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What is RefWorks?

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management tool. RefWorks is freely available to all current Penn students, faculty, and staff.

What can I do with RefWorks?

• Create a personal database online
• Import references automatically from most research databases and library catalogs
• Organize and annotate references
• Format references and bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents

How do I get a RefWorks account?
You can create an account from on or off campus.

How do I access RefWorks?
You can access your RefWorks account from on or off campus. Off-campus users must authenticate through the library proxy server. To access RefWorks through the proxy server, you can:

• always access RefWorks from links on our library web pages or
• create a bookmark or shortcut to the following address:
  http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/13307