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  1. make the remove field code function for RCM

    Make the remove field code function for RCM

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    Already Supported  ·  AdminClaudia Prokopczuk (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Thank you for your feedback. Field codes in MS Office add-ins are controlled by Microsoft. To remove content control in Word while using RCM, right click on in-text citation and click Remove Content Control. Note, once this is done, RCM will no longer recognize the in-text citation, as it will be saved as text.

  2. Destination folder in the Save to RefWorks extension

    When you use the Save to Refworks extension in your browser there's the option to import directly to an specific folder, but you have to click it every time. It would be an improvement to have a folder by default that you can change, not click it every time.

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  3. Stop Deleting Comments so Easily

    On a document, I am writing many lengthy comments, yet it seems I keep clicking to edit a comment that I have already written and the entire paragraph worth of comments is deleted. Please make a function where it prompts a box to ask if the user wants to delete the comment rather than deleting it automatically.

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  4. Filter records with attachments

    Enable users to search for records which have an attachment(s).

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  5. I would suggest offering individual accounts.

    I have now used Refworks at 2 different institutions in 2 different states for over a decade. I love it and it is all I have ever used. I do worry, though, about losing access to thousands of references if the institution I am currently accessing it through decides to go with a different platform or vendor.

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  6. add APA 7th edition

    My school requires APA 7th edition

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  7. Create Bibliography Using Sources From Multiple Folders

    I would like to utilize subfolders for a literature review based on themes. However, I confirmed with support that there is no way to select sources from multiple folders when using the "Create Bibliography" feature. This would be a helpful feature to add.

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    Already Supported  ·  AdminShalhevet Bar-Asher (VP, Research Information Management, Ex Libris) responded

    While you can’t select references from multiple folders there are two ways to create such a bibliography:
    1. Select Create Bibliography from the All References tab and not from a specific folder.
    2. Create a new folder and copy to it all relevant references (this is similar to My List in legacy RefWorks with the added benefit that it won’t be cleared when you logout, as is the case with My List).

  8. "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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    Already Supported  ·  AdminClaudia Prokopczuk (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    RCM does not use field codes; it uses content control. To utilize this, you will want to follow these steps:

    1. Write your document in Word, as usual.
    2. Insert desired citations using RCM
    3. Select all contents in Word (Ctrl+a)
    4. Right click on the content
    5. Click on “Remove Content Control”:

  9. Please could APA 7th be added as my university has now moved on from APA 6th

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  10. The APA 7th addition is out and it would be nice if you sent an update for it.

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  11. Viewing abstracts at once when folder is shared

    In Legacy RefWorks, when you share a folder with a patron, they have the option of viewing the full reference which will show the abstract. In New RefWorks, those who you share the folder with cannot customize their view. They have to click on each abstract to view each abstract.

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  12. I would love for APA 7th edition to be available now to me, that would help so much with classes?

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  13. Add Line Breaks to New RefWorks

    Please add a line break function to the style editor. For those of us that have to submit Working Bibliographies for auditing, it would be great if we were able to export our large amounts of references with the abstract already on the next line as opposed to having to go back and perform line breaks manually after exporting.

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  14. Accounts Created per Month in new Refworks

    The "Accounts Created per Month" statistics are offered by Legacy RefWorks but not by New RefWorks. These statistics are really useful to evaluate the RefWorks usage in our libraries and they are the second more important for us after the "New References".

    We like to have these statistics in New Refworks too.

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  15. Add APA 7

    Please update the Refworks Database to include the new APA 7 style for citations

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  16. Edit publication date in imported citations

    Books imported from library websites often show up with "[INVALID DATE]" instead of their real pubvlication date. Looks like the problem is that RefWorks can't handle two publication dates--the first edition's and the current printing. This is REALLY ANNOYING.... It would be great if the user could edit the date included in an imported reference to fix the default of [invalid date]. If this is possible, please let me know by replying to my email below. Thanks.

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  17. Ease of access to PDF attachments.

    I can only access the PDF attachments by going to Full View and searching through all the information that is shown. It would be great if the system would show that the PDF document is attached and have a link to open it on the side bar in Normal View. Or have the PDF automatically open when the title is double clicked.

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  18. ¿Cómo se puede volver a la página inicial estando en una carpeta? Debería estar claro el camino mediante una pestaña o un enlace.

    Estando en una carpeta no se ve con facilidad cómo volver a la página de inicio de la cuenta personal. Yo al menos no he encontrado el camino. Creo que ese problema se resolvería colocando una pestaña o un link que con hacer clic en él nos devolviese al inicio.

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  19. Create reports based on common wording in the "notes" field

    Some of the references I have collected are available only in a certain University. During the course of collecting the data, I mentioned in the "notes" field that these specific articles are available in that University. Now I want to go there and make a report/list of all the references of which I mentioned in the notes they are available there. How do I do it? Tag it? Can I create a report based on tagging?
    Might it be able to learn from the common wording I used in the notes field: "Available/accessible on XXX".

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  20. En el estilo de cita APA 6th edición

    Apa 6th edition. Problem with capitals

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