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1	Formatting a paper & bibliography with RefWorks & Write-N-Cite Benedictine University Library www.ben.edu/library 630-829-6057
2	About Write-N-Cite Free plugin from RefWorks Must be installed on PC Must be connected to Internet to use Operating system & word processor requirements: Windows: Microsoft Word 2000 or later Word for Macintosh 98 or later with operating system Mac OS X version 10.3 or later
3	What Write-N-Cite does Lets you insert in-line references from RefWorks as you type your paper Will create a formatted bibliography with all the references you used
4	Installing Write-N-Cite Go to www.refworks.com Log in to your RefWorks account
5	Installing Write-N-Cite Click on Tools menu à Write-N-Cite
6	Installing Write-N-Cite Click on a link to begin download
7	Installing Write-N-Cite Choose installation options
8	Installing Write-N-Cite When installation finishes you will have a Write-N-Cite icon on your desktop and a Write-N-Cite toolbar in Word (if you chose this option at installation)
9	Using Write-N-Cite Start Write-N-Cite from the toolbar in Word (if you chose this option at installation)... or from the Write-N-Cite icon on your desktop (this will also automatically open Word)
10	Using Write-N-Cite Log in to your RefWorks account
11	Using Write-N-Cite Your RefWorks citations will display
12	Using Write-N-Cite To use a specific folder go to Viewà Folder & select a folder
13	Start typing your paper My Sample Paper This paper demonstrates how RefWorks inserts references within a paper and formats a bibliography at the end.
14	Start typing your paper. When you get to a point where you want to insert a citation... My Sample Paper This is a test to demonstrate how RefWorks inserts references within a paper and formats a bibliography at the end
15	Select the citation from the Write-N-Cite window & click “cite” My Sample Paper This is a test to demonstrate how RefWorks inserts references within a paper and formats a bibliography at the end
16	Write-N-Cite will insert a citation placeholder for your citation My Sample Paper This is a test to demonstrate how RefWorks inserts references within a paper and formats a bibliography at the end {{415 Branchini,B.R. 2005; }}
17	Your completed paper will look something like this My Sample Paper This is a test to demonstrate how RefWorks inserts references within a paper and formats a bibliography at the end {{415 Branchini,B.R. 2005; }}. Here is an example of another reference {{54 Budinger,T.,F. 1999; }}, and another one besides that {{56 Contag,Christopher,H. 2002; }}. You can also insert multiple references {{65 Drew,Barry 1 2003;411 Marques,C.N. 2005; }}.
18	When your paper is done, click on “Bibliography”
19	Choose the citation style (“output style”) to use
20	Click “Create Bibliography”
21	You should receive a confirmation message...
22	...and your formatted paper will appear in another Word document, with the word “Final” in front of your document’s name
23	The inline “placeholders” will be replaced with properly formatted citations...
24	...and your formatted bibliography will appear at the end
25	Check your paper & bibliography for errors (“Garbage in, garbage out”...) Authors or titles in ALL CAPS? Misspellings? Incomplete citations? Fix any problems in RefWorks and/or your original paper, then re-run “Create Bibliography”
26	For more help... Select “Help” within Write-N-Cite: Contact the Reference Desk: (630) 829-6057 \| email: libref@ben.edu