APA Referencing in Microsoft Word 2007

Brisbane Grammar School Library

Why do we need to reference sources of information?

• To foster the creation of collective knowledge

• To create academic integrity

• To protect other people’s intellectual property

• To reduce the likelihood of plagiarism

Open the Reference tab, then select APA from the Style list

APA is a set of style rules or guidelines, developed by the

American Psychological Association, and used to ensure

clear and consistent presentation of written material.

(www.apastyle.org)

How to Create Your Bibliography

1. Click ‘Manage Sources’

2. Click ‘New’ to add in

details of sources

3. Click here to select which type

of resource you are adding, then fill in

the details

Highlight a resource to see

how it will look as a citation and a

bibliography entry

Open this section to

enter extra details such as volume or edition

You can return at a later date to add more sources to your Master List

When you are ready to create your

Bibliography, copy the sources you

want to the Current List

To see what your final

bibliography will look like,

click the Bibliography

link

To alter or update your Bibliography,

click in it, then make the changes

You can change the font style, size or spacing here, or paste in

new citations from database articles, then format them to

match the APA style.Make sure you keep your list in

alphabetical order.

To insert an in-text reference, first place

your cursor at the correct place. Next

click ‘Insert Citation’, and select your

source.

Click on the inserted citation to change its details or to update the whole reference

(source details)

Created by Cathy Oxley Brisbane Grammar School Library

2010

With sincere thanks toMeredith Erbacher

Anglican Church Grammar SchoolBrisbane