Creating Citation Styles

Before you begin, read about the Anatomy of a Citation Style to learn about how a citation style is constructed. Then familiarize yourself with the Citation Style Editor. The remaining sections in this chapter cover the specifics of the editor.

To save time, we recommend starting by editing a copy of a citation style similar to what you need.

You then use the citation style editor to define the style, covering each use case (book, journal article, etc.) and rule set (in-text or footnote citation, and bibliography entry).

You should also create a test Citavi project with just the reference types that you actually use in your work. Your test project should include several examples of each reference type, with various combinations of completed and empty fields and variations (for example, one, two, or three or more authors, or a missing year).

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