Paste your citation into the document from the databases using “merge formatting” pasting (or create one from the information on your resource):
Isac, C., Venkatesaperumal, R., & D'Souza, M. S. (2013). Conceptual framework for quality care among clients with sickle cell disease through nurse-led information desk. International Journal of Nursing Education, 5(1), 39–43.
Highlight the citation with your cursor/mouse
From the Home tab in Word either in Office 365 or the desktop application, locate the Paragraph section and click on the little arrow in the lower right corner that indicates additional Paragraph settings.
In the box that pops up, locate the “special” drop-down box under the section called Indentation and choose “Hanging.”
Be sure to check for any other changes that need to be made, including double spacing, italicized journal titles, removing ALL CAPS where they shouldn’t be present, and including an article URL or DOI link.
Note: you can highlight a list of more than one citation and apply this setting all at once.
Paste your citation (or create one from scratch) into the document from the databases using Edit -> Paste (you can also use “paste without formatting” so that the pasting doesn’t add anything you don’t need like font color, highlighting):
Isac, C., Venkatesaperumal, R., & D'Souza, M. S. (2013). Conceptual framework for quality care among clients with sickle cell disease through nurse-led information desk. International Journal of Nursing Education, 5(1), 39–43.
Highlight the citation with your cursor/mouse
From the Format tool, click on Align & Indent ► Indentation Options ► Special Indent ► Hanging
Be sure to check for any other changes that need to be made, including double spacing, italicized journal titles, removing ALL CAPS where they shouldn’t be present, and including an article URL or DOI link.
Note: you can highlight a list of more than one citation and apply this setting all at once.
