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  1. Remove the option in footnote styles to insert an in text citation or a footnote

    At the University of Leicester, UK, we have our own footnote style, based on MHRA. It does not include in text citations, so we would like local administrators to be able to delete or suppress the choice between in text citations and footnotes when inserting references in our style in RefWorks Citation Manager.

    1 vote
    Already Supported  ·  0 comments  ·  Writing Tools  ·  Admin →

  2. Please add a prompt for "forgot password".

    1 vote
    Already Supported  ·  4 comments  ·  Administrator Tools  ·  Admin →

  3. Please fix the ability for the Website field to show when creating a website citation manually

    Please fix the ability for the Website field to show when creating a website citation manually. Currently, the website data does not show up in the citation.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Importing References  ·  Admin →

  4. Automatically switch from Title to Short Title in repeated references

    In Chicago Notes & Bibliography style, repeated references are supposed to display a shortened title.

    For example, the following book:

    Barbie Zelizer, Remembering to Forget: Holocaust Memory through the Camera's Eye (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003), 7.

    Subsequent citations after the first should appear as:

    Zelizer, Remembering to Forget 7.

    Please add an option to replace the Title field with the Short Title field in repeated references. (Or better yet, use AI to automate shortening titles!)

    4 votes
    0 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →
    Already Supported  ·  AdminRefworks Admin (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    Users may set repeated references preferences in Citation Style Editor. More information can be found here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/RefWorks/Product_Documentation/RefWorks_User_Guide/0900_Managing_Citation_Styles#Editing_Custom_and_Out_of_the_Box_Styles

    For additional assistance, please contact Tech Support: https://support.proquest.com/s/refworks

  5. make the remove field code function for RCM

    Make the remove field code function for RCM

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Writing Tools  ·  Admin →
    Already Supported  ·  AdminRefworks Admin (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.

  6. 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.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Importing References  ·  Admin →

  7. 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.

    1 vote
    Already Supported  ·  0 comments  ·  Writing Tools  ·  Admin →

  8. Filter records with attachments

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

    3 votes
    0 comments  ·  Other  ·  Admin →

  9. Provide Searchable Databases List

    Could you please provide a list to see what databases are available by "Search Databases"?

    0 votes
    0 comments  ·  Search and Deduplication  ·  Admin →

  10. 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.

    8 votes
    1 comment  ·  Other  ·  Admin →

  11. add APA 7th edition

    My school requires APA 7th edition

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Writing Tools  ·  Admin →

  12. 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.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Writing Tools  ·  Admin →

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

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Writing Tools  ·  Admin →

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

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Importing References  ·  Admin →

  15. Improve CTR Harvard

    Being reluctant to create an institutional version of CTR Harvard, can the RefWorks supplied version of CTR Harvard be improved to make it more accurate? eg by making book/article titles sentence cased? or by the making the journal title, title cased? This is already done for APA.

    4 votes
    1 comment  ·  Other  ·  Admin →
    Already Supported  ·  AdminRefworks Admin (Admin, Ex Libris) responded

    RefWorks offers settings for casing: UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, and Sentence case. More information can be found here: https://knowledge.exlibrisgroup.com/RefWorks/Product_Documentation/RefWorks_User_Guide/0900_Managing_Citation_Styles#Field_Parameters

    Please, contact Tech Support for further assistance.

  16. 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.

    2 votes
    1 comment  ·  Other  ·  Admin →
    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).

  17. 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.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Other  ·  Admin →

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

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  User Interface  ·  Admin →

  19. "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.

    24 votes
    1 comment  ·  Writing Tools  ·  Admin →
    Already Supported  ·  AdminRefworks Admin (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”:

  20. 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.

    1 vote
    0 comments  ·  Importing References  ·  Admin →
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