Transcript Using Word ‘07 to create a Works cited/bibliography

USING WORD ‘07 TO CREATE
A WORKS
CITED/BIBLIOGRAPHY
Getting Started
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Log on to the network
Open a blank word document (or the one you’re
already working with)
Give the new document a name and save it in your
H drive
Setting up your citations
Click on the
Reference tab
in the tool
ribbon (at the
top of the
document)
Select the style for citations
Notice that
you can select
the “style”
your citations
will be
presented in.
APA is usually
used for
science
classes, MLA
for literacy.
Start your citations
Click the Insert
Citation
button on the
ribbon.
Click Add
New Source
from the drop
down window.
Select type of source
When you
clicked add
new source,
you’ll see a
task window
like this. Find
the type of
source you
want to cite
using the drop
down menu.
Fill in all information from your source
Fill in the
blanks with
the
information
from your
source. Click
OK to save
the info.
HINT: do this
at the time
you are using
the source!
Completing your works cited
Click
Bibliography
from the
ribbon.
Select works
cited (or
bibliographycheck with
your teacher)
Click Insert
Bibliography.
Cool Tricks—Stuff that will help
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Use tabbed browsing to go back and forth between
multiple sources.
Keep your word document open but minimized so
it’s easy to go back and forth between it and your
electronic source.
Copy and paste citation information required
directly from your source to the citation.
One more tool
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How to check for the last time a web site was
updated:
Go to the website
Type the following in the browser window:
javascript:alert(document.lastModified)
A little window will pop up showing the date the site
was last updated!
Questions?
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