Babson College LibGuides - RefWorks

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Copyright Facts

Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic projects, with proper credit and citations. They may retain them in personal portfolios as examples of their academic work.

This includes the right to integrate various materials into computer/sound/visual programs if the resultant product remains the property of the student, is not placed into the school's collection and no copies are sold, broadcast, transmitted, or performed outside the classroom.

Under fair use guidelines, up to 10% of the finished product can be cited material.

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What is RefWorks? It is a web-based software for managing bibliographic citations. It creates bibliographies and can incorporate citations as you write within Word.

RefWorks

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Getting Started

1. Set up an Individual Account by clicking on the "sign up" link from the log in screen. Be sure to use your Babson email address. (See the Logging Into RefWorks tutorial if you need help.)

2. From the Tools drop down menu, choose Write-N-Cite and download the Windows version of the small utility program needed to use Microsoft Word, RefWorks and the library databases simultaneously. (See the Write-N-Cite tutorial for more information on this tool.)

3. Read through the Quick Start Guide or watch the tutorials for answers to common questions around getting started.

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Copyright Facts, continued. The hard truth...

Faculty

Fair use and other relevant copyright law provisions are the essential means by which teachers teach, students learn, and researchers advance knowledge. The Copyright Act of 1976 defines intellectual property principles in a way that is independent of the form of publication or distribution. These provisions apply to all formats and are essential to modern library and information services. The fair use guidelines define the limited copying that is allowed under the U.S. copyright law without the permission of the owner.

Educators have an obligation to educate students about their rights and responsibilities under intellectual property law.

Some of the resources that faculty wish to use with students fall outside the provisions of fair use. See the sections on specific formats for any of your questions.

For further assistance contact your liaison librarian, the Reserves Coordinator, or Cynthia Robinson, Associate Director, Horn Library.

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