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Academic Publishing: Using One Line / Cite

One line/Cite

If you are unable to download and install Write-N-Cite on your computer, you may use the Cite icon in RefWorks to create in-text citations.

  1. When viewing your references, look at the right-hand side of the brief citation, under the Actions heading. Click the Cite icon, that looks like two empty brackets: 
     
  2. A pop-up window will appear with a citation placeholder: {{109 Greene, Andy 2007}}
  3. Copy and paste the citation placeholder where you want the in-text citation to appear in your document.
  4. IMPORTANT! Save your paper with these placeholders.
  5. After you have entered all the placeholders into your paper and saved your document a final time, close your document. 
  6. Click on  located under the toolbar.
  7. Choose your Output Style, and then select "Format Paper and Bibliography."
  8. Browse for your document and upload the file.
  9. A final version of your paper is created. The placeholders and your bibliography are formated in the style you chose.
  10. Proofread and save your paper.