Faq/Writer/131

Description for version 7.2.1

Creating a Bibliography
A bibliography is a list of works that you reference in a document.

Storing Bibliographic Information
LibreOffice stores bibliographic information in a bibliography database, or in an individual document.

To Store Information in the Bibliography Database

 * 1) Choose
 * 2) Choose.
 * 3) Type a name for the bibliography entry in the "Short name" box, and then add additional information to the record in the remaining boxes.
 * 4) Close the "Bibliography Database" window.

To Store Bibliographic Information in an Individual Document

 * 1) Click in your document where you want to add the bibliography entry.
 * 2) Choose.
 * 3) Select From document content and click.
 * 4) Type a name for the bibliography entry in the Short name box.
 * 5) Select the publication source for the record in the "Type" box, and then add additional information in the remaining boxes.
 * 6) Click.
 * 7) In the Insert "Bibliography Entry" dialog, click, and then.

Inserting Bibliography Entries From the Bibliography Database

 * 1) Click in your document where you want to add the bibliography entry.
 * 2) Choose.
 * 3) Select "From bibliography database".
 * 4) Select the name of the bibliography entry that you want to insert in the "Short name" box.
 * 5) Click  and then click.

Insert Bibliography Entry
Inserts a bibliography reference.

To access this command... Choose

From bibliography database
Inserts a reference from the bibliography database.

From document content
Inserts a reference from the bibliography records that are stored in the current document.

An entry that is stored in the document has priority over an entry that is stored in the bibliography database.

Short name
Select the short name of the bibliography record that you want to insert.

Author, Title
If available, the author and the full title of the selected short name are displayed in this area.

Insert
Inserts the bibliographic reference into the document. If you created a new record, you must also insert it as an entry, otherwise the record is lost when you close the document.

Close
Closes the dialogue box.

New
Opens the Define Bibliography Entry dialogue box, where you can create a new bibliography record.

This record is only stored in the document.

To add a record to the bibliography database, choose.

Edit
Opens the Define Bibliography Entry dialogue box where you can edit the selected bibliography record.