Entering the Citation Reference

Now that the Citation Guidance has been entered you will need to add the Citation Reference. The purpose of Citation Reference is to uniquely identify the Citation Guidance within a document. Citation Reference is particularly important when arranging the Citation Hierarchy, as citations are arranged by their reference IDs. The Citation Reference is also important when looking for a citation in the document's In Depth Report, and when editing or removing citations.

The way that Citation Reference is entered will vary from document to document depending on the type of reference. Below is a brief overview of the types of reference you might encounter along with a brief explanation of each.

• Document Guidelines – The document suggests how to enter reference
• Headline References - Citation References that contain text. If the Authority Document is a law or regulation and text is added to the Reference, include the text along with the numbers when entering the Reference. If the Citation Guidance is associated with the Reference, do not include the headline in the Citation Reference.
• Reference ID's - Include section or paragraph marks when the document uses them.
• Un-numbered Paragraphs/ Un-numbered Subsections– Individual paragraphs separated under a header; reference these starting with the Section reference followed by the numbered Subsection. Reference any un-numbered paragraphs by adding ¶ 1, ¶ 2, etc. to the end of the reference (i.e. § 7.1 Subsection 1 ¶ 1)
• Bulleted and Dashed Citations – Historically these have been entered with preceding sentences or paragraphs, but in line with current conventions we now enter each bullet separately (i.e. Bullet 1, Bullet 2, etc.)
• Book or Manuscript - Begin each new paragraph on each page with the first full paragraph of that page and follow un-numbered paragraph conventions.Add more info regarding the purpose of Reference, i.e. to uniquely identify the citation guidance within a document