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    <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Creating a Bibliography</title>
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  <bookmark_value>indexes;creating bibliographies</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>databases;creating bibliographies</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>bibliographies</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>entries;bibliographies</bookmark_value>
  <bookmark_value>storing bibliographic information</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3149687" role="heading" level="1" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="indices_literature"><link href="text/swriter/guide/indices_literature.xhp">Creating a Bibliography</link></variable></paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3155864" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">A bibliography is a list of works that you reference in a document.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3153402" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Storing Bibliographic Information</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3153414" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">$[officename] stores bibliographic information in a bibliography database, or in an individual document.</paragraph>

<paragraph id="hd_id3154244" role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">To Store Information in the Bibliography Database</paragraph>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155872" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <link href="text/shared/01/02250000.xhp"><emph>Tools - Bibliography Database</emph></link></paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3155900" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Data - Record</emph>.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147123" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Type a name for the bibliography entry in the <item type="menuitem">Short name</item> box, and then add additional information to the record in the remaining boxes.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150219" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Close the <item type="menuitem">Bibliography Database</item> window.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150242" role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">To Store Bibliographic Information in an Individual Document</paragraph>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150945" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in your document where you want to add the bibliography entry.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150964" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <link href="text/swriter/01/04120300.xhp"><emph>Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Bibliography Entry</emph></link>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3150525" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select <emph>From document content</emph> and click <emph>New</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3153738" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Type a name for the bibliography entry in the <item type="menuitem">Short name</item> box.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3153763" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select the publication source for the record in the <item type="menuitem">Type</item> box, and then add additional information in the remaining boxes.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3146873" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3146897" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <item type="menuitem">Insert Bibliography Entry</item> dialog, click <item type="menuitem">Insert</item>, and then <item type="menuitem">Close</item>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3150741" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Inserting Bibliography Entries From the Bibliography Database</paragraph>

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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3148402" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in your document where you want to add the bibliography entry.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3148421" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>Insert - Table of Contents and Index - Bibliography Entry</emph>.</paragraph>
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  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3153231" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select <emph>From bibliography database</emph>.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147059" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Select the name of the bibliography entry that you want to insert in the <item type="menuitem">Short name</item> box.</paragraph>
  </listitem>
  <listitem>
    <paragraph id="par_id3147085" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Insert</emph> and then click <emph>Close</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3156060" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/swriter/01/04120300.xhp">Bibliography Database</link></paragraph>
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<embed href="text/swriter/guide/indices_enter.xhp#indices_enter"/>
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/indices_edit.xhp#indices_edit"/>
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/indices_form.xhp#indices_form"/>
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/indices_delete.xhp#indices_delete"/>
<embed href="text/swriter/guide/indices_index.xhp#indices_index"/>
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<paragraph id="par_id6367076" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Some external tools exist that can interact with %PRODUCTNAME. One example is called <link href="http://bibus-biblio.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page">Bibus</link>.</paragraph>
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