How Do I Cite 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.

Skip ahead to:

Export Citations to a Word Processor Document

Change Your Citation Style Settings

Cite Resources and Features Without Page Numbers

Export Citations to a Word Processor Document

One of the simplest ways of capturing and citing information is by copying it to an external word processor.

1. Select some text from a resource and copy it.

   

    

2. Paste it into a word processor document or other 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 Verbum. 

Change Your Citation Style Settings

Citation formatting is controlled from program settings and the citation style option.

1. Click the Toolbar's more actions 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.

   

    

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 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.

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:

Export Citations

Change Your Citation Style Settings

Export Citations

One of the simplest ways of capturing and citing information is by copying it to an external application.

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

Citation formatting is controlled from Settings and the Citation settings option.

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

Then select Citation settings.

Here, you can:

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)