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Archaeology

Creating an Account

Getting Started

New users must create a personal account to get started.

  • Access the RefWorks website.
  • Select “Create Account” on the RefWorks page.  You will need to enter your Quinnipiac University email account (make sure to use quinnipiac.edu not qu.edu) and create a password.  Next, activate your account (you'll receive an email with a link to complete the registration process).
  • After creating your account, you are ready to populate your RefWorks database with citations.

Directions

Your citation information will come from a variety of sources. 

Choose the appropriate one from the list below to see specific instructions on how to import the citation data into your RefWorks account.

Save articles from the Web using Save to RefWorks

RefWorks has an easy to use tool that installs in any web browser called the Save to RefWorks button.  The Save to RefWorks button grabs information from any web page – in some cases a complete article – and adds it to your RefWorks library. 

To add the Save to RefWorks button to your browser, click on Tools and select Tools (screen shot below).   Simply drag the Save to RefWorks button to your browser.  Once you’ve installed it, go to any web page and click the Save to RefWorks button to capture the information.

You can easily review the information about the webpage (metadata) and edit it prior to importing into RefWorks.  This is an important step since what RefWorks can capture varies from webpage to webpage.  Please see below for an example of a webpage (CDC) and the Save to RefWorks information panel.  The first thing to check at the top is the option, Type of Reference, and verify that it indicates Web Page.