Note: Penn State does not have a subscription to the full RefWorks, so some features will not be available to Penn State users.
To create a new RefWorks account:
- Go to LionSearch and click on the menu button on the top right
- Select "RefWorks Log In" from the drop-down menu
- 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.