Category Archives: Tutorials

View Cited References

It is possible to view in your item panel, a list of the references you have cited. Click on the “Cited references” button. To locate the in-text citations of a particular item in your document, you can use the “Highlight Citations” button. The first in-text citation containing the selected item will be highlighted. Clicking the…

Customize Style

Manually edit a citation style using the Citation Style editor. The format for both the in-text citation and reference list can be changed. Click on the “Change Citation Style” button. Select a citation style you wish to edit, then click on the “Edit this style”.   You can customize In-Text Citation Style, Bibliographic Citation Style…

Select Standard Styles

There are many preloaded styles available for selection in Citation Tool. You can change the citation style anytime you are working on the document. Click on the “Change Citation Style” button. Select the desired citation style. Click “OK”.

Insert Citations

There are 3 ways to insert your in-text citations. Insert with “Insert Citation” button : Place your typing cursor where you wish to insert your citations, select your items in the Citation Tool panel, and click on the insert citation button. Insert with “Enter” key : Place your typing cursor where you wish to insert…

Quick Start

Citation Tool 4.0 is a plugin for Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010 to insert bibliography directly from your CiteReady account into your Word document. To use the plug-in, an CiteReady account and internet access is required.   After installation, the Citation Tool plug-in should appear in the home tab of Microsoft Word. You can dock…

Add files from Google Drive & Dropbox

You can add any files from your Google Drive & Dropbox to CiteReady through a few clicks. These files will be listed as attachments to your CiteReady item, and can be linked anytime from CiteReady. You can add as many files as you like, regardless of file type or size. Why and when to use…

Web Importer

1. From supported databases : Web Importer allow you to import bibliographic data directly from web pages into your CiteReady account. First go to any of supported websites. Type your search terms within the search bar in the supported website. After performing the search, click on the Web Importer to collect bibliographic data from your…

Features Summary

1. Summary Feature can be used to gather quick statistics about a particular folder. For a given folder, you can quickly find most prolific authors; most used publications and databases and so on.   2. When you click on a category, for example “Author”, you can view the names of all the authors along with…

Locate PDF

1. Click on “Setting”, then choose your university library to enable direct linkage when locating PDFs.   2. The Locate PDF function only works with two link resolvers namely SFX and SerialSolution (360). 3. If your library does not appear in the above list, please send your request to randy@citeready.com.

Add Menu

1. Locate bibliography : You can create a new item by manual entry. Instead of manual entering the bibliographic data, you can use the locate bibliographic function. Enter a partial of the full title into the title box. Enter the name of any authors into the author box. Click on locate bibliography to retrieve the…