Adding and editing citations

Add citations to your document and edit them if changes are required.

Add citations

Click on the Zotero tab in your word processor and click the Add Citation

Quick view - enter your terms (author, words from the title) in the search bar, the references that match will be displayed. Click to select.

Classic View - displays your library. Select reference/s and click OK to insert them into your document.

To add page numbers or suppress author names, see the 'edit citations' section below.


Add multiple citations

To add multiple citations, enter the first citation

Enter the words from the next citation (ie author name, words from the title)

Repeat until you have added all required citations

Hit enter to insert them into your document.

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Edit citations

Click on Add/Edit Citations

Editing citations

In the Citation Bar, click on the citation you want to edit.

Add page numbers, and other text, or remove the citation.

Add page numbers


Removing field codes

Removing field codes should only be done when you are ready to finish and/or submit your document.

It is an irreversible process. You should save a back-up copy of your document in case you do need to make changes.

When you are ready, click unlink citations unlink citations

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