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SOWK 554: Research Methods in Social Work Research

This course guide is designed for SOWK 554: Qualitative Methods in Social Work . It includes a collection of resources available through UBC Library and on the web

Install and set up RefWorks

Use this document to get RefWorks installed and set up on your own computer. 

Create an Account

Create a Legacy RefWorks Account
                Create a RefWorks Account
To create a Legacy RefWorks account, visit https://www.refworks.com/refworks2/default.aspx?r=authentication::init&groupcode=ubclibref. You may use an email address from any domain.                 To create a RefWorks account, visit https://refworks.proquest.com with a ubc.ca email address. To use a non-ubc.ca email address for your account, follow the instructions here: http://resources.library.ubc.ca/ubcauth/2317
                                               
Legacy RefWorks has certain unique features, allowing you to deduplicate (a useful function for systematic reviews) and also to create multiple accounts                 This newest version of RefWorks has additional features. You can read and annotate PDFs within RefWorks, and also retrieve citation data directly from uploaded PDFs. There is also a Google Docs plugin.