Generate citations for a bibliographic item

Overview

 Note: OCLC partners with EasyBib to provide citations.

All WorldCat records include the ability to generate bibliographic citations for the displayed work. WorldCat records offer the following citation styles:

• AMA 10th edition - American Medical Association (AMA) Manual of Style
• APA 7th edition - American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual
• ASA - American Sociological Assocation (ASA) Style Guide
• Chicago (author-date) 17th edition - Chicago Manual of Style
• MLA 8th edition - Modern Language Association (MLA) Handbook

Generate a citation for a bibliographic item

1. From the Item Details screen, click the Cite button (). The Cite a Record dialog opens.
2. From the Cite a Record dialog, select a citation style from the drop-down list. The citation is generated in the text box below.
    Note: Citations are automatically generated and may be missing information. Proofread the citation before copying and pasting.
3. Click Copy Citation to copy the citation to your workstation's clipboard.
   Or
   Copy and paste the citation from the citation text box.
4. Click Close to return to the Item Details screen.

Download a RIS file for a bibliographic item

Bibliographic citations generated in WorldCat.org can be downloaded as an RIS file. RIS is a standardized tag format, developed by Research Information Systems company, that can be imported into citation management tools such as EasyBib, Mendeley, and Zotero. RIS tags contain two letters, two spaces, and a hyphen to express bibliographic citation information. Each tag supports a different field in the bibliographic record. Example: The RIS tag and format for an item's author would look like: AU  - Bennett, Brit

1. From the Item Details screen, click the Cite button (). The Cite a Record dialog opens.
2. From the Cite a Record dialog, click Download RIS. The file should automatically download to your computer.
3. Click Close to return to the Item Details screen.