Zoho Writer allows you to add citation and bibliography to list the research materials that you referred to create your paper or thesis. You can also copy, edit, and delete a citation.

Mentioned below are the styles and sources supported by Zoho Writer:

Supported citation types

• APA (7th edition)
• MLA (8th edition)
• Chicago author-date (17th edition)

Supported sources

• Book
• Journal
• Book Section
• Website
• Newspaper article
• Film
• TV Series
• TV Episode
• Miscellaneous

Sub categories for each source

• Print
• Website
• Website (Originally print)
• Online Database

1. Add a citation 
2. Insert the citation in the required places in the document.

1. How to add a citation

For easy understanding, let us take an example of adding a Website citation.

Note: There are four types of contributors: Author, Editor, Compiler, and Translator. Select the correct type before adding the citation. You can also select a person or an organization as the contributor type.

Note: You can search for journal using its DOI link to fetch its details online.

2. How to insert a citation in the document

1. Click Citations & Bibliography from the Insert menu.
2. Your list of citations will be displayed.
3. Click Cite next to the citation you want to insert.
4. The citation will be inserted in the document at the cursor position.

Note: You can choose the type of citation style before inserting it in the Citation style dropdown

Managing citations

1. Click the three horizontal dots in a citation.
2. Choose any of the options listed in the dropdown.

Tip: You can also allow your collaborators to perform all the operations if you've shared the document with Edit permission.

How to insert a bibliography

1. Click Citations & Bibliography from the Insert menu.
2. Click Insert Bibliography in the bottom.
3. The entire citation will be inserted as a bibliography list at the cursor position.