Create a bibliography in Word - how it works

Creating a bibliography for academic papers is not difficult if you know how to do it. In this practical tip, we will show you how to insert sources and citations in Microsoft Word 2010 and then turn them into a complete bibliography.

Maintain sources in Word

A bibliography is based on literary sources, which you must first enter into Word:

• Click on "Manage Sources" on the "References" tab and in the "Citations and Bibliography" group.
• The "Source Manager" opens, in which you can add new sources and edit existing ones.

Click the "New" button to open the "Create source" window. Enter the source data here. Depending on the type, you can enter various information. Sources include books, book sections, newspaper articles, articles in a magazine, websites, documents from websites, sound recordings, interviews or patents.

Insert quotes

After you have created a source, you can insert it into the text using the "Insert quote" button.

• The form of the quotes is changed via the styles.
• You can find these within the group "Quotes and bibliography".
• Here you can choose from different formats such as Chicago, GOST name sorting, GOST title sorting, ISO 690 first element and date or ISO 690 numerical reference.
• Own formatting is not possible. So you have to try out which format best meets your requirements.

Create and update bibliography

After you have entered the sources in your document and put the quotations, create the bibliography:

• Use the "Bibliography" button to add the bibliography to your document.
• You can either use a pre-prepared bibliography or use the menu item below to create an unformatted one without a heading.

The instructions refer to Word 2010. The procedure may differ for other versions.