The RefWorks-COS Collection is a suite of online abstract and index databases and research management tools comprising RefAware, RefWorks and the COS Research Support Suite.
Content description
RefWorks
RefWorks provides solutions for research management, writing and collaboration. Managing information, writing research papers and creating bibliographies can be a time-consuming, complex task, often involving the use of different systems and applications. RefWorks provides users with a simple to use online tool, to capture, organize, store, share, and manipulate data generated by multiple information resources. The continued introduction of new features within the service, such as a RSS feed reader and RefShare, a tool for the web dissemination and publication of databases, expands upon the services integration of the newest technologies in order to support researchers with effective tools.
http://www.refworks.com
RefAware
RefAware is a personal, web-based current awareness services that alerts researchers when new papers or articles in their fields of interest are available, sometimes pre-publication. Using RSS feed technology, RefAware scans the Internet to access and gather metadata on newly published information. Users create search profiles that reflect their interests, and as soon as a new matching article is available, RefAware sends an email alert with a link to the new information. RefAware monitors over 9,000 publications, including major peer-reviewed journals and non-peer-reviewed sources.
http://www.refaware.com
COS Research Support Suite
COS Funding Opportunities
COS Funding Opportunities is a global, multidisciplinary database of currently available grants, fellowships, and awards for researchers and scholars. With over 25,000 records of currently available from 11,000 sponsors in public and private sectors, COS Funding Opportunities includes opportunities for a range of purposes: research, collaborations, travel, equipment, facilities, visiting personnel and more.
Flexible search interfaces allow easy searching for novice users, as well as finely targeted searches. An integrated alerting feature send emails with new and updated opportunities that match users' needs. Specialized tools make sharing funding information easy for Research Managers or those who search for grants for others.
http://www.refworks-cos.com/GlobalTemplates/RefworksCos/cosfundopps.shtml
COS Scholar Universe
COS Scholar Universe brings a world of research and scholarship to one easily searchable database. With 2.1 million profiles of scholars and active faculty in over 200 disciplines, worldwide, it helps researchers and academics connect with colleagues with shared interests while expanding their networks to include previously unknown people working in related fields or in other areas of the world.
Editorially controlled profiles provide a snapshot of a scholar's professional life, including affiliations, education, research interests, publications, awards and contact information.
http://www.refworks-cos.com/GlobalTemplates/RefworksCos/cosschuniv.shtml
Papers Invited
Papers Invited helps researchers and scholars at all levels, in all disciplines, to publish their research papers and scholarly works. The database comprises nearly 12,000 opportunities to present papers and posters, or submit articles issued by professional bodies, journal editors, and conference organizers from around the globe.
Papers Invited is also a valuable resource for discovering conferences and professional groups in researchers' fields and related disciplines. With the integrated alerting feature, seekers can create a search just once, and then automatically receive emails when new opportunities of interest arise.
http://www.refworks-cos.com/GlobalTemplates/RefworksCos/papersinv.shtml
Main subject areas
RefWorks
This resource is an information management tool and works with every discipline
RefAware
COS Funding Opportunities
COS Scholar Universe
Papers Invited
All of the above resources are multidisciplinary:
- Arts & Humanities
- Business
- Engineering
- Life Science, Biology, and Medicine
- Physical Sciences
- Social Sciences
Academic level
RefWorks - Undergraduate, Graduate Students, Post-doctorates, Faculty, Researchers
RefAware - Graduate Students, Post-doctorates, Faculty, Researchers
COS Funding Opportunities - Graduate Students, Post-doctorates, Faculty, Researchers
COS Scholar Universe - Graduate Students, Post-doctorates, Faculty, Researchers
Papers Invited - Undergraduate, Graduate Students, Post-doctorates, Faculty, Researchers
Date range
RefWorks : n/a, as this is an information management tool
RefAware: as a current awareness tool, RefAware holds data for 90 days.
COS Funding Opportunities: this database contains only currently available funding opportunities. Once deadlines pass, they are dropped from the system.
COS Scholar Universe: this database contains data going back to 2002, and will maintain data indefinitely. When it comes to our attention that a scholar is deceased, it is noted on the record, but the profile remains in the database.
Papers Invited: this database contains only currently available funding opportunities. Once deadlines pass, they are dropped from the system.
Updates
RefWorks – this resource contains no provided data to be updated. The system and features are updated regularly and automatically.
RefAware – this resource continuously monitors its over 9,000 sources and alerts users to information matching their criteria.
COS Funding Opportunities – this database is updated continually and is updated each day, Monday – Friday.
COS Scholar Universe – new profiles are added regularly, several times per month. All weblinks are checked monthly to be sure that they are good. Each profile is reviewed approximately every eight months to check for new publications or positions. PLUS, with each search, COS Scholar Universe also searches weblinks in matching profiles to report any new information on those webpages.
Papers Invited – this database is updated approximately three times per month with several hundred new opportunities.
Publisher's selection policy
RefWorks - as this is an information management resource, there is no selection policy.
RefAware - this service uses a proprietary technology to work with RSS feeds, so any resource included in our source set must have an RSS feed. The over 9,000 sources include academic peer-reviewed journals large and small, non-refereed publications, high impact-factor publications, specialty niche publications, academic websites and blogs, and newspapers. Users may request sources for inclusion, but they must have an RSS feed and they must provide academic, scholarly or professional-level editorial content.
COS Funding Opportunities - we seek and solicit funding opportunities from a broad spectrum of organizations public or private, large or small, academic, corporate, non-profit, from any country, in any discipline. However, only opportunities that are for advanced-level academic or professional work are included in the database. For example, it does not include scholarships or community grants. Anyone may suggest a funding opportunity for inclusion in the database, and that suggestion is subject to standard, rigorous editorial practices.
