Whenever you use information from one of your sources, you need to give credit to them by citing them.
A ‘Create Source’ box will open. Enter the appropriate details in this box and the citation will appear in your document.
Each time you click on a particular field in this form, there is an example at the bottom of the box showing how to enter the information
If there are any fields missing from this reference, tick 'Show all bibliography fields' and more options will come up. All recommended fields for the reference type you have chosen will have an asterisk next to it, once you have ticked 'Show all bibliography fields'.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Book.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Book Section.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Journal Article.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
The template for 'Journal article' references doesn't include a mandatory entry for 'DOI' or 'URL'. If you would like to include a URL or DOI in your reference, you will have to manually edit the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Article in a Periodical.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
If you require additional fields to fill in (e.g. volume, issue number), then tick 'Show all Bibliography fields' at the bottom of the form and more options will be available to you. You will see a red asterisk beside the recommended fields for this reference type.
The template for 'Article in a Periodical' references doesn't include a mandatory entry for 'URL'. If you would like to include a URL in your reference, you will have to manually edit the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Website.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
You may require to enter the organisation's name as the author. If so, tick 'Corporate author' and enter the organisation's name in the box adjacent to it.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Document from Website.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
You may require to enter the organisation's name as the author. If so, tick 'Corporate author' and enter the organisation's name in the box adjacent to it.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Conference Proceedings.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Report.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Electronic Source.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Electronic Source' shows the fields 'Author', 'Title', 'City', 'Publisher' and 'Year'. For additional information (e.g. URL), you will have to manually edit the entry in the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Art.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Art' shows the fields 'Artist', 'Title', 'Institution' and 'Year'. For additional information (e.g. URL), you will have to manually edit the entry in the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Sound Recording.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Sound Recording' shows the fields 'Composer', 'Title', 'Production Company' and 'Year'. For additional information (e.g. Place of distribution), you will have to manually edit the entry in the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Performance.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Performance' shows the fields 'Title', 'Writer', 'Production Company', 'City' and 'Year'. For additional information (e.g. Theatre, date seen), you will have to manually edit the entry in the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Film.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Interview.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Interview' shows the fields 'Interviewee', 'Title', 'Year', 'Month' and 'Day'. For additional information (e.g. Interviewer, Broadcaster), you will have to manually edit the entry in the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Patent.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Patent' shows the fields 'Inventor', 'Title', 'Year', 'Country/Region' and 'Patent number'. For additional information (e.g. Authorising Organisation, URL), you will have to manually edit the entry in the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Case.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Case' shows the fields 'Title', 'Reporter' and 'Year'. You can put the volume number, abbreviations for title of report series and the first page number of the case in the 'Reporter' field and it will display correctly.
Put the cursor at the point in the document where you want to add a citation.
Click ‘Insert Citation’.
Choose the ‘Type of Source’ from the drop-down menu – in this case, Miscellaneous.
Fill in the relevant sections of the form and Click OK to generate an in-text citation.
This source 'Miscellaneous' shows the fields 'Author', 'Title', 'Year', 'City' and 'Publisher'. For additional information (e.g. URL), you will have to manually edit the entry in the Reference list at the end. Click here for more information on how to do that.
You may not always have all the details of your reference to hand when writing your assignment, but wish to indicate to yourself that a citation and reference needs to be inputted later. In this case, you can use a placeholder to mark where this needs to go.
A placeholder name box will appear
Type in a name for your placeholder (try and make this something specific that will remind you which reference you need later). The name cannot have any spaces in it.
Click on the placeholder in the document
Click on the drop-down menu beside this placeholder
Choose ‘Edit Source’
Type in the details of the reference as necessary.
