RefWorks

Guide to using ProQuest's bibliographical manager.

Help

Have questions regarding RefWorks or need technical support? Contact the ProQuest Support Team for help.

E-mail us or telephone us +1- 800-521-0600 ext. 74440 or +1-734-997-4440

Support hours are:

Monday – Friday: 8:00 am – 9:00 pm Eastern Time

In addition, the new RefWorks Support Pages are available at any time.

Uploading PDFs

RefWorks allows you to upload or drag and drop a PDF of an article into the RefWorks browser interface. RefWorks will attempt to read some or all of the metadata from the PDF and populate the metadata fields. Always double-check the metadata fields are complete and accurate, as you are smarter than the automated-intelligence pulling the information from the document. Errors will result in incomplete and inaccurate citations.

To upload a PDF:

  1. Login in to RefWorks
  2. Click the + icon and select "upload document." This will launch your computer's folder system interface will show. 

     
  3. Select the PDF you want to upload.
  4. Choose the folder you want the PDF reference to appear in after upload. If you do not choose a folder it will appear in your "Last Imported" folder.
  5. RefWorks will attempt to pull the metadata from the PDF. When complete a "X documents have been uploaded."
  6. As always, double-check the metadata and upload a copy of the full-text as a PDF if the database did not pull it for you.

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