How to Add Reference in Word Documents Using MacBook

Add reference in Word documents with the quick guide described before. Adding references using a Mac is different from other computers. In order to display a reference automatically in your Word document, you need to make sure that you add an in-text citation in your work. It’s so difficult to manually type references in your work. To use either the Harvard Anglia style, the APA system of referencing, the CHICAGO style, and so many others.

References are essential to include in any work that you have used another work to get material for that particular work to give credit to the author and to avoid plagiarism.

How to Add Reference in Word Documents Using MacBook

Before starting, it’s important to make sure you have all the important details such as year, name of the author, publication year and others, which should be included in references.

Let’s consider you have already typed a paragraph and now you don’t know how to automatically cite the author of that particular work.

Here are the steps necessary for you to follow so that to automatically insert references and bibliography in your word document,

• Place the cursor where you want to place citation
• Click “document elements” tab, you will see a section named “References”
• Change references style to choose style you want by using the upside down arrow in the Reference section
• Click manage to add or remove citation in your document, you will see “citation” dialog box
• Click plus sign to insert citation in your document, you will see a “create new source” dialog box
• Click “Type of source” to change the source
• Add all important info about the source and click “OK” when you’re done
• Place cursor where you want to display references in your document
• Click “Bibliography” and then click “Bibliography or work cited” to display references in your document.
• Congratulations, you are done.
• Anytime you make changes in your documents remember to updates your Bibliography by simply click the dropdown arrow in the bibliography.