Sources and citations

Sources is your library of books, articles, web pages, interviews and other works. You cite them in your writing, and Imprint sets the citations and a Works Cited page in your book’s citation style.

Open Sources

• From Tools, pick Sources.
• In the editor, open the More menu, choose Tools, and pick Sources.

Add a source

1. Select Add source.
2. Choose the Type: Book, Chapter in a book, Journal article, Magazine article, Newspaper article, Web page, Film, Interview, Report, or Thesis or dissertation.
3. To fill in the details, type an ISBN, DOI or web address under Find by and select Find. Check the details, then select Save source.
4. To type the details in yourself, fill in the fields. More details shows editors, translators, edition, volume and the rest.

Import sources

Select Import and choose a BibTeX, RIS or CSL JSON file from Zotero, Mendeley, EndNote or Google Scholar.

Interviews

• An interview has Terms: On the record, On background, Not for attribution or Off the record.
• Only a source on the record can be cited in a book. The others stay in your library and are not named in the book.
• Contact (private) and Last verified are seen only by you.

Cite a source

1. In the editor, put the cursor where the citation goes.
2. Select Cite a source in the toolbar, or type /cite.
3. Pick the source, add the Page if you like, and select Cite.

The citation shows in the editor as the author, year and page, such as (Wilder 1940, 214). In the book it is set in the book’s citation style.

A book’s sources and style

In Imprint:

• Citation style sets every citation and the Works Cited page: APA (7th edition), MLA (9th edition), Chicago (notes and bibliography), Chicago (author-date), or Harvard.
• Chicago (notes and bibliography) sets each citation as a footnote. The other styles set it in the line.
• This book’s sources lists the sources in the book. Under All sources, Add to book puts a source in it, and Take out of this book removes one.

Add a Works Cited page

1. In Imprint, open Pages.
2. Under Back matter, open Add a page and choose Works Cited.

The page lists the book’s sources and every source its chapters cite, in the book’s citation style. Its title follows the style.