Savvy Searcher -- RefWorks

Himmelfarb Library is pleased to announce the availability of RefWorks, a web-based citation management tool. RefWorks is similar to EndNote or Reference Manager and allows users to store and organize a library of citations, insert the citations into a paper, and format the paper according to whatever bibliographic style is required.

Using RefWorks, users can import citations directly from multiple databases (including Ovid MEDLINE & Scopus), via text files (from PubMed), and from library catalogs (including Himmelfarb Library's). Imported citations can be organized into folders, edited, and accessed from any computer with Internet access.

To get started, first set up an account in RefWorks, then import citations that you're already working with (from Reference Manager or End Note), or begin a new database of citations. A Ref Works Quick Start Guide is available online at (www.gwumc.edu/library/tutorials/pdf/QuickStartGuide.pdf)

Currently, RefWorks can be accessed from on-campus locations via the link of Himmelfarb Library’s webpage. From off-campus locations, RefWorks is available via the VPN. For more information about off-campus access, please consult the Off-Campus Access Instructions (www.gwumc.edu/library/resources/offcampusinstr.cfm) or the Library’s Reference Desk (202-994-2850 or library@gwumc.edu).

Scopus

Through the end of September 2006, Scopus, a new interdisciplinary database, will be offered for evaluation by Himmelfarb Library. Scopus contains citations and abstracts for articles published in more than 14,200 peer-reviewed journals from more than 4,000 international publishers. Scopus is the largest citation and abstract database in the world and covers the contents of MEDLINE and EMBASE, in addition to other subject areas.

The advantage of using Scopus lies not only in its breadth, but also in its linking of citations based on cited and citing articles. For articles published from 1996 through the present, Scopus includes links to all articles in the original publication’s bibliography. Scopus also links to articles that have cited the original publication. By connecting the cited and citing articles, Scopus allows researchers to follow a chain of research publications and locate articles that might have been overlooked with more traditional subject and/or keyword searching.

Currently, Scopus can be accessed from on-campus locations via the link of Himmelfarb Library’s webpage, or directly at www.scopus.com. From off-campus locations, Scopus is available via the VPN. For more information about off-campus access, please consult the Off-Campus Access Instructions (www.gwumc.edu/library/resources/offcampusinstr.cfm) or the Library’s Reference Desk (202-994-2850 or library@gwumc.edu).