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Module 7 - Citations and the Citation Style Wizard

Now that you have learned about citations and the Citation Style Wizard, you are ready to begin Module 8, the Research Log.

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A citation, or reference, is information used to specifically identify a source of information such that a reader can find the original source if needed. PowerResearcher not only helps you cite sources in the body of your paper, but it will also greatly speed up the creation of a bibliography, references section, works cited section, or table of authorities.

The first step is to add a Bibliography element to your project structure by clicking on Insert in the top menu bar.

The basic steps for inserting a citation are to position your cursor in the word processing document in the Content Pane where you want the citation to appear, then click the Citation Tool icon on the Toolbar (see the figure on the right). This will display a bibliography dialog box in which you enter the details of the citation as shown below. As you type, a preview of the full citation, formatted as the style requires, is shown at the bottom.

The citation is added to a list so it can be reused if needed (see below).

The citation-in-text, or parenthetical citation, appears at the point selected in the document,

Now it gets a little more interesting. PowerResearcher will ask you what citation style you wish to use. You can use one of the styles that come packaged with PowerResearcher or you can create a style template that you can reuse. The included styles are:

Any style can be created with the Style Creation Wizard.

 

Now that you have your style selected and your Bibliography element in place, you are ready to start inserting citations.
And, an entry is made in the Bibliography element.