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Step 2: Assigning the bibliography database
In the next step, you tell TextMaker what database you want to use as the document’s
bibliography database. In addition, you specify the fields of the database
from which TextMaker is to obtain the abbreviations for use in references, the
author names, and the titles for the sources.
To do this, proceed as follows:
1. Open the document to which you want to assign the bibliography database you
created in step 1, or start a new document.
2. Invoke Tools > Bibliography > Bibliography Settings.
3. Click on the File button.
4. A file dialog appears. There, navigate to the folder containing the bibliography
database, select the database and confirm with OK.
5. After that, specify the database fields that contain the abbreviations
(“shortcuts”), the author names, and the titles for the sources. To do this, make
the appropriate selections from the three dropdown lists in the Settings group
box.
6. If required, you can also specify the form in which the references that you will
insert in step 3 (see next section) should be displayed by setting options in the
Reference Style group box.
7. When you are satisfied with all the settings, confirm with OK.
TextMaker now knows what database contains information about the sources for
this document and how this information is distributed over the database’s fields. So
you can proceed to step 3.
Step 3: Inserting references to sources
When you have completed steps 1 and 2, you can insert bibliography fields in the
text. These are references to sources that are recorded in the bibliography database.
You can insert such a reference whenever you refer to one of the sources in the text
– for example “as mentioned in [DNA1979], ...”.
You insert a reference to a source into the text as follows:
1. Move the text cursor to the desired position.
2. Invoke Tools > Bibliography > Insert Bibliography Field.
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