Crossref vs RefWorks
A side-by-side look at Crossref and RefWorks. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Crossref
Crossref is a not-for-profit membership organization for scholarly publishing that enables researchers to easily find, cite, link, and assess academic publications across platforms and publishers. It provides reference linking services and persistent identifiers like Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs).
RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and citation management tool that allows users to create their own personal citation database. Users can manually enter citations or import them from research databases and Google Scholar to generate bibliographies, store and organize sources, and create in-text citations and footnotes in various citation styles like APA and MLA.