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Bibliographies
A bibliography is a list for displaying references used throughout a document. These references
are either stored in a bibliographic database or within the document itself.
This section shows you how to:
• Create a bibliographic database; add and maintain entries.
• Add a reference into a document.
• Format the bibliography.
• Update and edit an existing bibliography.
Creating a bibliographic database
For most of this section, the database table used is the sample one that comes with Writer. For
information on creating a new table in the bibliographic database, see Chapter 8, Getting Started
with Base, in the Getting Started guide.
Although you can create references within the document itself, creating a bibliographic database
allows reuse in other documents and saves a lot of time.
Select Tools > Bibliography Database. The Bibliography Database window similar to that in
Figure 360 opens. The upper part of the page shows all of the records, in a table layout similar to
that of a spreadsheet. The lower part of the page shows all the fields of the selected record.
Figure 360: Bibliography Database main window
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