How Do I Cite Information in Verbum?

Verbum does the citation work for you, including identifying page numbers and generating complete footnotes and bibliographic entries following a variety of style guides. Create a bibliography or export notes and footnotes directly to a word processor document.

Learn how to find page numbers in your resources here.
Learn how to create a bibliography from within Verbum here.

Note: This features is available to all users.

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Create a Citation

Change Your Citation Style Settings

Create a Citation

Copy & Paste

The simplest way to capture and cite information in Verbum is by copying and pasting the text directly into its destination, like a word processing document.

1. Select some text from a resource. Copy the text by using your keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+C in Windows or Cmd+C in macOS) or by clicking Copy in the Selection Menu that appears. 

   

2. Paste it into the destination. Verbum automatically includes the citation anytime you copy and paste a selection into another application (or even into another location in Verbum, such as a note).

   

    

You can also create a bibliography from within Verbum. 

Cite Resources and Features Without Page Numbers

When your resource or feature does not include page numbers, you can still export the information and record the citation.

1. Open the desired resource or feature.

2. Click the More Actions Menu icon  and select Print/Export.

   

3. Your exported information will automatically include a date and timestamp.

   

    

Depending on the resource or feature, different print and export options will be available. Learn more about printing and exporting options here.

Change Your Citation Style Settings

You can adjust how Verbum formats your citation from the Program Settings.

1. Click the Toolbar's More Actions Menu icon and select Program Settings.

   

2. Scroll down to Citation Style.

   

3. Select your preferred citation style from the Citation Style dropdown menu.

   

4. You can also control whether the citations include hyperlinks and footnotes.

   

Verbum does the citation work for you, including identifying page numbers and generating bibliographic entries following a variety of style guides. 

Learn how to find page numbers in your resources here. 

Note: This features is available to all users.

Skip ahead to:

Create a Citation

Change Your Citation Style Settings

Create a Citation

The simplest way to capture and cite information in Verbum is by copying and pasting the text directly into its destination, like a word processing document.

Select some text from a book, copy it, and then paste it into another application. By default, Verbum includes the citation anytime you copy and paste a selection into another application

You can also create a bibliography from within the Verbum Desktop app. 

Change Your Citation Style Settings

You can change how Verbum formats your citation in the Settings menu. 

Tap the More Items Menu , scroll down, and select Settings.

Select Citation settings.

Here, you can:

1. 1. Toggle whether citations are copied or not
   2. Choose to use a short form citation for Bibles (see below)
   3. Choose to include hyperlinks to citations
   4. Select a particular citation style - choose the one you want from the list

If you have Use short format for Bibles disabled, the complete citation will be included when copying text from a Bible (the screenshot on the left). If you have this option enabled, you will just get book, chapter and verse details included (the screenshot on the right).