• UW Home
• MyUW
• UWIN
• UW Directories

Log into Your Library Account

• RefWorks HOME 
• RefWorks FAQ 
• Imports & Exports 
• Write-N-Cite 
• QuickStart Guide 
• Tutorial from Refworks 
• Help from RefWorks 

Creating a Group RefWorks Account

Option 1: You can create a secondary, group RefWorks account. However, those accounts cannot be accessed from off-campus locations at this time. To set up a secondary account to use on campus only:

1. From on campus, log in to your existing individual RefWorks account. If you are new to RefWorks, create your account.
   
   
2. Once you're logged in, look at the top right corner of the screen, click Log out.
   
   



3. On the next screen, create a new account with a new, unique RefWorks login and password that you will share with the group
   
   



4. Each individual will need to access the account this way on campus only.
   
   1. Log in with UW NetID to personal accounts
   2. Click Log out
   3. Log in again with the group username and password

Option 2: Use the RefShare tool. RefShare allows you to share your entire RefWorks database or just specific folders from the database with other users.

In this case, you would all use your individual accounts, and assign one person from your team to be the manager of your master bibliography , which they will keep in their individual account. You can pass along references to each other using the RefShare tool, which the manager can use to update the master bibliography. The manager could then periodically send out the updated master list to all, using RefShare.

1. Log in to your existing individual RefWorks account. If you are new to RefWorks, create your account.
   
   
2. To share your references, mouseover Tools, and click Share References.
   
   



3. Select Share Entire Database or Share Folder for your preferred folder.


4. A quick online RefShare Tutorial is available.