Additional Citation Style Language (CSL) Styles

Hundreds of additional Citation Style Language styles were added to RefWorks. CSL is a repository of community sourced bibliographic styles that greatly expand the options available for users. These new styles include foreign language and UK specific Harvard styles.

CSL styles can be used with the RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM) Writing Tool. 

Improved Formatting of Bibliographies in Publicly Shared Folders

The look-and-feel of bibliographies created in publicly shared folders was enhanced by adding spacing and indenting.

Improved Experience for Users with a Proxy

Public Folder Sharing

Writing Tools

Public Folder Sharing 

With the February release, a new option is available when selecting Share a Folder that enables you to create a public URL to share the contents of folders and sub-folders with people who do not have a RefWorks account. 

Selecting Remove URL deletes the URL and removes public access to the folder. 

Projects

From this release, you have the ability to select to which project references are exported when moving to the newest version of RefWorks from the legacy version of RefWorks. 

PDF Reader

Fixed an issue that was preventing users from annotating or highlighting text in PDFs.

Projects

The RefWorks team expanded the concept of Projects within RefWorks. Now, when importing references into RefWorks, you can select with which project the references should be associated.

The option to select the project is available when performing the following actions:

Writing Tools

Search Databases

Fixed an issue with spacing when typing a search phrase. 

Projects

For this initial release, each RefWorks account is given an untitled project containing all of the references from the account. Most users of RefWorks will likely never need more than this single project. 

Admin with IE11

The team fixed an issue where users with IE11 were unable to navigate to the Admin screen.

Remove Duplicates

The Remove Duplicates functionality was enhanced with the following:

New Customer Support Submission Form

You can now submit customer service issues using a form. The form is available by clicking the Help icon  and selecting Contact Support.

Systematic Review

User interface updates:

To help make the work in systematic reviews easier to find, we added a Reference Identification (RefID) to every reference coordinated for each user's library. The RefID can be found next to each reference in normal view;

in the Table View, and is sortable;

in Search;

and in the Writing Tools

We also updated Normal View so that you can now see the date, title and author of a reference.

We also addressed some bugs regarding RCM, Search and TLS in Legacy.

Systematic Review

User interface updates:

To make systematic reviews easier to scan quickly, we provided Table View–a sortable view of references.

Now you can see how many references there are in folders and subfolders with Reference Counts in Folders–a numeric count next to every folder.

For those who want to run a program across your references RefWorks can now Export to XML­–export citations in a well-formed XML format.

Performance: 

RefWorks Citation Manager

For users with thousands of references using RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM) we've made significant performance improvements; syncing with your library upon opening RCM has gone from minutes to seconds. This is for both PC and Mac users with Word 2016.

Security:

Being ever vigilant, we've made various security improvements to RefWorks both legacy and new.

Note: we found a bug regarding an upcoming UI upgrade called Table View, so we're delaying the release of this enhancement for the sake of quality.

Performance:

PDF Import Fixes

Security

GDPR Update

Writing Tools

RefWorks Citation Manager Fix

Citation styles requiring numeric references to be formatted; settings like superscript, subscript, bold, etc present in the citation style definition are honored by RefWorks Citation Manager.

August: Write-N-Cite improvements:

The RefWorks team is excited to announce improvements in Write-N-Cite for both Word and Mac.

We have split the Write-N-Cite installers into two versions:

What is Write -N-Cite?

Write-N-Cite is a Word Plug-in utility that allows users to run an abbreviated version of RefWorks in their word processor. With Write-N-Cite, you can cite references in a manuscript with the click of a button.

Past Release Information

Updates and Improvements

• References exported from a database or discovery tool are properly imported into RefWorks
• Users logged into RefWorks are not prompted to login during the exporting process
• Projects are properly displayed

• Previously some PDFs became "stuck" during import, this issue is resolved. Now, a PDF will be loaded successfully with text and page rendering capability. 

• PDFs created from the ProQuest Platform using the Save to the PDF function were not being imported, now they can be imported.

• Minor tweak to new account creation to enable the privacy consent acceptance before sign-up so a user isn't bothered to consent afterward.

