Using RefWorks at LUT
Login to RefWorks via https://refworks.proquest.com/ . Note that the institutional login does not work with your university ID, so if you are a first time user, create a new account with your LUT email address and a password of your choice.
In RefWorks, you can choose from various Harvard citation styles for your references. There are also several citation styles tailored for LUT, which you can find in institutional styles. If you want to do your citations in the style introduced in the LUT citation guide, choose LUT Harvard Style (citation guide) if you write in English and LUT Harvard -tyyli (viittausopas) if you write in Finnish. The other LUT Harvard citation styles are older versions that do not correspond to the current citation guide style. These are still listed in the institutional styles because they are in active use by some students.
When using a reference management tool, it is important that all the sources you cite are in the database of the tool. This means that some sources need to be added in the database manually. It is also likely that you will need to edit the citation information you have automatically exported from article databases.
In RefWorks, there are some reference types and fields that are not completely intuitive to use. Below are some tips for filling out the correct fields for different reference types when you are using LUT Harvard Style (citation guide) or LUT Harvard -tyyli (viittausopas):
- Articles, book chapters etc. that have some other persistent identifier than DOI (e.g. URN)
- In the citation information of the reference, write the type of the persistent identifier and its address in the DOI field (e.g. URN: xxxxxx)
- Audio
- Make sure that the medium of the reference (e.g. podcast) is included in the citation.
- Dissertation/thesis
- Check that the degree type and university & university location are correct in the citation information.
- Law/statute
- For a correct citation, the fields you need to fill in are: sponsors, title, source name, retrieved (month day) and URL. Write the name of the law/statute in both the sponsors and title fields. In the source name field, write the publisher of the law/statute.
- Lecture/presentation
- Use the extra data field to include the name of the event, place and date.
- Patent
- For a correct citation, fill in the country code and patent number in the inventors field and include all following information in the application number field: Patent holder, location, (inventor(s)), application number, date of application.
- Personal communication (e.g. interview)
- For a correct citation, use the custom fields organization and document type.
- Standard
- Fill in the abbreviation of publishing organization and number of standard in the author field.
- Video/streamed
- Use the director field for the creator of the video/stream. Make sure to include the medium of the reference (e.g. YouTube video) in the citation.
- As a rule of thumb for any type of reference that does not have a persistent identifier: write the date you accessed the material in the date retrieved field.
