Learn how to add references for research papers, journal articles, books, and other sources in Microsoft Word.

Position the cursor at the end of the document (you’ll probably add a new page to your document). In the Insert group (still on the References tab), click Insert Index.

You can insert a footnote or endnote in Word from the References tab of the ribbon. Footnotes and endnotes are supplemental information you can add to a document and reference using superscripts ...

Large Word documents are often sprinkled with references to information throughout a document. You can enter them manually, but they'll be hard to maintain later. Instead, use this simple technique.