Reassigning References

Use the Reassign Reference function if you observe one or more of the following:

• General: A gray icon with two question marks appears on the Citations tab of the Citavi Word Add-In:
• General: Instead of the cited reference, you see this message in red on the Citations tab of the Citavi Word Add-In: Assigned reference not found.
• For author-year citation styles: You notice that even though your project only has one reference by an author from a given year, such as Miller 2011, Citavi shows the data as if it were more than one reference (e.g. Miller 2011a, Miller 2011b).
• In a style that uses footnote citations, you notice that when you cite the reference in two consecutive footnotes, "ibid." is not added to the second footnote.

Cause

• You cited a reference in your Word document. Later, you deleted the reference from your project. When you wanted to cite the reference again later on, you added the reference to your project again and then cited it again in your paper. Citavi cannot recognize that the reference is the same as the one you deleted.
• Technical Information: Every reference in a Citavi project has a unique internal number. The Add-In for Word uses this number to link a reference in your document to the reference in the corresponding Citavi project. An internal number that you already used cannot be assigned again, even if the reference with that internal number was deleted. Once you've inserted a reference or a knowledge item into the Word Add-In, all the bibliographic information for the reference is also saved in the Word document. This means, that all of the information necessary for citing a reference remains in your Word document, even if you delete the reference in your Citavi project. This includes the internal number. (We explain elsewhere how you can use this feature to export bibliographic information from your Word document).

Reassigning References

1. In Word, on the Citavi pane on the Citations tab, search for the incorrect reference. Usually the citation will have two question marks next to it.
2. Select the citation and click Assign reference at the very bottom of the Citavi pane.
3. Search for the correct reference, select it, and click OK.
4. Repeat this step for all the citations in your document that correspond to the deleted reference.