Who Needs RefWorks?

Anyone who does academic research.

Are the sources for your next paper scattered all over your gmail account, Blackboard, a flash drive and some scraps of paper in the bottom of your backpack?  Have some disappeared, never to be found? Does it drive you crazy trying to remember whether a citation's title is underlined in APA? 

RefWorks can help with that (and a whole lot more).  It's an online citation manager, available via the Library's web site, which helps collect, organize and format (APA, MLA, etc.) bibliographic references: books, articles, just about any source you might use.

Because we think RefWorks is so helpful, and because we think you're going to love it, we're offering introductory workshops all next week - for everyone and anyone.  Here's the schedule:




Monday Nov 26: 2:30pm-3:30pm
Tuesday Nov 27: 11:30am-12:30pm
Tuesday Nov 27: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Wednesday Nov 28: 1pm-2pm


These are one-hour drop-in sessions - just pick the time that's right for you and show up (if you have a laptop, bring it along). Head to the Library's classroom at the far end of the first floor You'll be glad you did.



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