• To increase the usability of the top Sub-NavBar we updated the icons, color and added labels to each action.

• We've rearranged the order of fields in the Preview Panel in both preview and edit modes so more commonly used information appears at the top and are easier to scan. This includes Title, Alternate Title, Authors, Abstract, and Tags. Added close icon to eliminate confusion for closing the Preview Panel. Icons have been updated to SVG formats to increase clarity and visibility. And padding was also reduced to allow more content to be visible to the user without being overpowering.

• Updates have been made to both legacy and RefWorks to ensure that diacritics and special characters display properly on direct export from third-party databases.
• This is the first of a series of releases around language support

• The loading “spinner” now doesn’t interrupt the workflow of using the search database feature.

• A fix was made to “Strict Match” de-duplication for Korean and other languages allowing it properly detect duplicate references.

• A minor typo was fixed in the Privacy Policy.
• Minor UI updates were made to legacy RefWorks GDPR acceptance to make it clearer.

• RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM) underwent a significant update to increase the stability and ease of use, this includes recent customer submitted fixes.
• Translations added to Write-N-Cite (WNC) and RCM
• Fix to sending feedback under the Preferences section of WNC and RCM.

• (Releasing Thursday, May 3^rd, 2018) We’ve added a much requested new de-duplication method based upon legacy RefWorks, "Legacy" Close Match, is phonetic algorithmic method which works best with English surnames and short titles.

• Translations provided for Deduplication options

• (Releasing Friday, May 25^th, The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) strengthens the rights that individuals have regarding personal data relating to them and seeks to unify data protection laws across Europe, regardless of where that data is processed. You can count on the fact that RefWorks is committed to GDPR compliance across all of the components of RefWorks including legacy RefWorks.
• Consequently, everyone using RefWorks will be prompted to accept or decline the new privacy policy and terms of service. They will see a one-click acceptance policy:

• Translations provided for ProQuest’s Privacy Policy, Terms & Cookie Policy

• Usage Analytics –This new report provides RefWorks Administrators with their institutional usage stats for page views and visits/session. These reports can be displayed in either a Daily and Monthly view.

• • Pageview: A pageview is an instance of a page being loaded (or reloaded) in a browser. Pageviews equals the total number of pages viewed.
  • Session: A session is the period of time a user is active on the site, as a sequence of page views in a user visit to RefWorks.

• Support Move: In late March, RefWorks was added to the Ex Libris Support Portal and Customer Knowledge Center, bringing together documentation, training, product materials, and knowledge articles all in one location.

• DOI integration:  With the addition of the "lightning bolt in DOI” users can auto-complete the reference using the Summon database information for a more precise reference for journals.

• RefWorks Citation Manager (RCM): Based on user feedback, improvements are being made to the RefWorks interface to make the process of loading citations more intuitive, in addition to fixes to the process of loading citations. 

• Document Compatibility for WNC and RCM: Improvements were made for users upgrading from legacy RefWorks to RefWorks regarding citation formatting. With a new two-click process users will no longer have to reformat citations after moving to RefWorks

• PDF progress bar – Indicates the status of PDF’s being uploaded into your folders ensure completeness of the information prior to any tags, etc.
• Systematic review updates - now allows users to view, organize, and manage thousands of citations collaboratively
• Password Reset Workflow- Resetting passwords are the #1 reason why people contact our support team. With the recent improvements, this process will be much easier. In legacy RefWorks you can now request to reset your password by either entering your email address or username (if you have more than one account). 

• Google Docs – Fixed bugs which corrupted a user’s document
• RCM – Fixed a bug that prevented editing the date properly.
• WNC – Fixed a field coding conflict with Word Title field that prevented references from being inserted.
• RefWorks and Summon – Fixed an integration issue in which the login to RefWorks link on the Summon header did not resolve the login to RefWorks correctly.

• Display up to 2,000 references – Prior to the release users could only display up to 200 references. Now users performing Systematic Reviews can now view, organize and manage thousands of citations collaboratively.

•  Improved Syncing Write-N-Cite to RefWorks – Users of Write-N-Cite now have a faster syncing with RefWorks to quickly create a citation.

