Citations and the Bib
- This is, in my opinion extremely useful.
- We will continue to work on the report. (Here is a a copy if you need one.
- Citations and a bib.
- This is from page 274 in the book.
- There are several tools to create and manage bibliographies.
- Word has one
- EndNote is a big one.
- Inserting references is reasonably simple
- First, set the Style to be the style you use in your discipline
- On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography command group, select the Style dropdown
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- Probably MLA, APA or Chicago
- I use IEEE
- But you can add or modify one if you wish.
- I selected MLA, please do the same.
- On the References tab, in the Citations & Bibliography command group, select Manage Sources
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- There may already be a reference in your Source manager
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- But we want to add one.
- I want to cite the book
- "The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Comic-Book Icons and Hollywood Heroes"
- By Gina Misiroglu
- Published in 2012
- Published by Visible Ink Press, Detroit Michigan
- So click on new
- Select Book
- Click in the Author filed
- Notice that an example is given at the bottom of the form.
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- Follow that or you WILL have a bad bib.
- Fill in the other fields.
- Notice that the new book is added to your MasterList.
- this is incredibly useful when you work in a single area (like in grad school)
- I want to add a journal article.
- Male Call: Fifth-Grade Boys' Reading Preferences
- I picked this one for multiple authors.
- Authors: Pamela J. Farris, Donna E. Werderich, Pamela A Nelson and Carol J. Fuhler
- This is from the journal The Reading Teacher
- Published November 2009
- Pages 180-188
- The MLA format wants this listed as Print for the Medium
- Add a citation for the source of the data
- We should go back and fix the Superhero book's medium as well.
- Inserting a citation is easy.
- Move the location and select Insert Citation from the Reference tab.
- Select the appropriate source.
- Since the document is just junk text, insert a reference to each of the sources somewhere.
- Note what happens when a citation is added to the text.
- Building a bib.
- Move to the end of the document.
- Add a Next Page Section Break to
- on the References tab, select Bibliography from the Citations & Bibliography command group and insert a bib of the format you want.
- Change the style and see what happens.
- Discussion about when to use this.