Quoting and Paraphrasing / Referencing and citing using Microsoft Word3(1)
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and citing using
Microsoft Word.
Do this while you are writing your assignment, not afterwards, you’ll save yourself a lot of headaches!
Go to the References Tab.
Click on Insert Citation & Add New Source.
Complete the form with the details of your book / journal / web page etc. If there are multiple authors, click on the ‘Edit’ button of the form and add them
Press OK and it will automatically do the in text citation for you. If you are quoting, you will need a page number. Right click on the citation and click on ‘Edit Citation’ + write in the page number.
At the end of your assignment
Click on ‘Bibliography’ and then ‘Insert Bibliography’
It will automatically insert the reference list for you!
NB
This isn’t foolproof, and you will still need to check everything thoroughly!
To add the ‘volume’ and ‘issue’ when using a journal article, you need to click on the ‘Show all Bibliography Fields’
When you do your reference list, you will need to add the doi number (if there is one) manually.
Mac Version
Click on Document Elements
Go to ‘Manage’
Click on the ‘+’ sign
Add the information
Click on ‘Bibliography’ to insert your references at the end