Bibliography Options

Question

Hi!

When adding the citations list at the end of a word document for an essay, I would be given different options of types of bibliography. For example, when going to Citations & Bibliography and then the Bibliography drop down, it would give me the option to insert a Bibliography as well as other options like References. I am only able to use References for my degree and this is no longer an option. The only options are Bibliography and Works Cited. Is this a new things with word?

Thank you,

Jess

Answer 1

The items in the Bibliography dropdown are all the same except for what word is used in the title. As a quick workaround, you can insert the item that says "Bibliography", delete that word at the top of the bibliography, and replace it with the word "References". Everything else will remain the same.

To restore the "References" item to the dropdown, first shut down Word. Using the Windows File Manager, click in the address bar near the top and type or copy/paste

%appdata%\Microsoft\Document Building Blocks\1033\16

and press Enter. (This assumes you're using US English, whose Language ID is 1033; if it's another language, find the decimal code for that language at https://www.voidtools.com/support/everything/language_ids/ and substitute it for the 1033.)

In that folder, delete the file "Built-In Building Blocks.dotx".

Restart Word, and click the Bibliography button. That will cause Word to copy the original Built-In Building Blocks file from Word's distribution folder, which is buried six levels below C:\Program Files. You should now see References among the items in the dropdown.

Answer 2

Thank you so much Jay! This worked like a charm :D

Answer 3

Hi JessPasquale,

First, my pleasure to assist you.

As per your description, please don’t worry, we can work together to narrow down and resolve the situation.

 I do test in Word version 2201(14827.20158), and it seems I cannot reproduce issue as you described above.

May I know does issue happened do specific Word document?  If the issue happens to all Word files including a new created one, the issue is more related to the Office app itself or your computer environment. You can first try suggestions below to see the result:

1. Make sure you’ve updated Office to the latest version that some issues can be resolved with such method.
2. Try open your Word insafe mode which allow you to safely use it when it has encountered certain problems
3. If still can’t work, please try torepair an Office application to fix the problem.

In the meantime, to confirm whether this is a bug in a specific version, please provide us the version information. To check version: Open Word>File>Account>Product Information and capture a full screenshot and share here (Please mask your private message for protecting your private message) and we will be tested on that version and verify the result with you.

Also, could you please upload a screenshot of "References for my degree and this is no longer an option" for better understanding

I appreciate your understanding and stay safe!!

Best regards

Waqas Muhammad