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.

• 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