Instructions for RefWorks Off Campus Access

RefWorks

• Click RefWorks link (also available on the Citation Support page)
• Authenticate your affiliation with Syracuse University
• Enter your NetID and Password. For users who are affiliated with the library and cannot obtain a NetID enter your 10 digit SUID number (without spaces) as the NetID and enter your last name (all lowercase) as the password.
• Click on "Go to Login"
• Login with your RefWorks account or create one if you have not already done so

Write-N-Cite

• Follow instructions provided within RefWorks for downloading Write-N-Cite
• Off-campus users who access RefWorks and want to use Write-N-Cite must load the WNC Proxy Configuration Utility (instructions provided below). After running the utility, when you launch Write-N-Cite you will be prompted to authenticate your affiliation with Syracuse University (Enter 10 digit SU ID # and last name).
• Note: If you are using Microsoft Word 2007, you must install Write-N-Cite III (beta version).

Instructions to Install the Write-N-Cite Proxy Configuration Utility

Windows Users:

• Go to the Start Menu
• Select:
• Programs
• RefWorks
• WNC Proxy Configuration Utility
• Enter the following URL:

  http://libezproxy.syr.edu/login?url=https://www-refworks-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/Refworks/?WNC=true

• Click OK

Mac Users:

• Activate Write-N-Cite
• Select Preferences from the Write-N-Cite menu
• Select the Proxy option
• Enter the following URL:

  http://libezproxy.syr.edu/login?url=https://www-refworks-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/Refworks/?WNC=true

• Restart Write-N-Cite for this proxy configuration to take effect.

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