Reference management workshop handouts and videos
Presentation slides, handouts and webinar recordings from our Bodleian iSkills workshops on the theme of managing your references.
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Referencing: choosing and using software for referencing
- Choosing and using: video tutorial
Recorded July 2022
Download the video transcript - Choosing and using: tutorial presentation
Updated July 2022
- Choosing and using: presentation
Updated April 2022 - EndNote: task sheet
Updated October 2022 - Software comparison
Updated April 2022 - RefWorks: task sheet
Updated October 2022 - Zotero: task sheet
Updated January 2023 - Notes on footnotes
Updated April 2022
Referencing: EndNote
- Endnote: presentation
Updated February 2023 - EndNote: generic handout
Updated October 2022 - EndNote: webinar
Recorded November 2021
- Humanities databases
Updated May 2023 - English Literature; Modern Languages and Literature; Linguistics databases
Updated May 2023 - Medical Sciences and MPLS Databases
Updated May 2023 - Social Science databases
Updated May 2023
Referencing: RefWorks
- Signing up for a RefWorks account
Updated February 2021
- Adding a reference manually
Updated February 2021 - Adding and using the Save to RefWorks plugin
Updated October 2022 - Adding PDFs to RefWorks via drag and drop
Updated February 2021
- SOLO
Updated February 2021 - Arxiv
Updated May 2021 - Bibliography of British and Irish History
Updated April 2021 - EBSCO databases (e.g. Historical Abstracts, ATLA religion, American History and Life)
Updated April 2021 - Google Scholar
Updated February 2021 - JSTOR
Updated April 2021 - MathSciNet
Updated April 2021 - MLA
Updated April 2021 - OVID Databases
Updated February 2021 - Proquest databases
Updated October 2022 - PubMed
Updated February 2021 - Scopus
Updated February 2021 - Web of Science
Updated October 2022
- Working with edited books and book chapters/sections
Updated February 2021 - Editing a reference and adding personal notes
Updated May 2021
- Using folders in RefWorks
Updated February 2021 - Sharing folders in RefWorks
Updated February 2021 - Finding duplicates
Updated February 2021
- 'Write N Cite' – using RefWorks with Word for Windows (all versions) and Word for Mac (versions prior to Word 2016) to create in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies
Updated February 2021 - 'RefWorks Citation Manager' – using RefWorks with Word 2016 (or later) and Word for Mac to create in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies
Updated October 2022 - Citing in Google Docs – create in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies
Updated October 2022 - Using Quick Cite to create in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies
QuickCite can be used to add citations to documents without installing 'Write n Cite' or 'Citation Manager'. Updated May 2021 - Creating a bibliography from RefWorks (without using Word processor plug ins)
Updated February 2021
- Refworks: presentation (online workshop)
Updated May 2022 - Refworks: presentation (in-person workshop)
Updated May 2022 - Refworks: webinar
Updated November 2021
Referencing: Zotero
- Zotero set up and exercise
Updated October 2021 - Zotero: presentation (online workshop)
Updated May 2022 - Zotero: presentation (in-person workshop)
Updated May 2023 - Introduction to Zetero: webinar
Recorded November 2021
Related links
- Workshops
Book onto an available workshop - Reference Management guide
A detailed guide for the reference management software supported by the Bodleian Libraries - Medical Science Divisions and OUH staff handouts
Workshop handouts for using Endnote and Mendeley for MSD and OUH staff