Story Place references are managed using the web-based program RefShare. Using this program, you can conduct simple and advanced searches and then save and download your search results. See Help in the bibliography menu for more details or contact Library and Image Services for further assistance with accessing documents.

Simple searches

The ‘Search RefShare’ box on the far right of the screen allows you to enter a word to search all fields in the entire contents of the folder or database.

Advanced searches

• The ‘Search’ option on the left side of the screen allows you to search fields including: Author, Title, Periodical, Descriptor, Abstract, PubYear, Volume or Ref ID.
• Further specify and search more than one field by joining two words with a connecting word such as “and”, “or” or “not”.

Saving and downloading search results

After finding the desired records, you can select them by clicking the boxes to the left of each record and using the following options:

• Sort your selected records using the ‘Sort’ option at the right side of the screen
• Print the records using the ‘Print’ option at the left side of the screen.

Exporting search results

Search results can be saved in your RefShare account or downloaded and exported into other programs by choosing the ‘Export’ option on the left of the screen. The following formats are:

Creating a bibliography

• Choose the ‘Create Bibliography’ option and choose your desired output style and file type (for example Story Place Citation Abstract, RefID)
• Preview your bibliography and copy and paste it into a separate document
• Records can be imported into Bibliographic software (for example EndNote, Reference Manager, ProCite or any other bibliographic management program that support the RIS format).

Citation List

• Creates a list for use when writing your paper offline.

RefShare Tagged Format

• Use this format for back up purposes and for sharing data with other RefShare users.

Tab delimited

• Saves all records with a tab separating each field. May be loaded onto other programs designed to read this type of format.

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