RefWorks has activated the attachments option for all University of Minnesota RefWorks accounts.  The attachment feature enables users to attach files to their references in their personal database, much like attaching files to an email message. The incorporation of this feature allows users to upload files to existing references stored within their RefWorks database. With the availability of this feature RefWorks users can instantly save and retrieve all forms of data within their database including BMP, TIF, JPG, PNG, GIF, PDF, and much more.

RefWorks is now providing unlimited storage space for attachments for subscribing organizations.  Although RefWorks will provide unlimited storage space at the organization level, some limitations have been set at the user account level.  

• Default storage space setting is 100MB, per account. 
• Additional space can be allocated on an account-by-account basis up to a maximum of 200MB per account. We are working with RefWorks to remove these limitations and expect some improvements with the August 2008 release of the software. Contact Andre Nault (naulta@umn.edu) about increasing the space allocation for a particular account.
• No limitation on the number of attachments allowed per account or per record.
• A current maximum of 5MB limit per attachment is set, although we are working with RefWorks to address this limitation.