What is RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM)?

RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM) is a plugin for Microsoft Word that lets you run a simplified read-only version of RefWorks inside Word versions 2016 and up, to create in-text citations and a reference list while you are writing your paper.

Every time you log into RCM it automatically synchronizes with your RefWorks account.

How do I install RefWorks Citation Manager?

  • Open a blank Microsoft Word document
  • Click on the Insert tab
  • Click on Get Add-Ins  OR  Store
  • In the Office Add-ins window, search for RefWorks
  • Click on Add to the right of  RefWorks Citation Manager
  • When the One moment... box appears, click on Continue
  • Select the RCM tab, and click on the RCM button in the upper left corner
  • When the RCM pane opens on the right side of the document, log in with your RefWorks Username and Password

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NOTE:  Due to a Microsoft limitation, when using a desktop version of Word (not Word Online), the tab appears only
when using Word version 16.0.6769.0000 or later. If the tab does not appear, RCM can still be accessed from the
My Add-ins menu.

How do I use RefWorks Citation Manager?

  • Open a Microsoft Word document
  • Format the document according to the citation style you will be using
    (e.g., Times New Roman font, font size of 12, double spaced, one-inch margins)
     
  • Click on the RCM tab
  • Click on RefWorks Citation Manager

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  • Log in to your RefWorks account
  • To select the citation style you would like to use, click on the menu icon toward the top left of the column
    • Click on Citation style
    • Click on Change Citation Style
    • Select the style from the drop-down menu
    • If your style doesn't appear, search for it and then select it.
    • To return to your references, click on the menu icon toward the top left of column
    • Click on References homepage
  • Select the Project from which you will be pulling your references

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  • The references in your selected Project in your RefWorks account will be displayed in a column to the right of your Word document
  • The default list is All references (for the Project you selected)
  • Choose the folder  of references you wish to display.
     
  • References in the list can be sorted by:
    • Date added
    • Date accessed
    • Date published
    • Title
    • Author
    • Ref ID
  • In your Word document, click at the point in the document where you want to insert an in-text citation
     
  • If you are creating a parenthetical in-text citation for one reference:
    • Mouse over the reference you would like to cite in text and click on Cite This

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  • If you are creating a parenthetical in-text citation that contains more than one reference:
    • Check the box in front of each citation that you would like to include
    • Click on the blue Insert Citation link

Multiple in-text citations
 

  • If you are creating a narrative in-text citation where you are including the author as part of your sentence:
    • Mouse over the reference you would like to cite in text
    • Click on Edit This
    • Uncheck Include author
    • Click on Insert Citation

Parenthetical In-Text Citation

 

  • To add page numbers to your in-text citation:
    • Mouse over the reference you would like to cite in text
    • Click on Edit This
    • Locate the Add prefix/suffix section
    • Add   , p. [page number]    to the suffix box
    • Click on Insert Citation

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NOTE:

As each new in-text citation is added to a paper, RefWorks Citation Manager automatically adds the corresponding reference to your reference list.
However, because RefWorks Citation Manager refreshes the document each time you add a new citation, you should  NOT edit your in-text citations or the reference list  until you have finished adding all of the in-text citations to your document.

Looking for additional information about RCM?

 

Check out the RefWorks Citation Manager page produced by the tool's vendor