Note: Penn State does not have a subscription to the full RefWorks, so some features will not be available to Penn State users. Note that Penn State access does not allow use of RefWorks with Microsoft Word.

To create a new RefWorks account:

• Go to LionSearch and click on "RefWorks Log In" in the top, right corner
• On the RefWorks login page, click the bottom link: No account? Sign up here
• Enter your Penn State email, then enter a password and click Sign Up

RefWorks is a web-based citation management tool. A 'lite' version is free to Penn State users as part of LionSearch.

Use RefWorks to:

• easily import citations and articles
  • 2GB of storage
  • keep your account when you graduate
• share readings and collaborate with up to 10 people
• read, highlight, and annotate documents
• generate bibliographies automatically using APA, MLA and other common citation styles
• cite documents from your library and change citation styles with the touch of a button with the Google Docs add-on.

• In LionSearch, click on the menu button in the upper right corner to reach RefWorks Log In
• On the RefWorks login page, click the bottom link: No account? Sign Up here
• Enter your Penn State email, then enter a password and click Sign Up. You will need to go to your email to verify the account
• RefWorks is entirely web-based, so once your account is set up you can log in from any computer
• Once your account is created, you can access it from LionSearch or at refworks.proquest.com