The next time you quote this reference, you don't have to type it all out again. When you've completed these steps, the citation is added to the list of available citations. The source is added as a citation at the place you selected in your document. To add more information about a source, click the Show All Bibliography Fields check box.Ĭlick OK when finished. If you chose to add a source, enter the details for the source. A question mark appears next to placeholder sources in Source Manager. To add a placeholder, so that you can create a citation and fill in the source information later, click Add New Placeholder. To add the source information, click Add New Source, and then, in the Create Source dialog box, click the arrow next to Type of Source, and select the type of source you want to use (for example, a book section or a website). On the Reference tab, click Insert Citation and then do one of the following: For example, social sciences documents usually use the MLA or APA styles for citations and sources.Ĭlick at the end of the sentence or phrase that you want to cite. On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography group, click the arrow next to Style and click the style that you want to use for the citation and source. Add a new citation and source to a document To add a citation to your document, you first add the source that you used. Afterwards, you can create a bibliography of the sources you used to write your paper. Citations can be added in various formats, including APA, Chicago-style, GOST, IEEE, ISO 690, and MLA. In Word, you can easily add citations when writing a document where you need to cite your sources, such as a research paper.

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