To create a reference child node, follow step 2 in proposing a child node procedure. 

Grinnell College

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

1.Find where and how your community organizes references

2.Propose a change to the parent node that holds all the references

3.Select the reference child node option

4.Title the node

5.Add APA citation to content

6.Finalize and propose the node

Proposing a Reference Node to Cite a Source

Once you find the immediate parent to the child node you want to propose, click the pencil icon on the footer of that parent node to propose a change.

2.Click to Propose a Change on the Parent Node

Each area of the map organizes references differently. Check with others in your community to find out where and how references are organized. For example, the education community references are organized as children off of a relation node.

1.Find Where and How Your Community Organizes References

2.Propose a Change to the Parent Node that Holds All the References

Once the sidebar pops up with the options for different child nodes, select the "reference child node" option. 

3.Select the Reference Child Node 

Write the title and the year of the source in the title section of the reference node template. 

4.Reference Node Titling

Find and copy the APA citation of the source you are citing and paste it into the content of the reference node template.

5.Content of a Reference Node 

To propose the reference node, follow step 7 in "Steps to Proposing a Child Node"

Learn Before

Related