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Organizing References in Refworks

If you are planning to import citations from several different subject areas into RefWorks, it is helpful to begin putting your citations into folders so that you can keep your references organized.

To create a folder:

1. Choose “New Folder”.

2. Enter a name in “New Folder Name”; and click “Create”.  You will be brought to a listing of all the folders you have created.

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To place references in a folder:

1. Go to the “View” menu. Choose “View Folder” and “Not in a Folder”.

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2. A list of references not filed in a folder will appear.

3. Mark the references you would like to go into a folder then click the button titled Selected.

4. Select the desired folder by clicking on the folder icon Folders photo 4and a drop-down menu will appear.

5. References will automatically be added to the indicated folder on a page-by-page basis.

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