What is it?

• A RefWorks account  which users can "look at but not touch." The top right hand corner of your screen will indicate if you are in Read only RefWorks account.

Use when:

• You don't want users to add, remove or edit references in your RefWorks account.
• You want to retain administrative control of the account but still allow others to view or export the data.

Good for:

• Lecturers wanting to share references with students.
• Postgraduate students who want to allow supervisors to track their research progress.

Be aware that...

• Users can still export the references to their own accounts, create bibliographies or cite with the references during the writing process.

• Log in to your RefWorks account.
• Click on Update profile.
• Enter a Read only password in the Read-only password field.

• Log out of your RefWorks account.
• Log back in using  your log in name and your new read only password.