Description
Gathering research can be time-consuming. The Explore tool in Google Docs automatically suggests content based on what you’ve written, so you can quickly add citations.
Examples
- Add citations to your research, papers, proposals, projects, grants, and more.
- Choose your preferred citation format (MLA, APA, or Chicago).
Instructions
Use a suggested topic
- At the bottom of your document, click Explore assistant.
On the right, you’ll see suggestions based on your content. - Click a topic.
- Click links that are relevant to your topic.
- Copy and paste any text from suggested content into your document.
Tip: To clear any text formatting, select the text and click Format > Clear formatting.
- In the document, select where you want the footnote. Then, in the Explore results, hover over the source you quoted and click Cite format_quote to add a footnote.
- At the bottom of your document, click Explore assistant.
On the right, you’ll see suggestions based on your content. - (Optional) Click a research item to see the entire contents online.
- Hover over a research item and click Add add to add the text and a footnote.
- At the bottom of your document, click Explore assistant.
- In the Search box, enter information that is relevant to your citation (book, author, article title, and so on).
- Click links that are relevant to your topic.
- Copy and paste any text from suggested content into your document.
Tip: To clear any text formatting, select the text and click Format > Clear formatting.
- In the document, select where you want the footnote. Then, in the Explore results, hover over the source you quoted and click Cite format_quote to add a footnote.