Learn how to add references for research papers, journal articles, books, and other sources in Microsoft Word.

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Open Microsoft Word document and go to the References tab. Select your first index entry by dragging your cursor through it. In the ribbon, you will see the Index section toward the right side.

Our visual guide helps you find the most useful commands on the Ribbon in Word 2016 and 2019 for Windows, along with keyboard shortcuts for performing each action.

Open your research paper in Microsoft Word, and click where you want the citation to go. Click the "References" tab. Click the "Style" drop-down menu from the Citations & Bibliography group.

Large Word documents are often sprinkled with references to information throughout a document. You can enter them manually, but they'll be hard to maintain later. Instead, use this simple technique.

TOC basics Word offers two ways to insert a TOC: Using the Table of Contents option on the References tab offers a gallery with a few pre-defined TOCs, and access to customizing options.