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February 14, 2023 By Karen Kenjosian

Tip Tuesday | How to Edit a Citation

Happy Valentine’s Day! Are you loving our Tip Tuesday missives? It’s no secret we admire you! Let’s get to the heart of the matter with another tip to help you get the most out of Scrible! We would love to know what tips you want in the future! 🙂

Today’s Tip: How to Edit a Citation
When creating a bibliography, it’s essential to have the accurate citations. Scrible automagically generates citations for your sources. However, if an auto-generated citation is missing any required info, you can (and should) edit it to to update and correct it. Here’s how to do that…


Step 1: Go to My Library and…


Step 2: Click on the title of the source to open it.


Step 3: Select the Citation Sidebar to see the citation editor


Step 4: Note that missing elements of the citation glow red. In this example, the journal title is missing. Let’s fix that. 


Step 5: Entering the publication name prompts additional fields to complete. Edit them as needed.


Step 6: At the bottom of the Citation Sidebar, your citation updates in real-time and is auto saved.


Happy Scribling!

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Filed Under: Product, Tip Tuesday, Training and Support Tagged With: apa, bibliography, citation, citation generator, citations, education, librarians, mla, research

September 1, 2016 By Scrible

MLA 8 in scrible Edu

mla handbook 8th ed

Just in time for the new school year!… This summer, we updated our default MLA citation style format to the new 8th Edition published by the Modern Language Association in April of this year. Edu Pro users can still search for and use the MLA 6th and 7th Edition formats. Please let us know if you have any questions or spot any issues with our update.

Learn about MLA and what’s new in MLA 8 here:
MLA Style
What’s New in the Eighth Edition

Happy citing!

Filed Under: Enhancements, New Features Tagged With: bibliography, citation, mla

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