<s>
RefWorks	B-Library
is	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
commercial	O
reference	B-Application
management	I-Application
software	I-Application
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
produced	O
by	O
Ex	O
Libris	O
,	O
a	O
ProQuest	B-Library
company	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
RefWorks	B-Library
LLC	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
partnership	O
between	O
Earl	O
B	O
.	O
Beutler	O
(	O
development	O
and	O
customer	O
service	O
)	O
and	O
Cambridge	B-Library
Scientific	I-Library
Abstracts	I-Library
(	O
sales	O
and	O
marketing	O
)	O
from	O
2002	O
until	O
being	O
acquired	O
by	O
ProQuest	B-Library
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Institutional	O
licenses	O
allow	O
universities	O
to	O
subscribe	O
to	O
RefWorks	B-Library
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
all	O
their	O
students	O
,	O
faculty	O
and	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
enables	O
linking	O
from	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
RefWorks	B-Library
account	O
to	O
electronic	O
editions	O
of	O
journals	O
to	O
which	O
the	O
institution	O
's	O
library	O
subscribes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
bibliographic	O
database	O
providers	O
have	O
implemented	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
export	O
references	O
directly	O
to	O
RefWorks	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
PubMed	B-Library
)	O
reference	O
citations	O
must	O
be	O
saved	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
computer	O
as	O
text	O
files	O
and	O
then	O
imported	O
into	O
RefWorks	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
the	O
bibliographic	O
database	O
Scopus	B-Library
formed	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
RefWorks	B-Library
to	O
allow	O
enhanced	O
integration	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
word	O
processor	O
integration	O
utility	O
called	O
Write-N-Cite	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
insert	O
reference	O
codes	O
from	O
their	O
RefWorks	B-Library
accounts	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
documents	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
formatted	O
to	O
produce	O
in-text	O
citations	O
and	O
reference	O
lists	O
in	O
various	O
styles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
RefWorks	B-Library
introduced	O
a	O
module	O
called	O
RefShare	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
make	O
public	O
all	O
or	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
RefWorks	B-Library
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RefWorks	B-Library
includes	O
RefGrab-It	O
,	O
a	O
utility	O
designed	O
to	O
capture	O
bibliographic	O
information	O
from	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
it	O
was	O
optimized	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Amazon	O
,	O
Google	O
Scholar	O
,	O
PubMed	B-Library
,	O
Wikipedia	O
,	O
the	O
BBC	O
,	O
USA	O
TODAY	O
,	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
Times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
utility	O
works	O
with	O
Firefox	B-Application
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
browsers	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RefWorks-COS	O
launched	O
the	O
current	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
RefWorks	B-Library
2.0	O
,	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
ProQuest	B-Library
launched	O
New	O
RefWorks	B-Library
,	O
featuring	O
new	O
functionality	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
drag	O
and	O
drop	O
PDFs	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
Save	O
to	O
RefWorks	B-Library
utility	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
for	O
RefGrab-It	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RefWorks	B-Library
2.0	O
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Legacy	O
RefWorks	B-Library
and	O
users	O
were	O
given	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
upgrading	O
from	O
Legacy	O
to	O
New	O
RefWorks	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
the	O
Ontario	O
Council	O
of	O
University	O
Libraries	O
(	O
OCUL	O
)	O
consortium	B-Application
licensed	O
RefWorks	B-Library
on	O
behalf	O
of	O
its	O
20	O
member	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
RefWorks	B-Library
software	O
was	O
mounted	O
on	O
data	O
servers	O
belonging	O
to	O
Scholars	O
Portal	O
,	O
which	O
provides	O
the	O
platform	O
for	O
the	O
digital	O
resources	O
licensed	O
by	O
OCUL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
data	O
in	O
RefWorks	B-Library
users	O
accounts	O
belonging	O
to	O
member	O
institutions	O
are	O
housed	O
on	O
the	O
Scholars	O
Portal	O
servers	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Toronto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
Canadian	O
academic	O
libraries	O
that	O
license	O
RefWorks	B-Library
have	O
since	O
contracted	O
for	O
access	O
through	O
Scholars	O
Portal	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
their	O
data	O
also	O
resides	O
on	O
the	O
servers	O
in	O
Toronto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
news	O
reports	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
concerns	O
that	O
information	O
about	O
individuals	O
 '	O
research	O
interests	O
,	O
represented	O
by	O
data	O
stored	O
on	O
RefWorks	B-Library
servers	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
could	O
be	O
vulnerable	O
to	O
scrutiny	O
under	O
the	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
USA	O
Patriot	O
Act	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
mid	O
2015	O
OCUL	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
host	O
RefWorks	B-Library
on	O
its	O
servers	O
in	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
academic	O
libraries	O
chose	O
to	O
migrate	O
their	O
data	O
to	O
the	O
RefWorks	B-Library
servers	O
located	O
outside	O
of	O
Canada	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
ceased	O
their	O
subscription	O
to	O
RefWorks	B-Library
.	O
</s>
