So, here I am dutifully working on my book review for LIS 2000. While writing the review I had an epiphany. Since I have a number of references I thought, why don't I use RefWorks like we learned in LIS 2600. I mean the write-n-cite logo is right there in the upper right hand corner of the Word document, so why not? What could be easier and save me the time and aggravation of painstakingly typing out sources? Obviously NOT write-n-cite! I clicked on the link, typed the first author in the RefWorks search engine and got nothing but information on open source computing. "WTF" I said, out loud (thankfully no students were around), shouldn't I be getting the specific articles I'm requesting? I tried again, this time using the article name and sorting by relevancy. Guess what? Still nothing but open source computing information. Open source information is what I searched for weeks ago! Should it be there in perpetuity? I'm giving up for the moment and going back to perfecting my book review but I'll be back. I will not be defeated by RefWorks of all things!
I'm back... It was a battle that neither I nor RefWorks won. I'll call it a draw. I could not for the life of me get RefWorks to place my references into my book review but I did get it to import my references from various areas and import them into a blank Word document. I then cut and pasted the information into my book review. This was an extra step I should not have had to take but time was a wastin'. I've not given up on getting RefWorks to work as promised but I need time to lick my wounds and prepare for the next battle.
Talk with you soon...
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