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RefWorks (Classic): RefShare

RefShare

You can use RefShare to share your reference lists with anyone, including those outside uWaterloo, or without a RefWorks accounts.

To share a folder, click on the "Organize & Share Folders" tab from the main page.

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All of your folders will appear. Click the folder with the green arrow to share its contents.

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Once you've shared a folder, you can link to it, email it, or edit its properties.  To unshare a folder, click on the folder with the person inside. You can also share your entire database.

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In the edition box, you can name and describe your shared list, and decide just how much of it you would like to make available.

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Note that in RefWorks 2.0, you must select "Site Defined OpenURL" for a link resolver to appear. This is a change from RefWorks Classic, when Site Defined OpenURL was the default. Many users have requested that this default be restored, and RefWorks U.S. is looking in to this.

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