Another recommendation is to take a look at a program called Zotero. http://www.zotero.org/ In my opinion, it is nicer than Refworks or WritenCite.... They have a nice video explaining the main idea of Zotero.
Erez On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:06 PM, rgheck <rgh...@bobjweil.com> wrote: > On 11/26/2009 07:36 AM, Izwandy Idris wrote: > >> Hi there, >> >> I'm a new user of LyX and I found it very interesting (though I'm still >> struggling to get familiar with it). I'm currently writing my thesis and >> need to incorporate citation. At present, I'm using Refworks for my >> referencing works and changing to BibTex is quite a problem for me since I'm >> used to Refworks and moving to another referencing software will take more >> time than I have. Is there any way that I can still used Refworks >> (particularly Write n Cite option) in LyX instead of BibTex? >> >> >> > Questions like this should be sent to the LyX user's list. This list is for > issues with the documentation. I'm cc'ing it over there. > > In any event, because LyX acts a frontend to LaTeX, you have to use the > BibTeX format for your references. RefWorks does export to BibTeX format, > though, so you can use it with LyX. Just export to BibTeX periodically, and > then you can enter your citations in LyX using "Insert>Citation". > > That said, however, programs like JabRef that handle BibTeX natively are > extremely easy to use. I'd recommend you install JabRef ( > http://jabref.sourceforge.net/), export your RefWorks database to BibTeX, > and then open the resulting *.bib file in JabRef. It'll take you several > seconds to figure it out. > > Richard > > -- Erez Yerushalmi PhD Student, Economics Warwick University, UK homepage: http://go.warwick.ac.uk/ep/pg/ecrfaw
