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Citation Management Tool

Citing your sources is one of the most important steps in doing research. RefWorks will allow you to store and organize your citations as well as easily create your bibliography/references (whether annotated or not) and final paper in the correct style.

You can use RefWorks to:

Organize references
Format bibliographies
Create a database of your own citations
Import references directly from library databases
Insert in-text citations, footnotes and bibliographies using the Write-n-Cite tool
Share your citations with a group

New RefWorks
As of January 1, 2018, Fitchburg State will be moving to the New Refworks product by ProQuest. If you do not have a current RefWorks account, start here and sign up for a new account. RefWorks will work anywhere using your login information. Off campus and on campus.
Legacy RefWorks

For LEGACY REFWORKS ONLY: Off-Campus users will need to entergroup code: RWFSC to get access. Choose the "Export to RefWorks" option in most databases.

Note: You must have popups enabled for RefWorks to work properly.

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Databases to Get Started With

Opposing Viewpoints (Gale In Context)
Addressing current event topics, this database provides topic overviews, pro/con essays, primary source documents, overviews of court cases, statistics, access to newspaper and magazine articles, reference works, podcasts and multimedia tools to help you research social issues.
Issues And Controversies
Up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day.
SocIndex With Full Text
Comprehensive sociology research database; contains full text for books and monographs, journals and conference papers.

Databases

Library Resources vs. Google

When should you use the library's resources? When should you use Google? This video from Northeastern Illinois University outlines how to navigate between search engines & library tools.