Dear RefWorks Administrator:

On Friday, January 4th, RefWorks is scheduled to release another feature upgrade to the program.  As in prior releases, most of the feature enhancements will be available instantly to all registered users without the need to download any upgrade programs, with the exception of the beta release of Write-N-Cite III which requires a small plug-in to be downloaded.  A notice of the January release, as detailed below, will be posted within the program for all users to review.

For those of you not aware, earlier this year, RefWorks began offering complimentary training webinars.  Each month a series of seminars (covering both Fundamentals and Advanced features) are conducted by the RefWorks Training & Technical Services Departments.  These sessions are open to all RefWorks users and registration is required.  Due to the popularity of the program in 2007, RefWorks plans to continue these in 2008 and will be expanding the availability of the sessions.  Our 2008 training webinar schedule will begin in February.  An up-to-date listing of scheduled sessions along with a link to the registration page can be found on our homepage.  Or, for those of you registered on the RefWorks Administrative Listserv, periodic notices will be posted to keep you up-to-date.  If you have not signed up for our Listserv, you can do so by simply sending an email to support@refworks.com.

As always, we hope these new features will provide you and your users with a number of new ways to manage your personal research data in an easier, more efficient manner. If you have any questions regarding these enhancements, please contact our Technical Services Team at support@refworks.com.

 


General Enhancements

Miscellaneous Enhancements

Administrator Tool Enhancements

 
General Enhancements

Write-N-Cite III for Windows with Off-line Capabilities (Beta)
Windows users can now write and format a paper completely off-line with this new version of Write-N-Cite.  Simply download your RefWorks database from within Write-N-Cite while online, then feel free to disconnect from the internet.  Full Write-N-Cite functionality is available – inserting temporary citation placeholders, viewing reference information, using the citation editor – even formatting your paper in the output style you choose.  All without accessing the internet.  For details on how to do this, see the online help section "Working Offline".
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Improved APA Bibliography Formatting
RefWorks is the first to automatically detect whether a reference has a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) or other electronic information and print the appropriate information in your bibliography when an APA output style is selected – meeting the new APA guidelines.

To do this, RefWorks made changes to its Output Style Editor.  Now when you create or modify an output style in RefWorks, there’s a new option in the Bibliography Settings area that allows you to Apply APA Rules for Electronic Source field inclusion.  This option can be used in any output style.  Here's how it works:  When this option is selected, RefWorks will look for Digital Object Identifier (DOI) information for the reference and print that first. If there is no DOI in the reference, then RefWorks will print the information in the Links field and the Retrieved Date.  If there is no DOI or Links information, RefWorks will print the Database information and Retrieved Date for a particular reference.  Note:  This setting only applies to references where the Source Type field is set to Electronic.
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Automated Marking of Duplicate References for Deletion
When using the Exact Match or Close Match duplicate detection features, RefWorks now pre-selects (marks) for deletion the newest duplicate reference.  Only one reference per matched references is selected (so if you have three versions of the same reference only the most recently added is pre-selected).  This can help make the deletion of duplicate records even easier!
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Improved RefGrab-It Results for PubMed and Amazon
RefGrab-It will now retrieve all the related articles for a record when looking at the detailed record view in PubMed.  When used with Amazon, related books will also be included.  This provides users with even more supplemental information to import directly into their RefWorks database.
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Deleted References Folder
References deleted from your account are now automatically stored for 30 days in the Deleted References folder.  This folder is accessible by selecting Folders, View, Deleted References from the toolbar.  References can be restored to their original location in your database from within this folder.  File attachments, RefShare comments and folder designation all remain until the reference is permanently deleted.
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Miscellaneous Enhancements
Reference Type Name Change
The current reference type Journal has been changed to Journal Article to better reflect the type of information being cited.  
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Reorganized Help File
The online help file has been reorganized to make it easier to find and locate information.  Topics have been consolidated into fewer, more logical groupings. 
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Administrator Tool Enhancements
Blackboard Building Block for v. 7.X
A new Blackboard building block for the RefWorks integration has been developed specifically to work with all Blackboard versions 7.0 and higher.  This building block is available in Administrator Central (Customizing Your RefWorks Site section).  Blackboard 6.X organizations can still use the older building block which is also available in Admin Central.
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Shibboleth Integration
RefWorks can now be integrated with Shibboleth for single login authentication. Please contact support@refworks.com if you are interested in this feature.
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Advanced Features Training Leader Guides
In the Admin Central area of the Administrator Tool, you'll now find a new set of training leader guides for conducting your own RefWorks Advanced Features training session.  These guides follow the Advanced Feature Training Outline and also the topics covered in our tutorial and webinars.  You can customize each module or the entire session to suit your needs.
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Advanced Features User Workbook
Also in Admin Central, we've added a new self-directed user study guide which provides exercises on topics covered in the Advanced Feature training session.  This can be used as a stand-alone guide or as a pre- or post-training handout.  Feel free to customize with your own examples.  A generic version is available in our online help along with the Fundamentals version of the workbook.
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