The Organize Folders window appears in the main view area. To manage your folders, click on the Folders menu and select Organize Folders. The reference is filed in any folder with an asterisk next to the folder name. Alternatively, you can open a record by clicking on the View link and then click on the In Folder drop-down to see which folders are marked with an asterisk (*).
The folder names will appear from any View. RefWorks comes with three folders set up, Last Imported, References Not In A Folder and Deleted References.įolder(s) a particular reference is in by choosing the Show Folder Information option in the Customize area of the Tools section in RefWorks.
You can also have references that are not placed in any folder. When you edit a reference in one folder those edits also appear when you view the reference in another folder (since you have only one copy of the reference itself!). There are a number of places where you can change the folder in which a reference is contained.
You can also have a single reference in multiple folders - no need to duplicate the reference. One way of arranging the data in your database is to organize it into folders. Using Folders To Organize Your References