One of the most difficult tasks you face in working with academic documents is citing references.

StyleEase simplifies and automates this by providing a menu of reference types. After you select the type of reference you want to insert, StyleEase asks you for the information required to properly cite the reference. StyleEase then:

Creating References Manually

To create a new reference entry, select Create Reference Entry from the StyleEase menu, or click Create in the References section of the StyleEase ribbon tab. Then select a reference type from the References menu that StyleEase displays, as shown in the following figure:

Note: The pictured screen is from the StyleEase for APA Style product; other products are similar but not exactly the same.

After you make a selection, StyleEase displays an information screen for your reference type. An example is shown in the following figure. Enter information for the reference and click the Insert Reference button to add the reference to your document and database. Note that StyleEase color codes required (red) and optional (blue) fields in each reference information screen.

Citing References from the Database (APA and MLA Versions)

StyleEase stores all of your references in a database that makes it simple to reuse the reference, in either the same document or a different document. You can cite an entry by simply clicking it in the database listing; you can also edit an entry before inserting it from the database.

You can display the database browser, shown in the following figure, by clicking References Database in the StyleEase menu or the Browse button in the Database section of the StyleEase ribbon tab.

You click a database entry in the top half of the window, and then one of the command buttons:

The Using the References Database how-to page provides a more thorough guide to using the StyleEase references database.