COS Scholar Universe - we gather information from a variety of sources, including publicly available information, information from academic and publishing partners, and from researchers themselves. Data is then submitted to a proprietary editorial process that evaluates the data and vets its accuracy. We strive for a 100% accuracy rate in the information in the profiles. When seeking new scholars to add to data, we seek active faculty members, active researchers, and active scholarly authors. Anyone can suggest a scholar for inclusion in the database, and that suggestion is subject to standard, rigorous editorial practices.
COS Papers Invited - we seek and solicit calls for papers and posters opportunities from conferences and organizations of any size, in any discipline, and in any country. Also included are notifications of special editions from scholarly journals. Anyone can suggest a conference or call for papers for inclusion in the database, and that suggestion is subject to standard, rigorous editorial practices.
Comparable resources
None
Cost
RefAware
RefAware & RefWorks bundle
RefAware, RefWorks, COS Research Support Suite bundle
Notes
Year 1 runs from 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2010.
Year 2 runs from 1 October 2010 to 30 September 2011.
Year 3 runs from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2012.
A subscription to RefWorks includes access for your institution's alumni.
A subscription to the COS Research Suite includes access for your institution's research office on the COS platform.
How does JISC Banding and Charging work?
Subscription
To access the sub-licence, and for instructions on how to subscribe, please see the subscription page.
The agreement complies with the terms of the JISC Model Licence.
For further details of the JISC Model Licence please refer to the Guide to the JISC Model Licence.
Functionality and standards compliance
Full text linking
RefWorks: Administrators can set their OpenURL link resolvers. RefWorks also links with WorldCat, Scopus and PubMed. In addition, RefWorks users can include full-text documents to their database with the Attachment feature.
RefAware: Administrators can set their Open URL link resolvers.
COS Research Support Suite: Administrators can set the Open URL link resolvers on Illumina, the searching platform which hosts these three resources.
Federated searching
RefWorks: Administrators can create a Site-Wide Z39.50 Site through the Administrator's tool.
https://www.refworks.com/RWSingle/help/Refworks.htm
Federation is not applicable to RefAware or COS Research Support Suite
MARC records
N/A as these resources are not bibliographic in nature.
Metadata standards
N/A
Search options
RefWorks: users can search within their personal databases by author, descriptor and periodical. They can also use RefWorks to query external databases, such as PubMed, Catalogs, and many other platforms if you set-up the Z39.50 function.
RefAware: users can create Search Profiles, specifying disciplines, creating custom source sets, defining criteria like terms, authors,.
COS Research Support Suite: these three databases reside on one searching platform, and have similar searching features. Users can choose to search one database, all three of these databases, or any other databases to which they subscribe on Illumina—all with one search. There is a Quick Search feature for simple term searching, and Advanced Search feature where users can specify criteria for certain fields, like citizenship requirements for Funding Opportunities, institutions for Scholars, or dates for Calls for Papers.
Post-search options
RefWorks: users can organize all their resources into user-defined folders; resources can be associated with multiple folders. They can also mark folders to share with others, including non-RefWorks users, facilitating collaboration. You can also export data from RefWorks in to other bibliographic management tools.
RefAware: once the user receives alerts about references matching their search profiles, they can export them to RefWorks, via a direct link, and to any other bibliographic management system, such as EndNote. Users can also view concise author profiles from COS Scholar Universe, if available, and link to full text, if available.
COS Research Support Suite: these three database reside on one searching platform, and have similar post-search features, such as saving, printing and emailing records, setting email alerts, exporting to RefWorks (via direct link), exporting to other bibliographic management systems.
Usage statistics
As RefWorks-COS products are tools and not bibliographic resources, COUNTER compliance does not apply.
RefWorks:Administrators can generate usage reports (https://www.refworks.com/userlog/detail.asp)
RefAware:RefAware administrators can generate reports on organization-wide usage statistics and individual user account management (http://www.refaware.com/AdminLogin.aspx)
COS Research Support Suite:administrators can generate usage reports and statistics for any Illumina databases. (statistics for bibliographic databases are COUNTER compliant)
http://usage.csa.com/usage/usage.php
Authentication
RefWorks: Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation, Athens, IP range, and remote user login.
RefAware: Authentication is via verification of the user's institutional eMail address.
COS Research Support Suite: Authentication is via the UK Access Management Federation (through CSA Illumina), Athens, IP range, and remote user login.
Personalisation of the online resource
RefWorks: Administrators can customize RefWorks for their own institutions: (https://www.refworks.com/userlog/detail.asp)
RefWorks Users can organize their RefWorks dashboards and organize their references and folders. Additionally, RefWorks offers a feature, RefShare that allows users to share folders with others, even non-RefWorks subscribers. Administrators may enable or disable this feature for their institution.
RefAware: RefAware administrators can customize RefAware for their own institutions: (http://www.refaware.com/AdminLogin.aspx)
COS Research Support Suite: the searching platform that hosts these three products, Illumina, allows administrators to specify interface defaults for their institutions: display the institution's banner/logo, specify interface language, specify the results display, and specify other interface options. http://csadb101.csa.com/ids70/admin_profile.php
Illumina users can also use their personal workspace, My Research, to manage their information searches and preferences
Illumina enables users to receive alerts via RSS feeds.
Accessibility
RefWorks: RefWorks is compliant with the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act, section 508. Not vetted with the UK Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, but a new RefWorks interface is being developed and will be fully compliant.
RefAware: RefAware is compliant with the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act, section 508. Not vetted with the UK Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, but a new RefAware interface is being developed and will be fully compliant.
COS Research Support Suite: Illumina, the platform that hosts these three resources, is compliant with the U.S. Americans with Disabilities Act, section 508. Not vetted with the UK Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, but a new interface is being developed and will be fully compliant.
Library support information