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  1. Archival material

    Would you please consider creating a reference type for "archival material?" I'm doing a fair amount of primary source research in archives and whatnot and it would be awesome to have an appropriate reference type in RW.

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  2. Remove case sensitive restrictions on account registration

    Clients attempting to create new accounts receive the "We're sorry, but it seems your institution does not have a RefWorks subscription" message when capital letters are used in an email address, but are able to create accounts when typing addresses in lowercase letters. A "case sensitive" message would help to resolve this confusion. Alternatively, and better, would be to simply make this field not case sensitive.

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  3. Output RefID to reference list

    Could you please add function in order to add RefID field when we edit or create citation styles?

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  4. citation in text with APA7 must have the option of "page number" (p.x) in text. For example: (González, 2012, p. 234)

    citation in text with APA7 must have the option of "page number" (p.x) in the text. For example: (González, 2012, p. 234)

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  5. Refworks citation manager

    Refworks citation manager - the order of folders to narrow the citation selection from 'all references' down to a particular folder should be reversed, such that the most recent folder created, and therefore the one most likely to be required, should be at the top of the list and not the bottom.

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  6. Localised variations of referencing styles

    Is there a way that our RefWorks accounts can link into the various styles of referencing used by various institutions in Ireland? Hospital staff attend courses in various 3rd level institutions throughout the country and the referencing styles used seem to have localised variations when compared to the styles listed in RefWorks.

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  7. Compartir una carpeta de referencias con el enlace a la misma, para que pueda acceder quien lo tenga.

    Compartir el enlace permite que la persona acceda a las referencias, aunque no haga parte de la organización a la que yo pertenezco. Esto es ideal para cuando se realizan investigaciones con otras instituciones.

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  8. Include number of references in file view

    Finding a reference is difficult in category view, please make it more easier to spot how many references a material is having when navigating to the contents of a folder or a section.
    By having a reference number outside it will be easier to filter just by going through files without need to open then scroll all the way down to find it https://buyessays.us

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  9. Por favor exportar con formato xml

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  10. 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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  11. Java issue

    Java is going to be absolute soon. And Installing requires Java, the latest version of java app installed the MacBook with MSOffice latest patch and everything, still, I can not install RefWorks to the computer. Can you help please...

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  12. Configure the "Citation View" "Settings" icon (the "Gear") to function in the Firefox browser

    The "Settings" gear icon in the "Citation View" does not function in the Firefox browser, i.e., the "Gear" icon does not respond to a mouse click. This feature works in Chrome as described in the User Guide and, once set using Chrome, displays the Citation Style selected using the Chrome browser.

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  13. Search option for document in google doc tool by Ref ID

    In word tool as well as in google doc tool if I want to cite the reference using Ref ID search (which is good new idea) but not able to do it. So not useful due to this limitation.

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  14. Importing from Legacy RefWorks doesn't organize them by their orignal folder. I have 171 references that are just dumped into my library.

    Let me import my FOLDERS from legacy refworks.

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  15. support OSX Mojave

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  16. No menu bar above toolbar

    The blue menu bar doesn't reduce with the window, resulting in the account and language tab float over the toolbar. It prevents the user to access some tools when using RefWorks alongside other programs, with reduced windows side by side

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  17. in the "use login from my institution" area, they could sort it alphabetically and start with Athens instead of the whole Shiboletth list

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  18. Include information about RCM within the online RefWorks interface

    Currently in the Tools section of RefWorks there is only information on Write-n-Cite. Users are finding this and downloading Write-n-Cite when we are recommending they use RCM instead. Can the information on citing in Word in the Tools section be updated to explain that users can use RCM if they have Word 2016 or later?

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  19. Please make RefWorks for Google Docs compatible with Open Athens (single sign on)

    Please make RefWorks for Google Docs compatible with Single Sign such as OpenAthens. Our students don't want to use it since it requires an additional password.

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  20. APA Output Style

    Create an option to truncate or untruncate the output in APA. There are times when a truncated citation in APA format is fine. Other times, I need to have a list of each and every author.

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