Referencing and citing sources to support your case can become frustrating and take hours.

But don't worry.

Google Docks provides two different ways to create an ad.

Citations automatically the citations tool in the explore tool.

For the first method, go to tools citations.

A sidebar will a pair, then choose the format that you want.

Click add citation source and select source type.

I'm going to select, book and choose.

Print inter information into the recommended fields and click Add citation Source.

Now to site within your document, simply click where you want the citation to go.

Using the sidebar, select the source and click site.

You can add the exact page number, or you can delete the number sign.

If you need to edit the source, click the three dots and select Edit.

Your sources are, say, with the correct formatting and used to create your bibliography.

Choose your location and click insert bibliography.

Keep in mind that this feature does have limitations.

You have to enter the information manually and complete all recommended fields to receive the correct formatting.

Any changes made to your bibliography will not update automatically.

After your citations have been added to your document, it's best to wait until the very end.

After all sources have been sighted.

Generate your bibliography.

Now they explored Tool allows you to search the Web within your document.

For relevant sources, you can easily add citations as a footnote.

Let's give it a try.

I'd like to add a citation here.

Toe open the explore tool.

Click the icon at the bottom right of the page, or go to tools.

Explore.

This tool is used just like a normal Google search.

You can use the search bar to search the Web for whatever you want, or you can click on one of the topics that Google has recommended.

Based on your document.

A few results are previewed, and you can click on any of the links to visit the full website.

If you already know the website that you want to use, you can copy the U R L by selecting it, impressing control C or command.

See if you're using a Mac, then you can go back to your document and press control V or Command V to paste the U.

R L into the search bar Press enter, and the first result should be the correct website.

To change the citations format, click the three dots next toe.

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And Chicago to create the sanitation, hover over the result that you want and click the quotation mark.

The citation is added as a footnote with the proper formatting.

The explore tool works well, but it does have a few limitations.

For example, you can only create citations for Web sources.

Also, you can only site as a footnote, which means you won't be able to use this tool to create your bibliography.

Remember, it's important to give credit to or cite sources that you gather information from.

But if you want to save yourself some time and format your bibliography correctly, you should give the citations and explore tools.

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