• Progress bar while importing – Prior to this release when you imported a file there was only an indication of “analyzing” which didn’t really provide a way to know what is happening to the file. Now, when importing PDFs or other files you will see a progress bar indicating the status of the import from uploading to extracting full text to completion. The progress bar is also enabled for attachments as well.

• Password Reset Workflow Improvements – In both legacy and new we’ve revised the login screens to be simpler and more consistent with each other and made it much easier to retrieve a password.
  

1. IT version for those who use IT to install it on institutional computers, which has no in-app notifications.
2. Personal version for those that have administrative rights to their personal computer. Those that have administrative rights will receive in-app notifications of updates. 

1. Word no longer hangs while Syncing data
2. The login text box has been fixed so all Shibboleth users can now login to WNC with their credentials
3. A/B/C Appending is showing for Bibliographies created in RefWorks
4. The "bibliography only" function works with citations that have been previously added to the document
5. Database sync fix for RefWorks accounts
6. A user can now insert a URL in the footnotes
7. Username is updated on Account Switch
8. Compose Citation fix for re-ordering citations
9. When any field is formatted, Write N Cite will format the entire footnote in rich text
10. Added Custom Output Styles to Write-N-Cite
11. The intended Japanese and Korean characters are now being added correctly
12. Write-N-Cite Accessibility Improvements for Screen Readers
13. Insert Citation Preview Page - Improved scrolling capability
14. No Reference Selected" text is added on pressing enter key on insert Citation screen 

1. A/B/C Appending is showing for Bibliographies created in RefWorks
2. Database sync fix for RefWorks accounts
3. Fixed truncation of footnotes in Notes Styles
4. While Editing References, the word Null is not displayed while Overriding Pages in the Preview Citation section
5. There is now correct spacing between the List Title ("References" "Works Cited") and the first reference when inserting a reference
6. Added Custom Output Styles to Write-N-Cite
7. The intended Japanese and Korean characters are now being added
8. Output style fix for AMA - American Medical Association, 10th Edition 

• Global Edit (Add Delete, Replace): Global Edit is a simple search-and-replace function that can be applied on multiple references. It is particularly valuable for amending, augmenting, and correcting records that come in from online databases, which may require adjustments. Global Edit users can now update, delete, and replace metadata information.
• Multiple attachments & Types: RefWorks now allows users to attach multiple attachments (of any file type) to a references. We have updated the thumbnail view for attachments with a new scrollable carousal view that provides a quick preview of attached files. The RefWorks reader natively support viewing of attachments in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, PDF or open Microsoft office formats. Other file types are downloaded for local viewing.
• Selection/Review decoupling: Before the September release, highlighting a reference always selected it, as well. That meant that for many important functions like deduplication, it was impossible to review your selected references without losing the selection. With Selection/Review decoupling, users can review and select references when using RefWorks features.
• Full view: Full view displays all populated metadata fields in each record. It is valuable for reviewing complete - reading notes, abstract and scanning for the most promising references. In full View, RefWorks highlights allows you to quickly select, edit and save metadata information.
• Inspector pane changes: In the past when reviewing references, a third pane would appear on the right called the “inspector pane”. With the September release this pane is now hidden and displays based on whether a reference is highlighted. Also now the footer makes the number of references selectable.
• Quick Cite improvements: Quick Cite now provides support for numbered bibliography styles, allowing users to reorder their bibliography entries to accurately reflect the sequence of their citations. 

• RefWorks Citation Manager: (Microsoft Word adding) is now compatible with legacy version RefWorks using 2016 version for Macintosh. The RefWorks Citation Manager is available via the Microsoft Store for Microsoft Word 2016 for both Mac and Windows.
• Z39.50 Advanced Search: In June we announced the Z39.50 database feature which allows you to search; PubMed, the Library of Congress and hundreds of library catalogs from subscribing RefWorks institutions to find relevant materials. In September we expanded this functionality by adding Advanced Search, Import to folder and performance improvements to Z39.50.
• Language Selection: A new language drop down option has been added that allows users to switch the interface to nine different languages.
   

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