Information Skills for Health

  It is important for both Keele students and NHS staff to understand what referencing is and how to apply it. You need to keep the references for material you use when creating your own writing, whether that be for an assignment, dissertation, article or report. You need to demonstrate to your reader which resources you have used to develop your research, argument or decision. The health Library can help. We have etutorials and other resources to help you to create and manage your references. What is referencing and why is it important? Complete our online tutorial Introduction to referencing and plagiarism to learn why referencing is so important and how you can avoid plagiarism. Where do you get the information for your references? You need to reference different types of material. What information do you need for a reference? Our tutorials can help you: Using Books – get the information you need to reference books Using eBooks – learn how the ebooks interface can...

We have had reports of users experiencing problems exporting references from Cinahl into RefWorks. This may also be affecting other ebsco databases. The providers are working on the problem and we hope there is a solution soon. In the meantime the following instructions have been issued as a work-around: In Cinahl select and export your references to a RIS file Go to RefWorks (new) and login to import the RIS file Select the + sign and then select Import references. Under the heading "Import from a file" drag and drop or select the file generated by the export. The system will try to determine the format; if it does not identify the RIS Format select it from the drop down and click import. The data will show up in the last imported area. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Message regarding RefWorks: "ExLibris is  moving the RefWorks data center to a new server  on  December 21, 2019 .  We are expecting a down time of up to 10 hours for both legacy RefWorks and (new) RefWorks." Apologies for any inconvenience.

Referencing is an important element to using information. A reference management tool can help you to keep track of the articles that you find as well as help when it comes to creating your bibliography and reference list. Keele University students have access to the reference management tool RefWorks. The Health Library offers a training course so that you can learn how to use it. Image listing the features of the RefWorks training - Reference list, import, edit, hands-on practice You can book online or contact the training librarians to reserve your place.

What is it? RefWorks is a reference management software. It helps you to keep track of the articles and references that you find during your searching. Key Features You can use Refworks to: Save your references Organise your references into folders Import a reference from a website, journal, database or Library Search Create references manually Edit your references if needed Create a bibliography or list of references Add tags which you can use to group references Search your References Remove duplicate references Upload documents Share your references, for example with your project team or tutor Use Cite to add citations directly into your documents How can it help you? RefWorks can help you to keep track of all your references as you work through your course. How to access it? RefWorks is only available to Keele University staff and students. More help? There are a number of places where you can get more help: You can find help about R...