Step 1: Know Your Course Required Citation Style
- Check your assignment to see which citation style is required (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.).
- All of the information you need for your citation is located in the search results
- This information is also found within the first few pages of your book
Step 2: Generate a Citation.
- To generate a citation in Primo VE, click the quotation mark icon, found in your results list OR in a title's detailed record.
Figure 1: Results List
Figure 2: Title Record
Step 3: Copy the Citation
- Select your citation style from the options on the left.
- click "copy to clipboard"
NOTE: When pasting copied citations from the web into documents (Google Docs, Word, etc.) formatting may paste incorrectly. Be sure to double check all copy and pasted citations.
