Important: Researcher will be retired starting on January 1, 2025.
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Researcher in Word helps you research topics, find reliable sources, and add content with citations all within Word.
Note: Researcher for Word is only available if you have a Microsoft 365 subscription in the following languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Japanese.
Research and add content with citations
Researcher uses Bing to pull in the appropriate content from the web and provide structured, safe and credible information.
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Select Reference > Researcher.
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In the search box, type a keyword for the topic you're researching, and press Enter.
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Choose a topic in the Results pane.
Or, select the plus sign in the upper right hand corner of on any result to begin an outline, add the result as a topic heading, and save a link to the result in a comment.
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Explore the text in the Results pane and select one of the following:
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Add - to add only text to your document.
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Add and Cite - to add text and also include a citation for the source.
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See all images - to open the image gallery. Choose the plus sign to add the image to your document.
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After you add text or image, you are prompted to update your bibliography. Select Update to automatically create or update your existing bibliography.
Edit citations
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Select the citation and select Edit Citation from the drop-down..