Legacy RefWorks Guide: Creating bibliographies

Some people use the terms bibliography and reference list synonymously.

When you are asked to produce a reference list or bibliography be sure that you are supplying what the requestor wants.

• A bibliography is a list of all the sources which you have consulted/read in preparing your thesis. However, you may not have cited or referred to these sources in your thesis
•  A reference list differs in that it only includes the sources that you have cited and not your background reading.

It would be useful to produce a list of the sources you have been consulting to show and share with your supervisor so they can assess whether you are using appropriate sources.

You can create a bibliography from a specific folder or the entire database:

• Select the folder that you want to create a bibliography of.  You can select individual references to include in the bibliography by using the tick boxes. If you want a bibliography of all of the references within you folders then click References at the top of the page

• Click Create Bibliography within RefWorks.
• Under Reference to Include From ensure that the references will be pulled from the sections that you require.
• Under Output Style, select the appropriate style.
• Under Select a File Type, select the file format you wish to create (Text, HTML, RTF (Rich Text), Word for Windows (2000 or later, or Word for Mac (98 or later) or OpenOffice (.odt)
• Click Create Bibliography.

Follow your browser's instructions for viewing the file and be sure to save the document to your computer before closing.

Note:  When generating a Reference List from the Bibliography area, the final output is sorted based on the output style you have chosen.  If the output style is based on the order cited in a document, since there is no document, it defaults to alphabetical by first author.

A quick guide is also available for you to download: