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RefWorks Launches RefMobile

RefWorks-COS (www.refworks-cos.com), a business unit of ProQuest, LLC (www.proquest.com), announced the launch of RefMobile, a new interface that enables students and researchers to use the RefWorks web-based research management service from anywhere, via web-enabled mobile phones, smartphones, and personal data assistants (PDAs). The RefMobile interface gives users immediate access to the most commonly used RefWorks functions, including searching their entire RefWorks databases, viewing references by folders, adding and removing references from folders, creating new folders, and adding comments to Notes fields.

Users can also efficiently import new references to their RefWorks account using the new SmartAdd feature. With SmartAdd, users simply enter basic identifying information for a publication, such as ISBN, digital object identifier (DOI) number, partial title, or author and publication year, and SmartAdd searches the internet for the reference and imports it to RefWorks.

In addition to the mobile interface release, RefWorks-COS also made a number of other feature enhancements, including the ability to include OpenURL links in bibliographies. Any RefWorks output style can now be configured to include dynamically created OpenURL links in bibliography formatting, using the Output Style Editor. A complete listing of all the new features available in the April release can be found at www.refworks.com.

Source: RefWorks-COS