Refworks will not be available anymore after January 1st 2026 for staff and students of the UMCG or University of Groningen.
The University of Groningen Library, in consultation with the Medical Library of the UMCG, decided not to extend the license for Refworks, due to growing technical network issues with the Word plugin, and the large adaptation of the Endnote application.

What to do and when?

• October 2024 - April 2025
  • Finish Word-documents with Write-N-Cite plugin citation as soon as possible, but definitly BEFORE APRIL 2025, as the Write-N.Cite plugin will not be available anymore áfter April 2025.
    • To use Refworks AFTER April 2025: Start using the Refworks Citation Manager, the Add-in available in the Office Store for UMCG. You cán switch right away because the new Add-in will recognize and convert citations entered with the Write-N-Cite plugin automatically!
• BEFORE END OF 2025:
  • Switch to using Endnote as your reference manager (See the manual)
    • It is relatively easy to export your Refworks references. If you want to keep your Folder structure, you will have to go for the folder-by-folder export.
    • Finish your Word-documents with Refworks references as soon as possible, but definitely before you start using Endnote.

For more info & support please email: refman@umcg.nl 

Using RefWorks is a way to collect, organize, annotate en cite research publications. 

An institutional account is available to staff and students of the RUG and UMCG, and includes 10GB of document storage, unlimited sharing inside and outside the institution, easy institution-wide sharing, phone and email tech support, training and more.

To create a RefWorks account:

1. Go to http://refworks.proquest.com and click the “sign up” link.
2. Fill in your information making sure to use your institutional email address (RUG or UMCG), you can’t sign up with @outlook.com, @gmail.com, etc..  Using your institutional email address will help Proquest to know whether you are entitled to an institutional account (with all the benefits mentioned above!).

Once you activate your account (you'll receive an email with a link to complete the registration process), you’ll get access immediately and can get started managing your documents.

Learn more about RefWorks:

• Getting items into RefWorks (eg from PubMed)
• Adding references manually 
• Uploading a PDF of an article
• Sharing and collaborating
• Write and cite in Word 
• Cite in Google Docs
• Reading and annotating documents

These are the how to guides to the main New Refworks features. You can also find them in the ProQuest Refworks Customer Resources Page:

​Besides RefWorks, we also offer EndNote and Mendeley for reference management:

Ask your question to the Medical Library during opening hours.

Proquest offers several webinars on many different topics each month: Upcoming sessions and recordings

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