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• RefWorks site (Login) can help you manage your footnotes & bibliography on the web. Easy to use, interfaces directly with MS Word to create footnotes & bibliographies
  • For off campus use, get the York group code here.
  • FAQ and Instructions for various databases
  • RefWorks Tutorial
  • For ACM Digital Library & other databases like dblp, you can import from the bibtex format.
    • Use the References–>Import Feature

• Key points:

• Don’t forget to install Write-n-Cite on your PC. It’s in the Tools menu
• Also don’t forget to move items out of the “Last Imported” folder into the folder you create for your course
• Lastly, don’t forget to use “Edit citation” in the Write-n-cite application to get page numbers!

• Zotero and Mendeley are other options

• Library Footnotes, Bibliographies, RefWorks page

• Plan B: various style guides & Landmarks Citation Machine

• Need to use Passport York or bar code number & PIN from library card to authenticate as a York user
• Information here on logging in
• Remember: Use the library web page or this blog post for the link as it will prompt for login

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