Do you use Microsoft Word to write papers? Would you like to be able to cite the references in your RefWorks database as you work in Word? Write-N-Cite makes it easy to cite sources, keep track of your footnotes, endnotes, or parenthetical notes, and automatically generate a bibliography or list of works cited when you are done.

What is Write-N-Cite?
Write-N-Cite is small, downloaded program that lets you run an abbreviated version of RefWorks from within Microsoft Word. Write-N-Cite displays brief information about the works listed in your RefWorks database and allows you to cite those works with one click of your mouse.

Downloading Write-N-Cite
Write-N-Cite is already installed on all Library and ITS PCs and Macs. To download the Write-N-Cite utility to your own PC or Mac, log into RefWorks, and from the "Tools" menu, select "Write-N-Cite."

Using Write-N-Cite
For help using Write-N-Cite, consult the following:

• Using Write-N-Cite

Using Write-N-Cite from off campus,
To use Write-N-Cite off campus, you'll need to modify your Write-N-Cite settings so that Write-N-Cite can work with the Library's proxy server.
Note: The Library uses the proxy server rather than the RefWorks group code for off-campus access.

• Windows users:
  1. From the "Start Menu," choose "Programs" and then "RefWorks."
  2. Select "WNC Proxy Configuration Utility."
  3. For "Proxy server URL," enter the following: https://ezproxy.lib.davidson.edu/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/?WNC=true
  4. Click "OK."
  5. Thereafter, when you open Write-N-Cite, and you will be prompted to (1) log in to the proxy server with your Davidson network username and password and (2) log in to Write-N-Cite with your RefWorks username and password.
  
  
• Macintosh users:
  1. Open Write-N-Cite.
  2. From the Write-N-Cite menu, select "Preferences."
  3. Choose the "Proxy" option.
  4. For "Proxy server URL," enter the following: https://ezproxy.lib.davidson.edu/login?url=https://www.refworks.com/Refworks/?WNC=true
  5. Click "OK."
  6. Close Write-N-Cite. For the changes to take effect, you will need to close and restart Write-N-Cite.
  7. Thereafter, when you open Write-N-Cite, and you will be prompted to (1) log in to the proxy server with your Davidson network username and password and (2) log in to Write-N-Cite with your RefWorks username and password.