Answered By: Dan Reboussin Last Updated: Oct 29, 2014 Views: 539
No single solution works for every user. The RefWorks/Citation Resources LibGuide provides a number of useful related links on using various scholarly citation styles.
Other citation managers are available for Mac users (Bookends is one; they provide online tutorials), but these vary in quality, price, and (probably especially for graduate students) suitability for your needs. You may consider multiplatform applications such as EndNote, which is affiliated with
Thomson Reuters. EndNote works best with databases
such as ISI Web of Knowledge including the Social Science Citation Index. RefWorks is associated with ProQuest and users often find
it works best with the Cambridge Scientific Abstracts (CSA Illumina) databases they publish.
There's no perfect solution or one best bibliographic citation manager. As with many things, it depends on your needs, preferences, resources, work habits and academic discipline (including which databases you use the most). Some users of citation managers find they spend too much time managing the software, rather than on their work (that was my experience years ago, though many people swear they couldn't work without the software). My best advice is to evaluate or try out a variety of software packages before you buy or commit to any of them.
Registering for RefWorks
1. You must create your own RefWorks account. To register, you must be on campus or log on remotely.
2. Once connected to UF, go to Refworks and click on Sign Up for an Individual Account.
3. Enter your Gatorlink information and create a username.
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