.
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viewing more than 50 documents simultaneously
If you have hundreds of unwanted references in 'not in a folder', it takes a lot of time to delete them all if this can only be done in cohorts of only 50...
1 voteAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
Up to 2000 references can be displayed per page, and can be deleted in bulk.
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Have an option the clear the recent downloaded once they are placed in a folder
Have an option the clear the recent downloaded once they are placed in a folder
1 voteAlready Supported ·AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher
(VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris)
responded
References can be deleted from the Last Imported folder by selecting the relevant references and clicking the Delete button in the top bar.
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