With an update in May, RefWorks, the web-based citation management tool used in the UI Libraries, now has even more features.

First, Write-N-Cite III (the tool that allows RefWorks and MS Word to interact) is now generally available (previously it was in beta).  Key things you should know about Write-N-Cite III (WNC III) are:

• Required for users running Vista and/or Word 2007 and is optional for other users
• Single-document formatting (instead of the unformatted and “final” formatted versions that Write-N-Cite II (WNC II) created)
• Faster formatting, especially of large documents
• Offline capabilities (you can download a copy of your database and then insert citations even when there is no internet access)
• Documents created with WNC II (the previous version) need to be converted before they can be used with WNC III

For more information on using WNC III, please contact us or look at the instructions at  http://www.refworks.com/Refworks/help/Refworks.htm#Using_Write-N-Cite_for_Windows_III.htm

Second, Write-N-Cite 2.5 for Mac is now available.  This update allows WNC to work with the Leopard operating system and Word 2008.  No other major features were added.

Finally, you are now able to attach documents (Word files, PDFs, JPEGs, etc.) to a RefWorks record.  This is useful if you want to keep a copy of the article with the record on the RefWorks server.  There is a 100mb upload limit (this should cover at least 100-200 articles in most cases).  The RefWorks administrators can increase this limit on a case by case basis. More information can be found in the RefWorks FAQ at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/find/refworks/#9.

If you have any questions, please contact either Steve Ostrem in the Main Library at 335-5521 or Jonathan Koffel at the Hardin Health Sciences Library at 335-9731.