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  1. 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

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  2. 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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    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).

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  4. Search and find references by PMID!

    can we search and find references by PMID?

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  5. make the remove field code function for RCM

    Make the remove field code function for RCM

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    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.

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  7. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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.

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    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.

  12. ¿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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  13. Add APA 7

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

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  14. 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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  15. Stating the obvious

    I need to use your site to create references for online webpages, and it does not have an option to do so. There is no box to insert the url. Your site only allows us to either create references for documents like pdf files we find online and dowload, or those from the school database, most of which already have references listed in the description section.

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  16. 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.

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  17. 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.

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  18. 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.

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  19. 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...

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  20. 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

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