Biochemistry & ComputerScience By Wedam MG

Biochemistry & ComputerScience

Create a Bibliography

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CONTENTS

A)

What is “bibliography”?

B)

Choose a bibliography style

C)

Insert a new citation and source to document

D)

Insert a new placeholder to document

E)

Find a source

F)

Create a bibliography and update it

A) What is “bibliography”?

A bibliography is a database that contains references (books, articles published, websites, conference proceedings, etc.). Bibliographies are sometimes called

"references" or "works cited" depending on the style format that you want usually placed at the end of a document and you cited.

B) Choose a bibliography style

1.

Open a new document in MS Word.

2.

In the Reference tab, go to the Citations & Bibliography group, click “arrow” next to “Style” and then choose the style format “APA” or “MLA” (Social sciences usually use it for citations and sources).

Citations & Bibliography group

The following table provides several of the most common citation style formats.

Abbreviation Style name

APA American Psychological Association

Chicago The Chicago Manual of Style

GB7714 Standardization Administration of China

GOST - Name Sort The Federal Agency of the Russian Federation on Technical Regulating and Metrology

GOST - Title Sort The Federal Agency of the Russian Federation on Technical Regulating and Metrology

ISO 690 - First Element and Date International Organization for Standardization ISO 690 - Numerical Reference International Organization for Standardization

MLA Modern Language Association

SIST02 Standards for Information of Science and Technology by

Japan Science and Technology Agency

Turabian Turabian Style

Source: MS Office 2016

C)

Insert a new citation and source to document.

Put the cursor at the end of the sentence that you want to cite. Click “Insert Citation”

and then click “Add New Source”. The “Edi Source” dialog box appears, select the reference type, and then type information about reference as below figure, and then click “OK”.

This is a sample for citation.

Also, when click “Insert Citation”, see the reference the you insert before. You can click on this reference to insert it into your text.

D) Insert a new placeholder to document

In the “Reference tab”, go to the “Citations & Bibliography group”, click arrow next to

“Insert Citation”, select “Add New Placeholder”, the “Placeholder Name” appears then type the tag name of the source. You can add more information at any time by clicking

“Edit” in the “Source Manager”.

E) Find a source

You can find the source that you are cited in another document from the Master List of the “Manage Sources” in the “Citations & Bibliography group” On the References tab.

The Master list appears all the used citations in previous document but in the Current List of the “Manage Sources” appears the sources for those citations from the document.

You can also add, edit, or delete the sources.

Type in the search box the title or author that you want to find it.

Sort by author, citation tag name, title, or year.

Click the “Browse” to select another master list that you want to import the new sources into your document.

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F) Create a bibliography and update it

To create list of bibliography, go to the last page in the same document by clicking the References tab from Citations & Bibliography group and then insert “Built-In Bibliography/Works Cited” or “Insert bibliography”.

Hint: If you are using the Placeholder citations in your document, it will not appear in the list of bibliography.

What is the difference between Works Cited and Bibliography?

Works Cited is a list of citing sources that you are finished work but a Bibliography is a list of references that you not actually cited the work.

When click on reference, you can update the citations and bibliographies.

Click on the “InsertBibliography”.

This is a sample for bibliography.