Evidence-Based Nursing Practice: Citing sources

Always give credit when you use someone else's work!

Need to pull together your references for a paper or presentation? Click HERE for a detailed guide to using RefWorks.

RefWorks

RefWorks is a web-based program that allows you to easily collect, manage, and organize bibliographic citations by interfacing with databases. RefWorks also operates directly with MS Word, making it easy to import citations and incorporate them into your writing as properly formatted footnotes or parenthetical citations according to the style of your choice.

• RefWorks LibGuide
  • This is a LibGuide adapted by TCNJ librarians for TCNJ users. 
• Learn to Use RefWorks in 20 Minutes
  • This is a quick, straightforward tutorial from the folks at RefWorks on the fundamentals of using their product.

NOTE: The RefWorks providers themselves urge you to examine your citations carefully to make sure they are correctly imported and formatted. You may want to consult one of the Style Guides, such as those found below.

PubMed and RefWorks

At this time, there is no direct exporting of references from PubMed to RefWorks. Instead, you need to download the references and then import them into RefWorks. It is simpler than it sounds:

1.  Conduct your search in PubMed.

2.  Mark the records you wish to export.  To export all the citations do not select any citations.

3.  From Send to, select Citation Manager and click the Create File button.

4.  Using your browser's Save As function, navigate to the local drive and directory where you want to save the file and save the file in the *.nbib format.

5.  Log in to RefWorks.

6.  Select References/Import from the toolbar.

7.  Select NLM PubMed as the data source and as the database.

8.  Browse to find the .nbib file you saved to your computer.

9.  Click Import.

10. Your records should appear in the Last Imported Folder.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Use the style and formatting guidelines on APA's own website.

OR

The manual in paper format: American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association : The official guide to APA style. (Seventh edition.). REF BF76.7.P83 2020, 1 copy at the Reference Desk, 1 copy in the Reference Collection