Copyright-free images: finding and acknowledging

To find content you can share, use and remix online look materials which have been stamped with 'Creative Commons' licenses. There are options for this within a lot of online media sites (like Flickr or YouTube) but you may need to dig to find the search filter. It is much easier to go to the Creative Commons search hub where you can search all the main media sites from one place: http://search.creativecommons.org/.

Then you can paste or insert CC license buttons (which are little thumbnail images) to indicate what kind of resource you're using or remixing. The CC license buttons can be downloaded from the CC website.

It gives different file-type options, for whether you're producing a print or digital publication. So, if I'm putting together a Powerpoint presentation, I insert the 'png' version (using Insert>Picture) and re-size (as necessary) within the slide. The 'Bring to Front' and 'Send to Back' (accessible from your right-click) help you to layer the original image and the buttons.

RefWorks problems: What's the 'group code'?

People have been ringing to ask for the 'RefWorks Group Code' so they can access RefWorks off campus or via WiFi whilst on campus.

Logging in to RefWorks site

 A 'Group Code' message comes up if an authentication step is skipped.

Usually you'll see a log-in screen a bit like this picture. It is tempting to immediately type your BREO/library account details in the log-in boxes. That's where the problem comes in!! The system needs to know which institution you belong to first. RefWorks is used by hundreds of organisations, you see. 

To avoid the 'Group Code' message, you need to select your institution. So, ignore the log-in box and look underneath. There is a blue hyperlink saying 'Login through your institution' (this is known as the 'Shibboleth route' as well. Choose the University of Bedfordshire from the menu [Top tip: click 'U' to skip all the As, Bs etc] and then you'll be prompted for your usual username and password.

Installing Write-N-Cite

The other time you may see a dialogue box asking for the 'Group Code' is when you install the plug-in Write-N-Cite 4 (for which helps you create references in MS Word (step 5.2 on the Five Steps helpsheet). Underneath that box, you'll also see an alternative route which asks you to put in a log in code. That's the option you want.

When you found the download file for Write-N-Cite (by going to Tools>Write-N-Cite), you'll have seen the code above the 'Downloads' heading. Just copy the long code in the white box and then paste it into the relevant dialogue box in Write-N-Cite. 

This is something you only need to do once per device, when you first install Write-N-Cite 4. If you find Write-N-Cite 4 doesn't perform well on your machine - RefWorks are aware that it is glitchy for some operating systems/versions of Word - then we'd recommend installing Write-N-Cite III instead. The link to that download is under the heading 'Other Versions' on the download page.