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You can use Sources citations in other Mandala tools. This lets you quickly create bibliographies and citations in any rich text field.
Add a Citation to an Asset
This guide assumes you already have a media asset in one of Mandala's tools.
- Edit your asset
- Learn more about editing in Audio-Video, Texts, Sources, and Visuals
- Find a rich text editor field
- Rich text editors include a toolbar and a large space for editing text
- "Description" fields usually use rich text
- Place your cursor where you want to insert the citation
- Click on the Mandala icon in the toolbar
- The "Add Mandala Resource" window will open
- Switch the "Type" to Sources
- You can find the "Type" drop-down field in the top right corner
- A list of sources will appear
- To use a citation you created, enter your computing id in the "Show only from user" field
- A list of your sources will appear
- Use the other fields as needed to find the source you want
- Click on the source you want to add
- The source will turn green
- You'll see an excerpt of the source to the right
- Click Add item
- The window will close
- You'll see a citation in the editor
- Repeat this process to add more citations
- Save the Save the Mandala asset when you're done.
Add a Citation to a Collection Description
This guide assumes you already have a collection or subcollection in one of Mandala's tools.
- Edit your collection
- Learn more about editing in Audio-Video, Texts, Sources, and Visuals
- Find the "Description" field
- Place your cursor where you want to insert the citation
- Click on the Mandala icon in the toolbar
- The "Add Mandala Resource" window will open
- Switch the "Type" to Sourcesto Sources
- You can find the "Type" drop-down field in the top right corner
- A list of sources will appear
- To use a citation you created, enter your computing id in the "Show only from user" field
- A list of your sources will appear
- Use the other fields as needed to find the source you want
- Click on the source you want to add
- The source will turn green
- You'll see an excerpt of the source to the right
- Add Click Add item
- The window will close
- You'll see a citation in the editor
- Repeat this process to add more citations
- Save the Save the Mandala collection when you're done.