Word: Insert citation - how it works

Inserting citations is an important part of scientific texts or articles in particular. To make it easier for you to work with citations, Word has a so-called reference function. Using it is child's play.

Insert citation: How to add a new source in Word

When you write a scientific paper in Word, it often happens that you need to insert citations. To make this step easier for you, Word provides its own function to insert citations and other references more quickly. However, before you can use a citation in your document, you must add the associated source.

1. To do this, please navigate to the "References" tab or "References" tab and first set a style for the citation in the "Citations and Bibliography" area.
2. Then click on the arrow next to "Add citation" and select the "Add new source" option.
3. In the window that opens, first select what kind of source it is and type in the details such as author name, title or publisher.
4. Finally confirm your entries by clicking "OK".

This is how you insert citations into your Word document

Once you have saved the source of a citation in the source list, you can always insert it into your Word document. To do this, simply click at the end of the sentence for which you want to insert a quote and navigate to "References". Click on "Insert citation" and select the desired citation from the list that appears. If changes to the inserted citation are still necessary, this is possible under "Manage sources".