Publication reference

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Last updated: May 17, 2024 by Katie McElroy
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What is a Publication reference?

The Publication reference content type contains information similar to a bibliography or citation and appears on the Publications listing page. There are 36 supported publication types, including: Book, Book Chapter, Conference Paper, Journal Article, Patent, Software, Web Article, and more.

Create a Publication reference

  1. From the administration bar, select Workbench then My Dashboard.

  1. In the Publication reference box, select the Add button beside Publication reference.

Screenshot of Publication reference add button

  1. Select the publication type you would like to create from the provided list.

Note: For the purposes of this document, we will be going through how to create a Journal Article reference, as it is one of the most common publication types and many other reference types have similar fields.

Required fields

  1. In the Title field, type the page title using sentence case.

  1. Under the Publication tab, enter the Year of Publication and the Journal where the reference is from.

  1. Select Draft from the Revision state field.

  1. Select Save at the bottom of the page.

Optional fields

Optional information can be added to Publication references found under the Edit tab of a Publication reference:

You have the option of adding the Authors for your Publication reference.

  1. Manually enter the Author name in the text field.

  2. Select a Category of the Author.

  3. Select the Author Role

Too add another Author, select the Add another item button and follow steps 2-3 above.

You can add an Abstract for your Publication reference by manually entering the Abstract information in the provided text box.

Aside from the required Year and Journal fields, you can enter further information about the Publication reference.

You can enter the Volume, Start Page, Issue, Number of Pages, Date Published, Type of Article, Masters Thesis, and Reprint Edition in each respective text field.

You can the option of adding any applicable Identifiers to your Publication reference.

Manually enter the ISBN Number, Accession Number, Call Number, Other Numbers and PMID as available in your reference.

You can enter an optional URL and DOI for your reference.

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