Seminar 2: “Introduction to Refworks”

RefWorks is a reference management system provided and supported by UNIC library. A reference management system is an essential tool for those required to produce bibliographies, reference lists and to include in-text citations in their documents. This seminar will demonstrate the uses of RefWorks, how to create an account, import bibliographic details from library databases to create a database of the required sources, organise references in folders, removing duplicates, inserting in-text citations, generate bibliographies and reference lists. At the conclusion of the seminar participants will be able to use a time-saving tool that will consolidate their resources into their personal database that can be drawn upon to insert in-text citations and reference lists in their documents or publications, as well as generate bibliographies, e.g. for their classes, in any output style they require.

Georgia Christodoulou
Reference Librarian and European Documentation Centre manager

Since 2011, Georgia Christodoulou is the Reference Librarian and European Documentation Centre manager, who is responsible for all the UNIC main library trainings, and teachings and outreach activities on the EU. Georgia graduated in Computer Science (Bachelor honours) and in Decisions Sciences (Masters), based in Operation Research, at the University of Westminster, London. The success in her studies led her to becoming a researcher at St. George’s Hospital Medical School (London) and then a Research Fellow at the University of Westminster (London); for over 15 years she worked on local, government and European projects that focused on bettering the quality life for all. Her teaching and public speaking skills were developed through creating and lecturing a short-course on Geographic Information Systems (GIS); co-supervising Masters and PhD students; training lecturers and researchers. She is required to present/teach audiences of different levels, age-groups and expertise, both at the university and at high-profile conference/trainings (by the European Commission), where she incorporated effective classroom/training techniques, which facilitated interactive learning and provided flexibility to meet the needs of all learners. Throughout her career, teaching and communicating information has been a key to her success and, therefore, she continually searches for ways to captivate her audience.